Category Archives: Fossils

Political Geology: Stratigraphies of Power

Posted on May 5, 2012 by

I’ll be speaking at a conference on Political Geology: Stratigraphies of Power on 21 June at Lancaster University  - I’ll be giving an abbreviated version of the ‘Fossils’ paper I gave in Canberra and Macau last year. Thanks to Kathryn Yusoff … Continue reading →

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Another Leibniz – paper

Posted on December 13, 2011 by

I think I may have finished – at least for now – my Leibniz paper. Or at least, time for some other people to see it. I’ll be giving a version of this at the AAG in February, and it will … Continue reading →

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If you have a spare $5000

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

A first edition of the Protogaea is for sale here.

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Leibniz and geography

Posted on November 7, 2011 by

Despite my Shakespearean distractions at the weekend, I had some time late last week and today to return to the ‘Another Leibniz’ paper I last worked on properly in September. The paper is something of a survey of Leibniz’s non-standard … Continue reading →

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Justin E.H. Smith on Fossils as an Epistemological Problem

Posted on October 17, 2011 by

Interesting abstract for a paper here. Smith is the author of the excellent Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life, which I’ve mentioned here before. While Smith’s interest in fossils, at least in this paper, looks at epistemology, and … Continue reading →

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Elster on Leibniz and capitalism

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

I first read Jon Elster as an undergraduate – Barbara Goodwin recommended his books Sour Grapes and Ulysses and the Sirens in her political theory class. Elster is also known as an analytical Marxist in works like Making Sense of … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Fossils and Leibniz

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

Three good days in the British Library rare books room. First up was Daniel Defert, Philippe Artières, Laurent Quéro and Michelle Zancarini-Fournel, Le groupe d’information sur les prisons: Archives d’une lutte, 1970-1972, so that I can offer some thoughts on … Continue reading →

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Summer work

Posted on June 11, 2011 by

Lots to do this summer (though it doesn’t exactly feel like summer in York)… Finish ‘Society and Space’ volume introduction and draft introduction to ‘Foundations’ volume for the Sage Environment and Planning collection. Submit the paper on King Lear that … Continue reading →

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Justin Smith – Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life

Posted on May 27, 2011 by

I’ve been looking forward to Justin Smith’s Divine Machines book on Leibniz for a while. I previously mentioned it here in relation to Glenn Hartz’s book Leibniz’s Final System: Monads, Matter, Animals; and also provided a link when John Protevi interviewed Smith. … Continue reading →

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New books

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

A whole big pile of books arrived over the last few months while I’ve been away. Some of them are ones I have chapters in; one I endorsed; most are ones I asked for in recompense for review work; some … Continue reading →

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