Category Archives: Peter Gratton

A book reading meme

Posted on November 12, 2011 by

A book meme I took from Rob Kitchin’s The View from the Blue House. I’ve largely answered in relation to non-academic reading… The book I’m currently reading? Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood The last book I finished? Thaisa Frank, Heidegger’s Glasses … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, China Mieville, Gottfried Leibniz, H.P. Lovecraft, Martin Heidegger, Peter Gratton, Umberto Eco, Wu Ming | 1 Comment

Interviews with new Society and Space co-editors

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

Interviews with the three new co-editors of Society and Space can be found over at the journal blog – Deborah Cowen interviews Jane M. Jacobs here; Natalie Oswin interviews Maia Green here; and I interview Peter Gratton here.

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Reactions to the Berfrois review

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Peter Gratton offers some thoughts in response to my review of Foucault’s 1970-71 course here. Interesting ideas about how the claims could be read as a critique of the crisis of legitimation argument in modernity. I think this might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Jeremy Crampton, Michel Foucault, Peter Gratton, Publishing | 1 Comment

Society and Space – new issue, blog, facebook

Posted on March 31, 2011 by

Issue 2 of Society and Space is now available here. It includes commentaries on aid in Pakistan and the situation of the Roma people in Europe; a translation of Pierre Macherey with an introduction by the translator Susan Ruddick; and … Continue reading →

Posted in Eduardo Mendieta, Judith Butler, Peter Gratton, Pierre Macherey, Publishing, Society and Space | 1 Comment

Orders of translation

Posted on February 23, 2011 by

In his comments on the Sloterdijk review, Peter Gratton ends by suggesting: It might have done Sloterdijk a favor to publish this work after the forthcoming English translations of the three volumes of Spheres. In this he’s absolutely right. To … Continue reading →

Posted in David Harvey, Henri Lefebvre, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Peter Gratton, Peter Sloterdijk, Publishing | 3 Comments

Gratton on Nancy on democracy

Posted on February 17, 2011 by

Peter Gratton reviews Jean-Luc Nancy, The Truth of Democracy, here (via Continental Philosophy).

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Post-Christmas Roundup

Posted on January 2, 2011 by

Now that I’m back, there is lots to catch up on… New biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss – details here The Speculative Turn is now out. Details here – either order as a print volume or download a free pdf. Edited … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, David Harvey, Graham Harman, Peter Gratton, Quentin Meillassoux, Universities | Leave a comment

Gratton on the world and calculation

Posted on November 16, 2010 by

Responding to my comments on the RPA, Peter Gratton offers his own thoughts on the conference and the notion of the world here; and then on the question of calculation here. He does the latter through some quotes from Dominique … Continue reading →

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Oregon – geography talk and the RPA

Posted on November 14, 2010 by

I gave a version of ‘The Birth of Territory’ talk to the dept of geography at the University of Oregon. Some good discussion and some very nice meetings with faculty and grad students. It’s a strong department with some interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Enrique Dussel, Marie-Eve Morin, Peter Gratton, The Birth of Territory, Travel | 1 Comment

Post-Continental Voices out; Hardt on Foucault; Gratton in RPR

Posted on October 29, 2010 by

At least, today is the official release date. See the Zero books site here, and Paul Ennis’s announcement here. I’ve yet to see a copy, but I’m hoping one will be waiting for me when I get back to the … Continue reading →

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