Category Archives: Umberto Eco

Rereading novels

Posted on April 9, 2012 by

The Guardian has a couple of features on rereading novels – a piece discussing it here, and some contemporary authors’ favourite novels to re-read here. This isn’t something I do very often with novels. I did when younger but now I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping the Present, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Travel, Umberto Eco, William Shakespeare | 9 Comments

Novels read in 2011 part 2

Posted on January 7, 2012 by

Given the number of these that are not really novels, this list should probably be retitled ‘books I read that are not for work reasons…’ Not as many as the first half of the year, but that’s probably a product … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Cycling, Martin Heidegger, Stephen Greenblatt, Umberto Eco, William Shakespeare | 3 Comments

Umberto Eco interview in The Guardian

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

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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

This Is Not The End Of The Book

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

Just finished reading Umberto Eco and Jean-Claude Carrière’s book-length series of dialogues This Is Not The End Of The Book. It’s an interesting, engaging and sometimes annoyingly showy discussion, ranging widely across book-related topics such as libraries, editing, publishing, private collections, … Continue reading →

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Novels read so far in 2011

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

I mentioned back in January my informal New Year’s Resolution was to read more novels. Not nearly as many as Rob Kitchin – who has read and reviewed 52 – but so far in 2011, half way through the year, I’ve read… … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, H.P. Lovecraft, Umberto Eco | 4 Comments

The Island of the Day Before

Posted on May 11, 2011 by

In the workshop today, I mentioned the instance of Samoa proposing to change its position in relation to the international date line (story here). It seems to me a good little example to discuss the way time-zones work, their relation to space, … Continue reading →

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Marx Reloaded poster

Posted on March 4, 2011 by

I linked to the trailer before, but this is the poster for the film. Clicking on it will take you to a larger image. As has been pointed out on facebook already, Sloterdijk is making some kind of move on … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberto Toscano, Karl Marx, Peter Sloterdijk, Slavoj Zizek, Umberto Eco | Leave a comment