Monthly Archives: June 2010

Object Orientated Philosophy and the History of Ideas

Posted on June 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham has kindly responded to my previous post on this in some comments here. I should say right up front – and Graham seems to realise this – that I’m trying to understand the positions in relation to own concerns, … Continue reading →

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Christian Kerslake comments

Posted on June 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Some facts appear to be necessary for some aspects of this discussion to continue. 1. Mark Kelly and I both found out about the move to Kingston on the same day as everybody else, and we were not consulted about … Continue reading →

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Middlesex suspended staff hearings

Posted on June 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Peter Hallward has an open letter here about his suspension; and there is details of another rally, in support of Christian Kerslake as he goes into his disciplinary hearing on Monday here. Although the CRMEP is moving to Kingston, there are still … Continue reading →

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Harman, Meillassoux and the Spectrum of Realism

Posted on June 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has a fascinating post here on what he calls Meillassoux’s spectrum, which runs “from ‘most classically realist’ to ‘least classically realist’”. 1. naive realists/dogmatists: the people Kant destroyed, even in Meillassoux’s view 2. weak correlationists: Kant; “we can’t know … Continue reading →

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University of Minnesota Press sale

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

http://www.upress.umn.edu/catalog/SeasonalCatalogs.html 30% of Geography books…

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Some forthcoming London talks

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

Stephen White, Continental and/versus Analytical Political Thought, School of Public Policy, 14 June – details (Jane Bennett as discussant) Marshall Berman, Urban Ruins: City Life with Urbicide, University of East London, 16 June – details Eyal Weizman, Forensic Architecture, Whitechapel Gallery, … Continue reading →

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Ladyman and Ross review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews has a discussion of Ladyman and Ross, Every Thing Must Go here. The book was the topic of Graham Harman’s Dundee lecture, which as he notes here, is forthcoming in Society and Space.

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Speculations journal news

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

The new Speculations journal will have its launch issue in July. Details here on the contents and design – the journal is open-access.

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New Foucault book in English

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

Jeremy has the news here that Government of Self and Others (vol I) is now translated. I read it in French when it came out a couple of years ago, and remember it being to my mind the least interesting of the … Continue reading →

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Podcast of Open University talk

Posted on June 9, 2010 by stuartelden

You can find the audio recording of my talk yesterday at the Open University here. It was entitled ‘From Territorium to Territory’. The opening seven minutes or so are an overview of the project on territory as a whole; it … Continue reading →

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