Monthly Archives: November 2010

Books – availability

Terror and Territory has now been out for a year, and is into its second printing. Despite how the Continuum website portrays my Mapping the Present and Understanding Henri Lefebvre, the books are not out of print, but out of … Continue reading

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Back to Ohio

With the travelling I’ve not had much chance to write about my own work recently, and have largely been using this blog as an information service. I have been working on the book during and around the travel, and there will … Continue reading

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Graham Harman writing news

He reports here how he’s finished the book on Meillassoux, has a new piece in Cosmos and History, and talks about where he is going next: My next book project, which I cannot begin until the January holiday period, will be … Continue reading

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Mendieta on Habermas and religion

To coincide with the new book he co-edited on this topic, Eduardo Mendieta discusses Habermas and religion. The centrality of religion to social theory in general and philosophy in particular explains why Jürgen Habermas has dealt with it, in both … Continue reading

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Carl Schmitt symposium in Holland

Carl Schmitt and Space, 3 December 2010 Socio-spatial analysis chair group, Wageningen university Room GAIA 1, Gaia Building, Wageningen University Map and travel description: http://www.wur.nl/UK/contact/route/ In recent years there has been an explosion of literature and debate around the work … Continue reading

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Place Research Network

Posted on behalf of Jeff Malpas The Place Research Network is now live and accessible at http://www.placenetwork.info The Place Research Network is a website, built around social networking software adapted to academic needs, that aims to support, enable and encourage interdisciplinary … Continue reading

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Two New Books out

Continuum have translated Francois Larruelle’s Future Christ – details here – and University of Minnesota Press have a new edited book by Sarah Whatmore and Bruce Braun on Political Matter. Details here.

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Harman’s Meillassoux book

Graham reports on the final stages of his Quentin Meillassoux: Philosophy in the Making book here. Sounds terrific.

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Wu Ming 1 on Foucault in Iran

Find it here. Two excerpts… In October 1978, Michel Foucault (hereafter cited as MF) visited Iran. The country was already shaken by street protests against the Shah. The regime was brutally repressing demonstrations, with the only result of strengthening the … Continue reading

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Galloway on New French Thought

You can now download the audio of Alexander Galloway’s lectures on New French Thought here. I’d previously mentioned these lectures were taking place – on Catherine Malabou, Bernard Stiegler, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Quentin Meillassoux and François Laruelle – and good … Continue reading

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