Monthly Archives: January 2011

More Sloterdijk books

Posted on January 9, 2011 by stuartelden

In getting the link for Sloterdijk’s Sphären, I discovered that he has two more new books coming out. I’d already mentioned Die nehmende Hand und die gebende Seite, which draws on the recent pieces he wrote that so upset Axel … Continue reading →

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Heidegger Among the Sculptors

Posted on January 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Just finished reading Andrew Mitchell, Heidegger Among the Sculptors: Body, Space, and the Art of Dwelling. It’s an interesting read, discussing four places where Heidegger engages with sculpture and/or sculptors. This includes the best known piece ‘Art and Space’, inspired … Continue reading →

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Bookshelves

Posted on January 8, 2011 by stuartelden

This site is bound to please the bibliophiles out there…

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Crises of Writing Confidence

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

One of the best PhD students I know has posted about feeling a crisis of confidence in his thesis. It’s doubting the argument, the importance of the claims, our ability to accomplish our goals. I think that while the feeling … Continue reading →

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A day of editing

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve spent most of the day being an editor. This is not just for Society and Space, although I did spend a chunk of time on that today, but also for other projects. The Reading Kant’s Geography book is going … Continue reading →

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Speculations II

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Speaking of Speculations – call for papers for volume II (via AHB). Just a reminder that the Speculations Volume II deadline is tomorrow (Jan. 8th). Speculations, a journal for speculative realist thought, invites submissions for its second issue. Given the … Continue reading →

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Graham Harman on Open Access Publishing

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Some interesting thoughts here, based on his experience with The Speculative Turn, and Prince of Networks. Much of this is undoubtedly right, and I think there is a lot of potential for these kinds of publishing outlets. 4-5,000 downloads of … Continue reading →

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Triptych, not a Trilogy

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

On one the interesting things in the Wu Ming interview comes in the third section of the audio, where they describe their Manituana book as the first in a triptych, not a trilogy. The second is on the French Revolution. … Continue reading →

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Wu Ming recording of British Library talk

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Two of the Wu Ming collective spoke at the British Library in October. The audio recordings can be found here. Some very interesting reflections, especially on collaborative writing.

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Administrative competence

Posted on January 6, 2011 by stuartelden

While dealing with other people’s incompetence, and not feeling at all well, I have been trying to get back on top of the journal work. Taking time off, even over the Christmas/New Year period, always results in a lot of … Continue reading →

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