Monthly Archives: February 2011

Speculative Realism book series more info

Posted on February 22, 2011 by stuartelden

EUP has a page up on the series here: Since its first appearance at a London colloquium in 2007, the Speculative Realism movement has taken continental philosophy by storm. Opposing the formerly ubiquitous modern dogma that philosophy can speak only … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk in France

Posted on February 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Looks like an good conference on Sloterdijk to be held in Paris. Details here. Surprisingly, given that most of his major works are translated into French (the whole of Spheres, for instance), this claims to be the first conference devoted to him … Continue reading →

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Political Matter

Posted on February 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting review of Bruce Braun and Sarah J. Whatmore (eds.) Political Matter: Technoscience, Democracy and Public Life, University of Minnesota Press, 2010 (via Pop Theory).

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Canberra – first impressions

Posted on February 21, 2011 by stuartelden

I arrived in Canberra, via Sydney, this morning. The last day in Singapore was spent down at Marina Bay, which has had a huge amount of development work since I was last there. The Marina Bay Sands hotel/casino complex is reminiscent of … Continue reading →

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Pulau Ubin

Posted on February 19, 2011 by stuartelden

One of my favourite places in Singapore is the little island in the Johor strait off the northeast coast – Pulau Ubin. It’s just south of the border with Malaysia. It’s not that easy to get to Changi village where … Continue reading →

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Merrifield, Magical Marxism

Posted on February 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Andy Merrifield’s new book, Magical Marxism is now out. This develops ideas that were in a commentary piece for Society and Space a while back. Andy is author of books on Lefebvre and Debord, among others. (Thanks to Clive Barnett … Continue reading →

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Territory and Geopolitics discussion

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion session with Matt Sparke in Singapore yesterday. We discussed chapter 5 from Matt’s 2005 book In the Space of Theory, the intro to my Terror and Territory, and the ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ piece. Henry Yeung was as ever a … Continue reading →

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On reading drafts

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Written from the perspective of students seeking comments, but this reflection by Adam Kotsko holds true more generally. Adam notes that we really want validation, but the comments below the post are interesting too, in that seeking feedback is supposed … Continue reading →

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E-book and event on protests

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Open Democracy e-book on the recent protests in London and elsewhere, available free here. The first book to be produced by an ‘editorial kettle’ – all seven of its editors are under 30 and have been kettled by the police … Continue reading →

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Bought the t-shirt

Posted on February 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Verso has details of a fundraising Egypt t-shirt from Philosophy Football here.

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