Monthly Archives: February 2011

Infamous Lives

Posted on February 6, 2011 by stuartelden

In 1977, shortly after the first volume of The History of Sexuality came out, Foucault published an essay entitled ‘The Lives of Infamous Men’. It was supposed to be the introduction to a book, or series of books, but it … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory page

Posted on February 5, 2011 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory book project now has a separate page, in the bar above, or here. There’s an updated table of contents; links to the posts I wrote while redrafting the chapters; links to video and audio; and the … Continue reading →

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Talks in Sydney, Canberra, London, Cambridge

Posted on February 5, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve agreed to give a few more talks. On March 11th, the day after I speak at the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney, I will head across town to the Law Faculty at University of New … Continue reading →

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Student evaluation of Adam Ferguson

Posted on February 5, 2011 by stuartelden

A student offers their considered opinion of Adam Ferguson’s An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767) at amazon.com I had to purchase this material for a class which was extremely boring but somewhat thought provoking in the end it … Continue reading →

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More on Egypt

Posted on February 4, 2011 by stuartelden

Even though he is no longer in Egypt, Graham Harman’s blog is a good source of up-to-date information, both from media sources and personal contacts. Particularly moving is the category of links to photographs of those who have died. As … Continue reading →

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Tariq Ramadan and Slavoj Zizek on the future of Egyptian politics

Posted on February 4, 2011 by stuartelden

(thanks to Kanishka for the link)

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Jody McIntyre in the New Statesman

Posted on February 4, 2011 by stuartelden

Thanks to Nina Power for the link – an interesting piece by Jody McIntyre in the New Statesman. Jody was the man pulled from his wheelchair by police in the student fees protests in London late last year, who was … Continue reading →

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Democracy in what state?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting looking new book from Columbia UP with a very impressive contributor list – Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel Bensaïd, Wendy Brown, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Rancière, Kristin Ross, and Slavoj Žižek (via the Continental Philosophy blog). “Is it meaningful to … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, Slavoj Zizek, Wendy Brown | 2 Comments

Society and Space 29/1 out

Posted on February 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Vol 29 No 1 of Society and Space is now available – here It includes five papers on counterterror culture – films, novels, internet discussions – and papers on a range of other topics including animal research, urban planning in … Continue reading →

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The speculative/Medieval relation

Posted on February 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Eileen Joy replies to my earlier question on the relation between speculative realism and medieval studies, in some detail, and with some references to writers such as Graham Harman and Tim Morton, here. There is a lot in this post, and much that … Continue reading →

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