Monthly Archives: June 2011

Heidegger – Being and Truth

Posted on June 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Heidegger’s lectures collected in volume 36/37 of the Gesamtausgabe have been translated as Being and Truth. There is some unpleasant stuff here – these are the lectures delivered at the time Heidegger was rector of Freiburg. Miguel de Beistegui provides a review here.

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Roundup – productivity and time-management

Posted on June 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen talks about things that help get work done and self-imposed deadlines here and here. Graham Harman offers some thoughts on productive bloggers here. Of course, one way to maximise time is not to have (or answer) email. … Continue reading →

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More on the New College

Posted on June 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Birkbeck have issued a press release saying Grayling has resigned and that they are not providing facilities; Terry Eagleton calls it odious; the college is accused of copying syllabuses (shouldn’t that be syllabi?); in the same report we hear that Boris Johnston … Continue reading →

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New College for the Humanities

Posted on June 6, 2011 by stuartelden

A.C. Grayling’s proposed New College for the Humanities has a website here. For those who haven’t yet heard the news, it will charge £18,000 per year, have a list of 14 ‘star’ academics who will be involved in teaching to some … Continue reading →

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Collapse VII: Culinary Materialism

Posted on June 5, 2011 by stuartelden

Collapse VII: Culinary Materialism is now available for advance ordering, publication due July 1st. Details here. You can also download the intro free.

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The Foucault Effect conference

Posted on June 5, 2011 by stuartelden

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 conference held over the last couple of days was very good. The room was packed for the opening session on Friday evening, and then a good audience throughout Saturday. The first session included Daniel Defert on … Continue reading →

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