Monthly Archives: September 2011

Camus, ‘Reflections on the Guillotine’

Posted on September 23, 2011 by stuartelden

Eduardo Mendieta suggests that Albert Camus’s ‘Reflections on the Guillotine’ is worth another look. Of course the French debate happened some time ago, but not that long ago – one of the things Foucault did when involved with the Groupe … Continue reading →

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The Killings of Troy Davis

Posted on September 23, 2011 by stuartelden

Like many people I’ve been fascinated and horrified by the case of Troy Davis. Davis was found guilty of the 1989 murder of an off-duty policeman, who had gone to the defence of a man being beaten. Davis was convicted … Continue reading →

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Israel/Palestine maps

Posted on September 23, 2011 by stuartelden

Whatever else the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN has achieved, it has brought discussion back to the centre of attention. The cartography of the region is, of course, highly political. This new piece in Political Geography (“Trapped in … Continue reading →

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Interview with Ladelle McWhorter at New APPS

Posted on September 23, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting interview conducted by John Protevi here. McWhorter is best known – to me at least – for her book Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization; but has a more recent book out entitled Racism and Sexual … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Meillassoux

Posted on September 21, 2011 by stuartelden

After a hugely frustrating day on teaching bureaucracy (assessment proformas, reading lists, online teaching sites, etc.) amazon.fr sends me an email saying they’ve just sent my copies of Quentin Meillassoux, Le nombre et la sirène (on Mallarmé, released today) and Foucault … Continue reading →

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Philosophy’s Other – new blog

Posted on September 20, 2011 by stuartelden

http://philosophysother.blogspot.com/ – looks like a news feed, and much on here I know from other sources, but might be of interest.

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Louden’s Kant’s Human Being reviewed

Posted on September 20, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Robert B. Louden’s Kant’s Human Being: Essays on His Theory of Human Nature before. It reprints his piece from the Reading Kant’s Geography collection, and is reviewed by NDPR here.

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Berkeley and Tucson

Posted on September 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Now back in the UK. Both visits were a lot of fun, and it was great to visit Berkeley for the first time – a lovely campus and great walks in the hills behind it – and Tucson again for … Continue reading →

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Thus Bakes Zarathustra on finishing a PhD

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

The brilliantly named ‘Thus Bakes Zarathustra’ (academic stuff meets cooking) has a really helpful advice post on finishing a PhD. Definitely worth a look if you are anywhere in that process, and also helpful for planning and completing any large … Continue reading →

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Translation, discuss

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting post, and developing discussion, about translation of philosophical texts, here.

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