Monthly Archives: October 2011

Justin E.H. Smith on Fossils as an Epistemological Problem

Posted on October 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting abstract for a paper here. Smith is the author of the excellent Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life, which I’ve mentioned here before. While Smith’s interest in fossils, at least in this paper, looks at epistemology, and … Continue reading →

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Thought for the day

Posted on October 16, 2011 by stuartelden

From here, and there are some more…

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Nowhereisland

Posted on October 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Nowhereisland is an interesting art project with a political and geographical twist. Retreating sea ice led to the discovery of a previously uncharted island in Svalbard. Artist Alex Harley was given a grant to remove material from the island and … Continue reading →

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Research and the UCU action – an infrequently asked question?

Posted on October 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Another week, another message from Sally Hunt of the UCU. This is the end of the first week of the ‘work to contract’ action of the union in response to pensions. (See my earlier scepticism here.) The message is self-congratulatory, … Continue reading →

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The best abstract ever?

Posted on October 14, 2011 by stuartelden

“Can apparent superluminal neutrino speeds be explained as a quantum weak   measurement?” M. V. Berry, N. Brunner, S. Popescu and P. Shukla Received. 13 October 2011 Last updated. 13 October 2011 Abstract.   Probably not. Find it here (via here).

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Foucault Studies 12

Posted on October 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies 12 has now been published. You can find the table of contents here. There is a theme section on race, some papers on neoliberalism, lots of reviews. There is also a translation of a revealing interview with Foucault’s … Continue reading →

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Free Downloads

Posted on October 14, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve added a couple of new pieces to the ‘Free Downloads’ page, and right at the bottom you can find the reading lists for teaching, as requested recently. Where I am able to do so, I will put stuff here … Continue reading →

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Elster on Leibniz and capitalism

Posted on October 13, 2011 by stuartelden

I first read Jon Elster as an undergraduate – Barbara Goodwin recommended his books Sour Grapes and Ulysses and the Sirens in her political theory class. Elster is also known as an analytical Marxist in works like Making Sense of … Continue reading →

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Lovecraft for Beginners

Posted on October 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Update: I originally got this from the Brooks blog, but to find the whole thing, you can go here. Thanks to Graham Harman for the link to the book as a whole.

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Speculative Realism – Patricia Clough, Jane Bennett, Levi Bryant, Graham Harman

Posted on October 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Patricia Clough, Jane Bennett, Levi Bryant, Graham Harman Speculative Realism – Part One from The Center for the Humanities on Vimeo. Speculative Realism – Part Two from The Center for the Humanities on Vimeo. (via Larval Subjects)

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