Monthly Archives: October 2011

Henri Lefebvre – Vers un romantisme révolutionnaire

Posted on October 13, 2011 by stuartelden

I had thought the French re-editions of Lefebvre had dried up, but the brief text ‘Vers un romantisme révolutionnaire’, first published in 1957 in Nouvelle revue française, is just out in a new edition, with a ‘présentation’ by Rémi et … Continue reading →

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Jamie Peck on Neoliberalism in London

Posted on October 13, 2011 by stuartelden

via Jane Wills on Crit-Geog-Forum The School of Geography at Queen Mary University of London invites you to, The EIGHTH DAVID M SMITH LECTURE to be held on 24 November 2011, 6:00 – 7:00pm at Drapers’ Lecture Theatre, Geography Building. … Continue reading →

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First week teaching

Posted on October 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Back to teaching, and good to be back in the classroom. In the first term our weeks run Thursday-Wednesday (which is confusing) so as my teaching is on Friday, Tuesday and Wednesday this means I’ve just finished the first week. … Continue reading →

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David Macey

Posted on October 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Some sad news. David Macey, author of the best biography of Foucault, translator of Society Must Be Defended and author of Lacan in Contexts, among other works, has died. The Verso blog has the news and more details. he was … Continue reading →

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Ennis on Meillassoux and more

Posted on October 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting interview with Paul Ennis at Fractured Politics. Lots about Meillassoux and speculative realism, but interesting discussions of being a (post-)grad student, and publishing and networking early in career. And there is a nice comment about me at the beginning.

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Slavoj Žižek at Occupy Wall Street

Posted on October 10, 2011 by stuartelden

The videos are hard work as the crowd repeats every line after he’s said it – did no-one think to provide a microphone or loudhailer? – though as one of the commentators said, it’s a shame they didn’t also do … Continue reading →

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Wanted: audiotapes of Foucault’s 1973 lectures

Posted on October 10, 2011 by stuartelden

reposted from Clare O’Farrell’s Foucault News blog: The French publishing houses, Le Seuil and Gallimard, publishers of the official edition of Michel Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France, are seeking copies of any cassette tape recordings that might have … Continue reading →

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Harman, Clough, Masciandaro audio

Posted on October 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Graham Harman’s talk to Speculative Medievalisms is now available, along with Patricia Clough’s response and Nicola Masciandaro’s closing comments. You can stream or download the audio here. Eileen Joy provides some background and links to the earlier talks here.

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Gibbon on Leibniz

Posted on October 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Edward Gibbon praises Leibniz as “a bold and original spirit” in his “Antiquities of the House of Brunswick”, in Miscellaneous Works, Vol III, 1796, p. 402. This is mentioned by Lewis W. Spitz in his helpful essay “The Significance of Leibniz … Continue reading →

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‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ in Hebrew

Posted on October 9, 2011 by stuartelden

My ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ paper is coming out in Hebrew translation. It will be in issue 4 of  Mafte’akh: Lexical Review of Political Thought  – a project based out of the Minerva Humanities Center at Tel Aviv University. It will appear under a … Continue reading →

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