Monthly Archives: February 2014

Creating a writing space – #whereiwrite

Posted on February 23, 2014 by stuartelden

There is an interesting piece at chroniclevitae about creating a space for writing, and continued at #whereiwrite. I have a great home study, which is where I do most of my writing – this is a picture of the last … Continue reading →

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Angela Davis to return to UCLA

Posted on February 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Forty-five years after her one and only lecture at UCLA, Angela Davis returns. Full story (with some discussion of Stuart Hall’s legacy too) here: Fortunately, Professor Davis returns to UCLA as our Regents Professor and Lecturer this spring (2014), where she will … Continue reading →

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The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema — Slavoj Žižek (Full Film)

Posted on February 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
A lot of Žižek in one go, but this is the full film – the prequel to the more recent Pervert’s Guide to Ideology. Biblioklept View original post

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Eileen Joy interview with The Funambulist – publishing, medieval studies, and much more

Posted on February 22, 2014 by stuartelden

This interview was conducted by Léopold Lambert in September 2013, and made available on Archipelago: The Podcast Platform of The Funambulist in January. I’ve just made time to listen. Very interesting insights on publishing, medieval studies and much more. Every publishing house … Continue reading →

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Todd May (ed.) Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy

Posted on February 22, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks a potentially interesting collection, though there do seem to be quite a few individual figures treated here. Emerging Trends in Continental Philosophy presents a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the most recent developments in European thought. From feminist thought to … Continue reading →

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Heidegger, Hölderlin’s Hymns “Germania” and “The Rhine” – translation out in September

Posted on February 22, 2014 by stuartelden

The long awaited – it’s been forthcoming since the 1990s – translation of Martin Heidegger’s 1934-35 lecture course Hölderlin’s Hymns “Germania” and “The Rhine”, is due out in September 2014. The translators are William McNeill and Julia Ireland, also responsible for … Continue reading →

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Michael Hardt: On Deleuze’s Theory of Control

Posted on February 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Dark Forest: Literature, Philosophy, and Digital Arts:
Michael Hardt in an essay on Deleuze’s Postscript for Societies of Control published in Discourse Journal for Theoretical Studies in Media and Culture aligns his notion of Empire contra Foucault’s…

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Latour: War & Peace in Time of Ecological Conflicts

Posted on February 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on ANTHEM:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8rvoo2Gw7o LSE lecture: Although it is still useful to insist on the distinction between science and politics, the scale and importance of ecological mutations make it more and more difficult to use it effectively. The problem…

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Mark Neocleous, War Power, Police Power – sample chapter available

Posted on February 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Mark Neocleous’s book War Power, Police Power has just been published. You can read a sample chapter here. In this, the first book to deal with the concepts of war power and police power together, Mark Neocleous deals with these questions … Continue reading →

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(Bad) Evacuation: moving, naming, killing

Posted on February 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Pete Adey discusses his new project on Evacuation at the Royal Holloway Geopolitics and Security blog.

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