Monthly Archives: February 2014

Foucault’s Last Decade – eighth update

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

The first thing I did on arrival in Melbourne was finish work on a short piece on Grégoire Chamayou’s Manhunts for The Funambulist, which returns to some of the arguments I’ve made about Foucault and territory. I’m grateful to Léopold … Continue reading →

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REMEDIAEVAL: Proposal for a New Minigraph Book Series

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

In the Middle has news of an interesting publishing venture from Eileen Joy and Karl Steel – REMEDIAEVAL, a New Minigraph Book Series. Here’s a couple of paragraphs, but you should really check out the whole post: Currently, the Middle Ages … Continue reading →

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CFP: The Politics of Legality in a Neo-liberal Age – symposium in Sydney August 2014

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Posted on behalf of Ben Golder (b.golder@unsw.edu.au): This symposium will examine the nexus between the political dominance of liberal legal ideas and the economic dominance of neo-liberal capitalism. According to classical liberal theory the state is legitimate to the extent … Continue reading →

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Will Self on Guy Debord

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
Will Self on Guy Debord Will Self in discussion with Patrick Keiller and Matthew Beaumont at the LRB bookshop.

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Jennifer Atchison and Lesley Head – Photo gallery on invasive plant management

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

A photo gallery to accompany a recent Society and Space article – one of the many things that the open site can do that the traditional journal alone would find much harder.

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RSC new season announced – Love’s Labour’s Lost and Won

Posted on February 6, 2014 by stuartelden

The RSC have announced the productions of their autumn/winter 2014-15 season. The plan, starting with Richard II last season, and continuing with the two parts of Henry IV and Two Gentlemen of Verona this coming summer, is to produce all of Shakespeare’s plays … Continue reading →

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Patrick Dunleavy on choosing a better title for your article

Posted on February 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Some generally decent advice at the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog An informative title for an article or chapter maximizes the likelihood that your audience correctly remembers enough about your arguments to re-discover what they are looking for. Without … Continue reading →

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Giorgio Agamben – From the State of Control to a Praxis of Destituent Power

Posted on February 5, 2014 by stuartelden

Faced with absolute state control and the rapid eradication of political society, only a theory and praxis of destituent power can reclaim democracy. This is the transcript of a public lecture by Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben delivered to a packed … Continue reading →

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Simon Critchley and Philip Seymour Hoffman – video recording of discussion at Rubin Museum of Art

Posted on February 5, 2014 by stuartelden

In Memoriam: Philip Seymour Hoffman Just over a year ago philosopher Simon Critchley met with Philip Seymour Hoffman for the final in a series of on-stage conversations called Happy Talk. In a searching dialogue that in hindsight seems prescient, the … Continue reading →

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Authority & Political Technologies 2014 conference at Warwick – announcement and call for papers

Posted on February 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Authority & Political Technologies 2014                                                   Power in a World of Becoming, Entanglement & Attachment                           ‘In every era the attempt must be made anew to rescue tradition from a conformism … Continue reading →

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