Monthly Archives: April 2014

Where to start with reading Peter Sloterdijk?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

[The most recent version can be found here.] Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? I have previously done this with Henri Lefebvre, and Chathan Vemuri asked me the same question for Sloterdijk. This is my attempt at answering this, largely … Continue reading →

Posted in Axel Honneth, Books, Eduardo Mendieta, Marie-Eve Morin, My Publications, Nigel Thrift, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Society and Space | 19 Comments

Giorgio Agamben – The Homo Sacer series structure in visual form

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to Nicholas Dahmann for updating this image. According to some reports, II, 4 will not be published and the designation of Opus Dei as II, 5 may have been an error. L’uso dei corpi [The Use of Bodies] is the last planned … Continue reading →

Posted in Giorgio Agamben | 14 Comments

Verso’s tribute to Ernesto Laclau

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Verso books have posted a nice tribute to Ernesto Laclau, written by Robin Blackburn.

Posted in Ernesto Laclau | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Environmental Influence from Antiquity to the Enlightenment – workshops at Warwick

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Two forthcoming conferences at Warwick, both in the Department of History – one this year; one next. The call for papers for the second will be issued later. Geographies of Man: Environmental Influence from Antiquity to the Enlightenment – 16th … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences | Leave a comment

Seen from the Window – the view from my NYC apartment

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

I’m staying on East 12th Street (corner of Broadway) for the next few weeks. I am right opposite Strand Books… There is a grill over the window, hence the somewhat murky image.

Posted in Henri Lefebvre, Travel, urban/urbanisation | 1 Comment

Ernesto Laclau (1935-2014)

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Sad news about Ernesto Laclau, who has died of a heart attack while in Seville for a lecture (report in Spanish, via Elena Loizidou). Update: there is an English-language story in the Buenos Aires Herald; and another Spanish story in La … Continue reading →

Posted in Ernesto Laclau, Uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Graham Harman, Quentin Meillassoux – second edition forthcoming

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Given the subtitle of the book – Philosophy in the Making – the analysis was always going to be outstripped by the work being produced and translated. So it is good news that Graham Harman’s book on Quentin Meillassoux is … Continue reading →

Posted in Graham Harman, Quentin Meillassoux | Leave a comment

Peter Gratton reviews Stiegler & Technics; Derrida’s The Death Penalty; and Johnston on Materialism

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton has been busy with reviews recently… A review of Christina Howells and Gerald Moore (eds.), Stiegler and Technics at NDPR A review article at Berfrois on Derrida’s The Death Penalty, Vol. 1  And a review article in Symposium on Adrian Johnston’s Prolegomena to Any Future … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Stiegler, Jacques Derrida, Peter Gratton | Leave a comment

Novara TV interview with David Harvey

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Experimental Geographies:
David Harvey talks to Aaron Bastani on Novara TV about contemporary capitalism, crisis, social movements and his new book.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Heidegger’s Black Notebooks discussed – video of Trawny, Babich

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

At the Fordham website, Babette Babich, Peter Trawny, and Roger Berkowitz discuss Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ (via Enowning). Michael Inwood discusses the books in The Telegraph (well, little about the books, more about his work and legacy generally).

Posted in Martin Heidegger | Leave a comment