Monthly Archives: April 2014

David Harvey, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism – video of LSE talk

Posted on April 5, 2014 by stuartelden

A video of David Harvey’s recent talk on the book here. Thanks to dmfant for the link in comments to this post previewing parts of the book.

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David Harvey, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

Posted on April 5, 2014 by stuartelden

David Harvey has a piece at the White Review which comprises the final two chapters of his new book, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism. You can also read the Prologue: The Crisis of Capitalism This Time Around.

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McKenzie Wark on the Birth of Thanaticism

Posted on April 4, 2014 by stuartelden

McKenzie Wark on the ‘Birth of Thanaticism‘ – a replacement term for capitalism. Climate change, surveillance, public idiots, the crisis of universities, all in here… I did like the idea of the ‘inhumanities and antisocial sciences’ though…

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Deleuze and the Passions conference in Rotterdam 16 May 2014

Posted on April 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Programme for conference on Deleuze and the Passions here – Claire Colebrook, Jason Reid and others. Free, but registration required.

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Gastón Gordillo on The Oceanic Void

Posted on April 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Fascinating preview of a piece by Gastón Gordillo on ‘The Oceanic Void‘ which is forthcoming in an edited book on Deleuze and space, and also part of his planned book on the theory of terrain. Among other things it engages with the … Continue reading →

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The 24 hour Schedules of Writers, Composers and others – interesting graphical representations

Posted on April 3, 2014 by stuartelden

The Huffington Post links to some interesting graphical representations of 24 hours in the life of creative figures – Beethoven, Balzac, Flaubert, Mozart, etc. Very male and white, but interesting nonetheless. The full diagram is here.  

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The Birth of Territory reviewed in Antipode by Phillip Campanile

Posted on April 3, 2014 by stuartelden

There is a critical review of The Birth of Territory by Phillip Campanile in Antipode (pdf). Campanile clearly found the book frustrating in its mode of execution, but also not linked explicitly enough to contemporary debates. As he rightly notes, though, the book sits … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, The Critique of Everyday Life – One Volume Edition

Posted on April 3, 2014 by stuartelden

848 pages of Henri Lefebvre – The Critique of Everyday Life: The One-Volume Edition. Three volumes in one – the first volume comes from 1947, with a second edition in 1958 that almost doubles its length; the second volume from 1961; … Continue reading →

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Why Google Maps gets Africa wrong

Posted on April 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Decent piece in The Guardian on maps and projections in relation to Africa. I often use examples just like this at the beginning of courses on territory and geopolitics.

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Jonathan Bate on writing a biography of Ted Hughes – copyright, author estates and family members

Posted on April 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A very interesting piece in The Guardian by Jonathan Bate about his writing of a biography of Ted Hughes. The issues are much wider than this particular case, and concern copyright, author estates and the role of family members. There are … Continue reading →

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