Monthly Archives: April 2015

Heidegger, National Socialism and the editing of the Gesamtausgabe

Posted on April 7, 2015 by stuartelden

The Daily Nous reported a story about the editing of the Heidegger Gesamtausgabe a few days ago. The initial story was that some things – politically highly charged – had been deleted or changed in the editing of the texts. … Continue reading →

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Alix Cohen (ed.), Kant’s Lectures on Anthropology – reviewed at NDPR

Posted on April 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Alix Cohen (ed.), Kant’s Lectures on Anthropology: A Critical Guide is reviewed at NDPR. Here’s the publisher description. Kant’s lectures on anthropology, which formed the basis of his Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View (1798), contain many observations on human … Continue reading →

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How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco – reviewed at Impact of Social Sciences

Posted on April 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Another review of Umberto Eco’s How to Write a Thesis – at Impact of Social Sciences.

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Terry Eagleton, The Slow Death of the University

Posted on April 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Terry Eagleton, The Slow Death of the University

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Call for Applications for Society and Space Editors and Review Editors

Posted on April 6, 2015 by stuartelden

Please consider applying for these editorial positions at Society and Space.

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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

Posted on April 4, 2015 by stuartelden

“Foucault insults the police”, photo from 1972 6 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in March What are the humanities good for? Princeton University Library Acquires Jacques Derrida’s Personal Library The war against humanities at Britain’s universities Foucault, About the … Continue reading →

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Stuart Hall obituary in History Workshop Journal

Posted on April 4, 2015 by stuartelden

History Workshop Journal has an obituary for Stuart Hall, written by Geoff Eley (requires subscription). Last year I compiled an incomplete list of obituaries and tributes.

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Warwick Uni to outsource hourly paid academics to subsidiary

Posted on April 4, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Fighting Against Casualisation in Education:
Teach Higher is a company which will effectively outsource hourly paid academic staff, whereby they will no longer be employed directly by the university but by a separate employer: ‘Teach Higher’. Teach Higher…

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Searching for Foucault in an Age of Inequality (2015)

Posted on April 4, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Searching for Foucault in an Age of Inequality Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins and Alexander Arnold on Critiquer Foucault: Les Années 1980 et la tentation néolibérale, Los Angeles Review of Books, 18 March 2015 JACOBIN RECENTLY PUBLISHED an…

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David Farrell Krell, Phantoms of the Other: Four Generations of Derrida’s Geschlecht – published and review forthcoming

Posted on April 3, 2015 by stuartelden

David Farrell Krell, Phantoms of the Other: Four Generations of Derrida’s Geschlecht has recently been published. Features a reconstruction of an unfinished text by Jacques Derrida from his most penetrating series of readings of Heidegger’s philosophy. During the 1980s Jacques Derrida … Continue reading →

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