Monthly Archives: May 2015

Wilderness Group Tour: PhD dissertations and writing/support/accountablity groups

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The page “Newfoundland Literature” does not exist:
I was recently asked to make a brief presentation about dissertation writing/support groups. I was one of four presenters at a workshop hosted by the University of Toronto’s School of…

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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? – reading guide updated with news of forthcoming translations Foucault and Neoliberalism – a few thoughts in response to the Zamora piece in Jacobin The Philosopher’s Jumper – apparently modelled by Beckett, Foucault and … Continue reading →

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How Do We Write? Two reflections on ‘dysfunctional academic writing’

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

How Do We Write? Two very interesting reflections on ‘dysfunctional academic writing’ at In the Middle. A conversation has unfolded on Facebook over the last week on the topic of How We Write. Two of us who were involved in … Continue reading →

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The challenge of open plan offices and the importance of quiet

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Two interesting pieces in blogs I follow. First, Clare O’Farrell’s extended discussion of open-plan offices at her personal blog Refracted Input; and then Mark Carrigan asking ‘were universities ever quiet?‘ at The Sociological Imagination. I too would be horrified by … Continue reading →

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Critical Theory’s eight books that came out in May – including Balibar, Luxemburg, Lotringer and Foucault

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Critical Theory’s eight books that came out in May – including Balibar, Luxemburg, Lotringer and Foucault (though not sure the Foucault is actually out just yet).

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Alberto Toscano and Jeff Klinke, Cartographies of the Absolute – now out from Zero books

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

While I’d linked to some preparatory material, I hadn’t realised this was now out. Thanks to Adam David Morton for the link. Alberto Toscano and Jeff Klinke, Cartographies of the Absolute from Zero books. Can capital be seen? Cartographies of the … Continue reading →

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Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism

Posted on May 30, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Now out, an intriguing new book on capitalism – Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism. The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract…

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Judith Butler, Notes towards a Performative Theory of Assembly – forthcoming from Harvard UP

Posted on May 30, 2015 by stuartelden

Judith Butler, Notes towards a Performative Theory of Assembly – forthcoming from Harvard University Press. Thanks to Derek Gregory for the alert. Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions, analyzing what they signify and … Continue reading →

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# MAPS /// Manifesto for an Alternative Cartography

Posted on May 29, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Funambulist:
Map created by Léopold Lambert for The Funambulist (2015) / Access a high-quality version here (6MB) (license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommerical-ShareAlike 4.0) I made this map in complement of last week’s article that introduced a few hypotheses about…

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Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? – reading guide updated

Posted on May 29, 2015 by stuartelden

Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? I updated my guide to Henri Lefebvre yesterday, and have now updated the guide to Sloterdijk – there are two new translations coming out later this year – Stress and Freedom and In the Shadow of Mount Sinai – as … Continue reading →

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