Monthly Archives: November 2015

Review of Peter Sloterdijk’s Der Ästhetische Imperativ – Schriften zur Kunst

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
At Theory Culture and Society (open access). Here is part of what is in that volume: In order to talk about the future of art after the ‘end of art’, i.e. towards…

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Audio recordings of recent talks on Foucault – on Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-Pieds, and Foucault’s Collaborative Projects

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Audio recordings of two recent talks on Foucault, both of which draw on material from the manuscript of Foucault: The Birth of Power, with a little from Foucault’s Last Decade in the second talk. Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-Pieds, Historical … Continue reading →

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Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Thanks to dmfant for sharing this news – Tom Sperlinger’s book Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation. It’s about the experience of teaching at Al-Quds University – which I visited in 2013 (see here) – especially on Shakespeare. There is … Continue reading →

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What would Shakespeare do about Europe’s migrants?

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

“What would Shakespeare do about Europe’s migrants?” in The Economist. FOR months Sir Ian McKellen has been treating various audiences (including Marc Maron, a comedian and podcast host, and the Savannah Film Festival) to a monologue from a minor Elizabethan play entitled “Sir Thomas More”. … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory reviewed in The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies by Whanyung Kim

Posted on November 11, 2015 by stuartelden

There is a a review essay on The Birth of Territory in The Journal of Territorial and Maritime Studies by Whanyung Kim. This a journal of the Northeast Asian History Network, but the review is in English and is open access … Continue reading →

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Verso – Space and Power: Celebrating the life of Edward Soja (1940-2015)

Posted on November 11, 2015 by stuartelden

Verso have published an online extract from Ed Soja’s Postmodern Geographies: the Reassertion of Space in Critical Social Theory, on the production of space and power in Los Angeles.

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Michel Foucault, la politique comme guerre continuée. De la guerre des races au racisme d’État, Sur le Cours au Collège de France, “Il faut défendre la société” (2015)

Posted on November 11, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Richard Groulx, Michel Foucault, la politique comme guerre continuée. De la guerre des races au racisme d’État, Sur le Cours au Collège de France, “Il faut défendre la société”, Paris: Editions l’Harmattan, 2015. La guerre…

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Several Essays on Deleuze at LARB

Posted on November 11, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on My Desiring-Machines:
Several essays  commemorating the twentieth anniversary of Deleuze’s death are currently up on the front page of LARB, but here are individual links: Gilles Deleuze: The Event of Life by Brad Evans What Is Becoming…

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The Political Philosophy of Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze conference — final schedule

Posted on November 11, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on My Desiring-Machines:
The final schedule for the conference at Purdue this weekend has been posted. Not only am I going, but I’ve found myself moderating a panel on which Marcelo Hoffman and Marco Altamirano will be presenting.…

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Books received – Shakespeare, Capitalism in the Web of Life and Fossil Capital

Posted on November 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Two re-editions from the Penguin Shakespeare and two books sent by Verso – Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life and Andreas Malm’s Fossil Capital.

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