Monthly Archives: April 2020

Mario Tronti, The Weapon of Organization: Mario Tronti’s Political Revolution in Marxism, edited and translated by Andrew Anastasi – Common Notions, September 2020

Posted on April 24, 2020 by stuartelden

Mario Tronti, The Weapon of Organization: Mario Tronti’s Political Revolution in Marxism, edited and translated by Andrew Anastasi – Common Notions, September 2020 Never before translated texts powerfully present Italian autonomist Marxist Mario Tronti’s resonance with contemporary questions of revolutionary … Continue reading →

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Samantha Rose Hill, Where to start with Hannah Arendt’s work

Posted on April 23, 2020 by stuartelden

People often ask me where they should start with Hannah Arendt's work. These are my most common suggestions. For those who want a taste before committing to the longer works: Politics: CrisesTheory: Between Past & FutureA sense of Arendt: Men … Continue reading →

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Christopher Watkin, “So you want to read Michel Serres? Start here”

Posted on April 23, 2020 by stuartelden

A very useful reading guide from Christopher Watkin, author of the recently published Michel Serres: Figures of Thought from Edinburgh University Press. I recently received an email from someone wanting to get into Michel Serres’s writing in English translation, and asking … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and English translations – addition of Vols I and II to the list

Posted on April 21, 2020 by stuartelden

I’ve done some further updating to the list of works in Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and other French collections and the English translations. The main work is the list of articles in Volume I, and the posthumous texts of Volume II, … Continue reading →

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Gunnar Olsson, Arkography: A Grand Tour through the Taken-for-Granted – University of Nebraska Press, May 2020

Posted on April 20, 2020 by stuartelden

Gunnar Olsson, Arkography: A Grand Tour through the Taken-for-Granted – University of Nebraska Press, May 2020 In this fascinating text Gunnar Olsson tells the story of an arkographer, who with Pallas Athene’s blessings, travels down the Red River Valley, navigates … Continue reading →

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Joseph Pugliese, Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human: Forensic Ecologies of Violence – Duke University Press, November 2020

Posted on April 18, 2020 by stuartelden

Joseph Pugliese, Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human: Forensic Ecologies of Violence – Duke University Press, November 2020 News from Derek Gregory of what sounds like a really interesting and important book. In Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human Joseph Pugliese examines the concept … Continue reading →

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Louise Amoore: Our lives with algorithms (video)

Posted on April 17, 2020 by stuartelden

From detecting anomalies in the landscape of medical images to drone footage to the influencing of elections, machine learning algorithms are transforming radically how we make sense in society. Deep neural net algorithms condense the features of a scene to … Continue reading →

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Undisciplined podcast with Nico Buitendag – Episode 7: Politics of Movement interview with Thomas Nail

Posted on April 17, 2020 by stuartelden

Undisciplined podcast – Nico Buitendag Episode 7: Politics of Movement interview with Thomas Nail The other interviews in this series can either be found on the Soundcloud page or Youtube – Simon Springer, Sandro Mezzadra, and others.

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Historical Materialism Seventeenth Annual Conference, 12-15 November 2020 London

Posted on April 16, 2020 by stuartelden

Historical Materialism Seventeenth Annual Conference Survival Pending Revolution: Historical Materialism in a Pandemic Age* 12-15 November 2020 Central London Deadline for abstracts: 1 June 2020 https://conference.historicalmaterialism.org/ It is a commonplace in the left’s theoretical imaginary that crises have a revelatory … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and English translations – list updated and a couple of questions

Posted on April 16, 2020 by stuartelden

I’ve done some updating to the list of works in Georges Bataille’s Oeuvres complètes and other French collections and the English translations. This includes some links to books, a bit of detail on texts in The College of Sociology not in the … Continue reading →

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