Author Archives: stuartelden

The importance of being REF-able: academic writing under pressure from a culture of counting at the LSE blog

Posted on February 12, 2017 by stuartelden

The importance of being REF-able: academic writing under pressure from a culture of counting at the LSE blog. Some interesting discussion, not least because it puts the emphasis on the (perceived) quality of publications, not the absolute quantity.  

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Trump’s new empire: Thoughts on American imperialism in the age of Trump. A sneak peek from Israel/Palestine

Posted on February 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
A guest post by Hagar Kotef and Merav Amir. Hagar Kotef is a Senior Lecturer of Political Theory and Comparative Political Thought at the Department of Politics and International Relations, SOAS, The University of London. She is…

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Harvey visualizes capital at Oxford

Posted on February 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on multipliciudades:
Here’s the video of Harvey’s talk at Oxford a couple of weeks ago, again focusing on his ‘Marx project’ and related adventures in the theory of value. Although his presentations are frequently based on implicit conceptual…

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An Interview with Agamben on his intellectual beginnings

Posted on February 8, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Philosophy As Interdisciplinary Intensity – An Interview With Giorgio Agamben (Antonio Gnolio/Ido Govrin) – Religious Theory

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Genealogies of Environmentalism: The Lost Works of Clarence Glacken – forthcoming in June 2017

Posted on February 7, 2017 by stuartelden

Genealogies of Environmentalism: The Lost Works of Clarence Glacken – edited by S. Ravi Rajan with Adam Romero and Michael Watts – forthcoming with University of Virginia Press in June 2017. I’m very pleased to see this – when I … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lacan, Shakespeare, Freud, Nietzsche, Bambach and Kantorowicz

Posted on February 5, 2017 by stuartelden

Lacan’s Four Fundamental Concepts; the new Arden edition of Cymbeline; the translation of the first edition of Freud’s Three Essays; the 1964 proceedings of a conference on Nietzsche; an edited collection on Lacan’s first two seminars; Charles Bambach’s Thinking the Poetic Measure … Continue reading →

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10 Critical Theory Books that came out in January 2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 by stuartelden

Another very useful roundup – Farge and Foucault, Elden, Balibar, Hall, Adorno…

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London Review of International Law lecture flyer – Legal Terrain, 23 February 2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 by stuartelden

London Review of International Law lecture flyer – Legal Terrain, 23 February 2017 As I’ve previously said, versions of this lecture will be given in Durham on 6 February and Oslo on 3 March.

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Alain Badiou, No Limit – a report on his final seminar

Posted on February 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Alain Badiou, No Limit – a report on his final seminar by Philip Douroux, translated at the Verso blog (French original here).

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Althusser, Spinoza and Revolution in Philosophy: An Interview with Warren Montag

Posted on February 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Althusser, Spinoza and Revolution in Philosophy: An Interview with Warren Montag in Salvage. A fascinating discussion of Althusser, Jonathan Swift, Pierre Macherey, Adam Smith and others.

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