Author Archives: stuartelden

Machines of Urbanisation – new blog from Ross Exo Adams

Posted on July 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Machines of Urbanisation – new blog from Ross Exo Adams. Ross is one of the most interesting urban theorists around, and this site has lots of his publications, conference papers and other pieces.

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‘Nobody Needs French Theory’ – an extract from Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance

Posted on July 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Edinburgh University Press Blog:
Continental Drift An interview between Jean Baudrillard and Deborah Solomon (DS)   DS As one of France’s most celebrated philosophers, can you give us any insight into the civil discontent that is pitting…

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‘Neoliberalism’ and ‘Capitalism’ – what’s the difference?

Posted on July 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on jeremygilbertwriting:
I wrote this in response to a discussion  of this theme on the NEON list. Thinking it was both too long for an email list and might be a useful resource for some people, I posted…

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Catherine Malabou’s Metamorphoses of Intelligence

Posted on July 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npd5sYLuZAM thanks to Michelle Maasz for sharing these. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLWhimo7y0s

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Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance: Uncollected Interviews – edited by Richard G. Smith and David B. Clarke

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stuartelden

A chance encounter with Richard Smith at the British Library alerted me to this new collection: Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance: Uncollected Interviews – edited by Richard G. Smith and David B. Clarke. This new collection gathers 23 highly insightful … Continue reading →

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“Reconfiguring Global Space: The Geography, Politics, and Ethics of Drone Warfare” Live Stream

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Society for Radical Geography, Spatial Theory, and Everyday Life:
For folks who are unable to be in Bloomington, “Reconfiguring Global Space: The Geography, Politics, and Ethics of Drone Warfare” will be live streaming presentations beginning today at…

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Henri Lefebvre, Metaphilosophy – available to pre-order

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Not out until February 2016, and not yet on the Verso site, but Henri Lefebvre’s Metaphilosophy is listed on PenguinRandomHouse and at a certain online store. David Fernbach did the translation, and I edited the text, compiled the notes and wrote an … Continue reading →

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London Critical Theory Summer School 2015 Friday Debate II audio recording – Costas Douzinas, Stephen Frosh, Jacqueline Rose, Esther Leslie and Slavoj Zizek

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stuartelden

London Critical Theory Summer School 2015 Friday Debate II – Introduction and summing up the 2nd week by by Costas Douzinas, Stephen Frosh, Jacqueline Rose, Esther Leslie and Slavoj Zizek. Audio recording available here.

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Margaret Moore, A Political Theory of Territory, reviewed by Tamar Meisels at NDPR.

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stuartelden

The book I mentioned last week, Margaret Moore, A Political Theory of Territory, is reviewed by Tamar Meisels at NDPR. I’ve yet to read Moore’s book, but it seems striking from the review that the work is conducted as an internal debate … Continue reading →

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Draft Translation of Fourquet and Murard’s “La Ville-Ordinateur”

Posted on July 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on My Desiring-Machines:
As I mentioned last week, this is the essay that kicked off Recherches 13 (1973) and is the context for the two conversations involving Deleuze, Guattari, Foucualt, and Fourquet that are published as texts 129…

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