Author Archives: stuartelden

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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A very good discussion of academic book publishing by publisher editors

Posted on May 29, 2015 by stuartelden

A very good discussion of academic book publishing by publisher editors at Daily Nous – philosophy editors, but lots of good stuff for many disciplines.

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Last Call for Abstracts: MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory (2015)

Posted on May 28, 2015 by stuartelden

Last Call for Abstracts MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 1-3 September 2015 ‘Resistance and Power beyond Foucault’ Convener: Guilel Treiber, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven (Guilel.Treiber@hiw.kuleuven.be) The nature of political power is changing. The state is no longer the only, or … Continue reading →

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Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology – open access highlight papers

Posted on May 28, 2015 by stuartelden

Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology is celebrating its 46th Year, and has made some of its classic papers available open access. Includes pieces by Husserl, Sartre, Heidegger, Gadamer, Lingis… Thanks to Enowning for the link.

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