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Kluge and Negt, History and Obstinacy – English translation published

Posted on February 22, 2015 by stuartelden

I missed this at the end of last year, but the long-awaited English translation of Alexander Kluge and Oskar Negt, History and Obstinacy has been published by Zone books. If Marx’s opus Capital provided the foundational account of the forces of production in all of … Continue reading →

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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

Posted on February 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Why I’m not writing or speaking about Heidegger’s Black Notebooks (except here) Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism “The German Ideology Never Took Place”: Terrell Carver History of the Present – the Berkeley newsletter on Foucault’s work online Foucault … Continue reading →

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Pierre Macherey’s “Foucault avec Deleuze: le retour éternel du vrai” (1987) in English?

Posted on February 21, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on My Desiring-Machines:
I just came across this essay on Macherey’s site and am thinking about trying to translate it into English. I haven’t been able to find one but wanted to check and see if it has…

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Jonas, McCann and Thomas – Urban Geography: A Critical Introduction

Posted on February 20, 2015 by stuartelden

New Urban Geography book out – looks good.

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Foucault – Qu’est-ce que la critique? Suivie de La culture de soi – new book forthcoming

Posted on February 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Vrin are publishing a new collection of Foucault’s work – Qu’est-ce que la critique? Suivie de La culture de soi. This is two lectures – one from May 1978 and one from April 1983. The first was on Kant, and was published posthumously (and … Continue reading →

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Why I’m not writing or speaking about Heidegger’s Black Notebooks (except here)

Posted on February 19, 2015 by stuartelden

As many readers of this blog will know, I’ve been posting various bits of news about Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ over the past year or so. In that time I’ve been asked to speak on Heidegger at events in the UK … Continue reading →

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On the road

Posted on February 19, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I’m in Mexico with wayward WiFi, which is why I’ve been so quiet lately.  The other reason is that I’ve been writing away (more on that soon).  Next month I really am on the road,…

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Jean-Luc Nancy defends Black Notebooks editor in Faust

Posted on February 19, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
There has been something of a dust-up where the editor of the Black Notebooks has been attacked by Friedrich Wilhelm von Herrmann, Heidegger’s last private assistant and chief editor of the Gesamtausgabe. Peter Trawny…

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Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism

Posted on February 18, 2015 by stuartelden

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 utilitarian rationality. But what if … Continue reading →

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Matthew Hannah reviews The Birth of Territory for The American Historical Review

Posted on February 18, 2015 by stuartelden

Matthew Hannah reviews The Birth of Territory for The American Historical Review (requires subscription). There are some quite sharp criticisms, but the overall take is fairly positive. I resisted attempts to tie periods where the historical record is patchy into … Continue reading →

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