Author Archives: stuartelden

Brendan Gleeson and Neil Brenner in conversation on the age of urbanization

Posted on April 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Brendan Gleeson and Neil Brenner in conversation on the age of urbanization

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Books bought in Paris – Foucault, Duby, de Certeau, Farge

Posted on April 15, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve been in Paris the last few days, doing some work on the Foucault project. The two main things were some work at the Bibliothèque Nationale and meeting Daniel Defert to talk about Foucault’s work. I’ll say a bit more in … Continue reading →

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# TOPIE IMPITOYABLE /// Bodies on the Targetting Line: Trying to Make Sense of Human Shields

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Funambulist:
Rachel Corrie confronting a Israeli army bulldozer before being killed by it (March 13, 2003) A few months ago, I learned that Judith Butler was going to give a lecture at the London School of Economics and…

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Georgina Born, “Anthropology, Digital Music and the Contemporary”, British Academy lecture, 19 May 2015

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Georgina Born, Radcliffe-Brown lecture in Anthropology, British Academy, 19 May 2015, 6pm

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Discussion of the work of Franco Moretti in New Rambler Review

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Discussion of the work of Franco Moretti in New Rambler Review.

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The Function of Criticism at the Present Time – on the work of Lauren Berlant

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in the LA Review of Books, “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time“, which looks at the work of Lauren Berlant. Berlant will be giving the Society and Space lecture at the Association of American Geographers meeting … Continue reading →

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An interview with radical publisher François Maspero (1932-2015): ‘A few misunderstandings’

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

In commemoration of the death of author and publisher François Maspero, who passed away on Saturday, April 11 at the age of 83. Verso presents this translated interview with the founder of Éditions Maspero, the publishing house which has served as … Continue reading →

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Kelly Oliver, Earth and World: Philosophy after the Apollo Missions

Posted on April 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Kelly Oliver, Earth and World: Philosophy after the Apollo Missions – thanks to John Protevi for the link. Critically engaging the work of Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and Jacques Derrida together with her own observations on contemporary politics, … Continue reading →

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Jacques Derrida’s early essay on Shakespeare’s idea of Kingship – ‘Quite unintelligible’

Posted on April 12, 2015 by stuartelden

This page of an assignment by Jacques Derrida on Shakespeare is quite wonderful. He would have been 19-20 years old, while in a khâgne class – post-school, pre-university. While the teacher’s comment that some of this is ‘quite unintelligible’ is very funny; … Continue reading →

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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

Posted on April 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Terry Eagleton, The Slow Death of the University Henri Lefebvre, Metaphilosophy – forthcoming in 2016 from Verso with introduction by Stuart Elden Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s Stealth Revolution Heidegger, National Socialism and the editing of the Gesamtausgabe Call … Continue reading →

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