Author Archives: stuartelden

New issue of Parrhesia – Meillssoux, Garcia, Klossowski, Ivakhiv, Tropes of Transport etc.

Posted on June 22, 2014 by stuartelden

New issue of Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy just out – includes work by Quentin Meillassoux, Tristan Garcia, Pierre Klossowski on Walter Benjamin, a review panel of Katrin Pahl’s Tropes of Transport: Hegel and Emotion, a piece by Adrian Ivakhiv on the objects-processes debate in … Continue reading →

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The Constitution of Scottish Territory

Posted on June 21, 2014 by stuartelden

An interim constitution for Scotland has recently been published – a draft document for what would be the proposed constitution following a ‘yes’ vote in the forthcoming referendum. It’s an interesting document for a number of reasons. Given my interests … Continue reading →

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Jens Bartleson review essay on new books on empire and sovereignty

Posted on June 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Jens Bartleson –  “From Empire to Sovereignty—and Back?“, Ethics and International Affairs. A review essay of David Armitage, Foundations of Modern International Thought; Lauren Benton, A Search for Sovereignty: Law and Geography in European Empires 1400–1900; and Jean L. Cohen’s Globalization and Sovereignty: Rethinking Legality, Legitimacy, and Constitutionalism.

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Environment and Planning A theme issue on ‘territorial stigmatization’

Posted on June 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Environment and Planning A theme issue on ‘territorial stigmatisation’.

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Editors vs Publishers – The Times Higher story on Prometheus and Taylor & Francis

Posted on June 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
The Times Higher has an interesting and worrying piece about the clash between the editors of a journal and their publisher Taylor & Francis. Here’s the opening few lines: A journal’s editorial board has been left on…

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First translation of Deleuze’s course on Rousseau

Posted on June 20, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks interesting – thanks to Peter Gratton for the link.

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Barry Stocker on Foucault’s Subjectivity and Truth lecture seven

Posted on June 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Barry Stocker on Foucault’s Subjectivity and Truth lecture seven – parts one and two.

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Foucault’s Lectures on Subjectivity and Truth, VI

Posted on June 18, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Stockerblog:
Lecture of 11th February, 1981 Foucault continues the theme from the previous lecture of community in marriage. He largely refers to Stoics, particularly Musonius Rufus (best known as the teacher of Epictetus. Foucault takes the discussion…

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“Thought is the courage of hopelessness” – interview with Giorgio Agamben

Posted on June 18, 2014 by stuartelden

“Thought is the courage of hopelessness: an interview with philosopher Giorgio Agamben” at the Verso blog (translated from a French original).  

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Richard Wolin on Heidegger’s Black Notebooks in the Jewish Review of Books

Posted on June 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Richard Wolin on Heidegger’s Black Notebooks in the Jewish Review of Books. I’m not a great enthusiast for Wolin’s work – Heidegger’s Children was insulting to some major thinkers in its title alone – but this is generally thoughtful and goes … Continue reading →

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