Author Archives: stuartelden

Environmental Influence from Antiquity to the Enlightenment – workshops at Warwick

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Two forthcoming conferences at Warwick, both in the Department of History – one this year; one next. The call for papers for the second will be issued later. Geographies of Man: Environmental Influence from Antiquity to the Enlightenment – 16th … Continue reading →

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Seen from the Window – the view from my NYC apartment

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

I’m staying on East 12th Street (corner of Broadway) for the next few weeks. I am right opposite Strand Books… There is a grill over the window, hence the somewhat murky image.

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Ernesto Laclau (1935-2014)

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Sad news about Ernesto Laclau, who has died of a heart attack while in Seville for a lecture (report in Spanish, via Elena Loizidou). Update: there is an English-language story in the Buenos Aires Herald; and another Spanish story in La … Continue reading →

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Graham Harman, Quentin Meillassoux – second edition forthcoming

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Given the subtitle of the book – Philosophy in the Making – the analysis was always going to be outstripped by the work being produced and translated. So it is good news that Graham Harman’s book on Quentin Meillassoux is … Continue reading →

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Peter Gratton reviews Stiegler & Technics; Derrida’s The Death Penalty; and Johnston on Materialism

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton has been busy with reviews recently… A review of Christina Howells and Gerald Moore (eds.), Stiegler and Technics at NDPR A review article at Berfrois on Derrida’s The Death Penalty, Vol. 1  And a review article in Symposium on Adrian Johnston’s Prolegomena to Any Future … Continue reading →

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Novara TV interview with David Harvey

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Experimental Geographies:
David Harvey talks to Aaron Bastani on Novara TV about contemporary capitalism, crisis, social movements and his new book.

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Heidegger’s Black Notebooks discussed – video of Trawny, Babich

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

At the Fordham website, Babette Babich, Peter Trawny, and Roger Berkowitz discuss Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ (via Enowning). Michael Inwood discusses the books in The Telegraph (well, little about the books, more about his work and legacy generally).

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Verso’s Undergraduate Reading List – and last days of their 50% + e-book sale

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Verso have updated their suggestions for an alternative undergraduate reading list. It would be a very well-read undergraduate to complete this list. Also worth mentioning that their excellent sale – 50% off many books, free postage, plus the bundled e-book, … Continue reading →

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So the #AAG2014 meeting is done for another year…

Posted on April 12, 2014 by stuartelden

I’m sitting at Tampa airport, waiting to fly to Newark to begin six weeks in New York. The Association of American Geographers meeting is over for another year. It was a good meeting, beginning – for me – with a … Continue reading →

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VersoBooks is having a 50% off sale

Posted on April 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Apparently with free shipping worldwide, too and its bundled with the e-book, if available. That last one is pretty handy, since a lot of books I’ve had recently to work through, I’ve…

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