Author Archives: stuartelden

University of Essex tribute to Ernesto Laclau

Posted on April 15, 2014 by stuartelden

University of Essex tribute to Ernesto Laclau. There is also a round-up of some other stories at critical-theory.com

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Biosocial Becomings reviewed

Posted on April 15, 2014 by stuartelden

Kim Ward reviews Biosocial Becomings: Integrating Social and Biological Anthropology, a new collection edited by Tim Ingold and Gisli Palsson at the Society and Space open site.

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Where to start with reading Peter Sloterdijk?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

[The most recent version can be found here.] Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? I have previously done this with Henri Lefebvre, and Chathan Vemuri asked me the same question for Sloterdijk. This is my attempt at answering this, largely … Continue reading →

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Giorgio Agamben – The Homo Sacer series structure in visual form

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to Nicholas Dahmann for updating this image. According to some reports, II, 4 will not be published and the designation of Opus Dei as II, 5 may have been an error. L’uso dei corpi [The Use of Bodies] is the last planned … Continue reading →

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Verso’s tribute to Ernesto Laclau

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Verso books have posted a nice tribute to Ernesto Laclau, written by Robin Blackburn.

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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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