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“The territorial integrity of Ukraine must be respected” – what is territorial integrity?

Posted on March 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Like most people I’ve been following the news of developments in Ukraine with fascination and alarm. I certainly don’t know enough about the country to venture any specific opinions on the situation there. What I would say, though, is there … Continue reading →

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“About the Concept of the ‘Dangerous Individual’ in Legal Psychiatry of the 19th Century” – details of variant English and French texts

Posted on March 1, 2014 by stuartelden

A couple of months ago [update: in January 2014], I asked three minor questions concerning Foucault’s ‘About the Concept of the Dangerous Individual’ lecture in Toronto in 1977. is the version in Dits et écrits the original French, or a re-translation with an … Continue reading →

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A new interdisciplinary book series: Rethinking the Island

Posted on March 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Ten per cent of Earth’s population—over six hundred and fifty million people—live on forty-eight sovereign island states, and many thousands more live on subnational island jurisdictions peppering the coastlines, lakes, and rivers of Earth’s continents. Over the last three decades, … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre recordings – three audio; one [now two] videos

Posted on March 1, 2014 by stuartelden

I didn’t know about these before – three audio recordings of Lefebvre. The first from 1975 is the most wide-ranging; the second is a brief discussion from 1970 that discusses La fin de l’histoire; and the third is on space. There is … Continue reading →

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Derrida Seminar Translation Project – details of published and forthcoming French and English volumes

Posted on March 1, 2014 by stuartelden

The Derrida Seminar Project has lots of information on the books in both French and English. Four volumes have been published so far in French: 1. Séminaire: La Béte et le souverain volume I (2001-2002), edited by Michel Lisse, Marie-Louise Mallet, … Continue reading →

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Jean-Luc Nancy discussion at Birkbeck cancelled – but paper available to download

Posted on February 28, 2014 by stuartelden

The discussion with Jean-Luc Nancy at Birkbeck, scheduled for next week, has unfortunately been cancelled due to illness. The paper that was due to be discussed is available here.

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Foucault talks next week in Melbourne – and thanks for this week

Posted on February 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Many thanks to everyone who came to the two talks this week on The Birth of Territory at Monash and RMIT. There were good audiences for both and some interesting questions. I recorded the RMIT talk and will try to upload … Continue reading →

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Primer on Palestine

Posted on February 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
The indispensable Middle East Research and Information Project (MERIP) has just published a new edition of its brilliant Primer on Palestine, Israel and the Arab-Israeli Conflict by Joel Beinin and Lisa Hajjar.  It was first published…

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Radical Philosophy 184 out now

Posted on February 27, 2014 by stuartelden

New issue of Radical Philosophy out now: Commentary: ‘People not of our concern’ Article: Kojève’s letter to Stalin Article: The postconceptual condition Or, the cultural logic of high capitalism today – Peter Osborne Article: Sketch for a novel on Neville … Continue reading →

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9 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in February from Critical-Theory.com

Posted on February 27, 2014 by stuartelden

9 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in February from Critical-Theory.com – Althusser, Negri, Miller, Bartlett/Clemens/Roffe, Constantinou, Butler, Braun, Losurdo, Epstein.

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