Author Archives: stuartelden

The Intervention in Mali

Posted on January 13, 2013 by stuartelden

France’s intervention in Mali over the last few days hasn’t received that much notice in the Anglophone press. It has now been joined by Britain, providing logistical support and supplies, which may change that. The Observer has the story here, and there is a … Continue reading →

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Jacob Klein, Gilles Deleuze and Francis Bacon

Posted on January 11, 2013 by stuartelden

At New APPS, an intriguing post on Jacob Klein, Gilles Deleuze and Francis Bacon by Jeff Bell. In an earlier post, I made reference to Jacob Klein’s essay about Husserl’s history of the origin of geometry. Klein’s own work is … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
This post was originally given as a talk at the Urbanomic event Simulation, Exercise, Operations held in Oxford on the 11th July 2012. Thanks to Robin Mackay for the transcription of the talk that served as a basis for the…

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Slavoj Žižek interview in Salon

Posted on January 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Rather late linking to this.

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When Heidegger met Lacan

Posted on January 11, 2013 by stuartelden

This photo has been doing the rounds on facebook (via Difundir Psicoanálisis). It is from Heidegger’s visit to Lacan’s home at Guitrancourt which he visited shortly before delivering the ‘What is Philosophy?’ lecture at Cerisy-la-salle in 1955. A young Kostas Axelos was the … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
The airport is a totalitarian space; sometimes the truth is hyperbolic. You re-enter the United States, land of your birth, as part of the stream of arriving passengers. It is an everyday experience.…

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Posted on January 10, 2013 by stuartelden

History journal editors come out against RCUK policies on open access.

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NDPR review of Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time

Posted on January 10, 2013 by stuartelden

NDPR have a very positive review of Tim Maudlin’s recently published Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time. This is volume one of a two-volume survey of the philosophy of physics. The second volume of the series addresses foundational questions concerning … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 9, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
Judith Butler‘s Wall Exchange ‘Bodies on the street’, delivered at the Vogue Theatre in Vancouver last year, has now been posted on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-bPr7t4tgA&feature=youtu.be And a Q&A the following day with UBC faculty at the…

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Michael Eldred on Heidegger and world

Posted on January 9, 2013 by stuartelden

A short piece by Michael Eldred – Being Time Space – Heidegger’s Casting of World. This essay gives an exposition of Heidegger’s late thinking on being, time and space, showing how each eventuates appropriately from the Ereignis (propriation). Three talks … Continue reading →

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