Author Archives: stuartelden

The Ontological Turn in Contemporary Philosophy

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Third Annual International Summer School in German Philosophy: “The Ontological Turn in Contemporary Philosophy” (July 2-13, 2012) at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Speakers include Ray Brassier, Iain Hamilton Grant, Martin Hägglund, Graham Harman and Slavoj Zizek. What is the world? What do we mean … Continue reading →

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Society and Space new issue

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

A new issue of Society and Space is now out – includes a theme section of essays on the Swiss geographer Claude Raffestin, edited by Francisco Klauser. Full table of contents here.

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Zizek on Hegel – table of contents for forthcoming book

Posted on January 25, 2012 by stuartelden

You can find the table of contents of Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism here. Thanks to Ayşe Mermutlu for the link.

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IBRU Borderlines newsletter

Posted on January 25, 2012 by stuartelden

A new issue of Borderlines, the newsletter and calendar of events from the International Boundaries Research Unit at Durham, is now available online. It includes the workshop programme, border news, and a brief note from me about taking over as Academic … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory – The Everywhere War

Posted on January 25, 2012 by stuartelden

via Territorial Masquerades, the audio of a lecture by Derek Gregory is available online.

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The Continuum Companion to Leibniz reviewed

Posted on January 25, 2012 by stuartelden

The Continuum Companion to Leibniz is reviewed at NDPR – the whole review is open access, so will only quote a couple of telling lines: On the whole, the volume is of exceptional quality. Each and every article represents an … Continue reading →

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Global risks (apparently)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by stuartelden

via Nick Srnicek – click on it to expand. I know this is ‘economic risks’ but interesting to see how minor a position ‘terrorism’ has. How would it have been seen ten years ago? [Update: some analysis here]

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Harvey’s new book

Posted on January 24, 2012 by stuartelden

Also by David Harvey, his new book will be out in April – Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Interesting how he uses two of Lefebvre’s phrases in the subtitle, though the last at least … Continue reading →

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Harvey on Capital Vol II

Posted on January 24, 2012 by stuartelden

David Harvey’s lectures on Capital, Vol II will be available online beginning later this week. Details here. [update: now available here]

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Sahara reporters on Kano

Posted on January 22, 2012 by stuartelden

A different source, including the Boko Haram statement. The news reports all seem to be focusing on the bombs, but from what I’m hearing lots of people were shot too, in a range of locations. The news reports continue to … Continue reading →

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