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Marx as writer

Posted on December 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Roland Boer shares the preface to his forthcoming book  Criticism of Earth: On Marx, Engels and Theology. Very interesting on Marx’s manner of writing, and the contrasts with Engels.

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Crampton and Elden on Exploring Geopolitics

Posted on December 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at Exploring Geopolitics, Jeremy Crampton and I are two of the first to offer our thoughts on the year in geopolitics. Jeremy discusses Wikileaks; I say something about the Occupy movement. Saul Cohen offers much more comprehensive thoughts here.

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Foucault, Ascesis, Medieval Studies

Posted on December 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Eileen Joy has an interesting post here about the late Foucault and Medieval Studies. The focus is particularly on the fragments of Foucault’s work on the Christian saints. In that vein, Philippe Chevalier’s new book Michel Foucault et le christianisme … Continue reading →

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Stanley Cavell on Coriolanus and political readings

Posted on December 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Fortunately I got there on my own first, but this is why I was right to abandon my initial idea of a narrowly political reading of Coriolanus. In the critical discussions I have read so far, the psychoanalytic perspective has produced more … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy – To the Barricades

Posted on December 16, 2011 by stuartelden

Some great photos of a year in protests, in Foreign Policy. Thanks to Leonhardt van Efferink for the link.

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Shakespeare’s Coriolanus – political geographies, bodies and animals

Posted on December 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Having finished teaching, cleared a whole host of other things, got on top of journal work, put the Leibniz paper to rest, and still in limbo on another project, I was able to turn to a long-dormant idea yesterday. The … Continue reading →

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Levi Bryant – The Democracy of Objects open access pdf

Posted on December 15, 2011 by stuartelden

The html version has been available for a while, and the print book more recently, but now the pdf can be downloaded here. This is in the New Metaphysics series, edited by Bruno Latour and Graham Harman, and published by … Continue reading →

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Two followups on the future of Universities

Posted on December 15, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned the Qui Parle theme issue and Jeffrey Cohen’s followup yesterday. His blog has now elevated two of the best comments to posts of their own – here and here.

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Reading the Riots

Posted on December 15, 2011 by stuartelden

The Guardian and the LSE have been doing some very important work on the English riots of the summer. The front page for all their writing on this is ‘Reading the Riots’. There is now an e-book of highlights – … Continue reading →

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Qui Parle on the future of Universities

Posted on December 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Some interesting papers in the journal Qui Parle. Jeffrey Cohen offers some additional thoughts here.

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