Author Archives: stuartelden

Graphics for OWS and elsewhere

Posted on October 26, 2011 by stuartelden

There have been some interesting graphics for the OWS protests, many of which have been circulated on fb and elsewhere. Territorial Masquerades has helpfully put together a number of best, including ones on income inequality, corporate mergers, defence contracts and … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler at Occupy Wall Street

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stuartelden

Judith Butler briefly speaking, amplified by the ‘human microphone’. via John Protevi at New APPS – who offers some interesting thoughts here.

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Graham Harman interview

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stuartelden

New interview with Graham Harman here – his own work, poetry, art, politics, OWS, China Miéville, H.P. Lovecraft, etc. Some particularly interesting discussion of writing. Since he discusses Lovecraft and the book he has coming out on him, what better … Continue reading →

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Critchley on Shakespeare

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stuartelden

Simon Critchley is leading a summer school on Shakespeare and Philosophy in Tilburg next year. It’s for graduate students and you can find details here (via Continental Philosophy bulletin board). Critchley’s own lectures will focus on Hamlet – but discussions look … Continue reading →

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David Campbell on images of Gaddafi’s death

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Some interesting analysis here. That link will not take you to anything unpleasant, apart from a small image of four newspaper front pages; the links within it will.

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Topology at the Tate Modern

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

A series of talks from 5 November 2011 to 12 May 2012: Giorgio Agamben, Etienne Balibar, Rosi Braidotti, Drucilla Cornell, Olafur Eliasson, David Harvey, Bruno Latour, Achille Mbembe, Ernesto Neto, Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Peter Weibel are among the … Continue reading →

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Foucault on the disciplinary society

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Just an audio recording, but Foucault on Discipline and Punish and what he was showing in that book – in English. I played the first five minutes to my students today to help explain the relation between the prison and … Continue reading →

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Babich and Richardson on Heidegger

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion between Babette Babich and William J. Richardson on Heidegger’s Being and Time. There is some discussion at the beginning on the relation between Aristotle and Heidegger and a brief comment on Brentano’s influence. via Enowning.

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Longer Times, Wider Geographies text

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

I previously posted the audio recording of my comments to the Tyneside Stop the War coalition meeting. The whole event was recorded by the organisers, and you can find that here. The text of my talk is now available here. … Continue reading →

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Sara Fregonese on the 2011 Arab Protests

Posted on October 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at the Society and Space open site, a commentary entitled “Beyond the Domino: Transnational (In)Security and the 2011 Protests“.

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