Author Archives: stuartelden

Of fellowships and stone

Posted on February 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen reports here on his good news of an ALCS fellowship, and the project that he will be working on. A few things I found interesting in his post, which I am relating to my own experience of … Continue reading →

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onto Palestine?

Posted on February 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in The Jerusalem Post, not exactly a liberal or pro-Palestine paper, on the potential for the Arab uprisings to spread to the West Bank (via here).

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Adam’s Ancestors

Posted on February 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton comments on David Livingstone’s book Adam’s Ancestors, here; a book I mentioned in my ‘reading list’ post yesterday. Jeremy provides a brief outline of what the book is about, and notes the part he paid in Livingstone’s argument. He suggests … Continue reading →

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‘A Norway of North Africa’

Posted on February 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Anthony Giddens on Gaddafi in The Guardian in March 2007. As one-party states go, Libya is not especially repressive. Gadafy seems genuinely popular. Our discussion of human rights centred mostly upon freedom of the press… Will real progress be possible only … Continue reading →

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Unileaks and Student Fees

Posted on February 25, 2011 by stuartelden

This might be interesting, although there is almost nothing there yet – http://www.unileaks.org There is an open letter to UK vice chancellors here; following a similar one to those in Australia, here. Their statement of purpose is here. On the new … Continue reading →

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Hardt & Negri and Badiou on the Arab uprisings

Posted on February 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Hardt & Negri have a piece in The Guardian here; Alain Badiou’s piece in Le monde is now available in translation here.

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Reading at ANU

Posted on February 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Since I arrived here I’ve been doing quite a lot of reading, as I am at that interesting stage of a new project where you have a few ideas and begin following promising leads. Some of them, of course, turn … Continue reading →

Posted in David N. Livingstone, Fossils, Gilles Deleuze, Klaus Theweleit, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, The Space of the World, Wendy Brown, William E Connolly | 1 Comment

Finishing books

Posted on February 24, 2011 by stuartelden

In our Singapore discussion, Matt Sparke reminded me of a book I read several years ago when beginning my PhD but haven’t looked at since – Klaus Theweleit, Male Fantasies. Despite what the title might suggest, it’s actually a reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Gilles Deleuze, Jakob von Uexküll, Klaus Theweleit, Publishing, Territory | 1 Comment

Mal faire, dire vrai

Posted on February 23, 2011 by stuartelden

Foucault gave six lectures in Louvain in 1981 entitled “Mal faire, dire vrai”, on confession. I suspect they are close to material he used in his De Gouvernement des Vivants Collège de France course – not yet out in French. This site suggests … Continue reading →

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Todd May interview

Posted on February 23, 2011 by stuartelden

The latest APPS interview is with Todd May. This focuses mainly on his background and training in and out of philosophy, and also the current state of the discipline. Forthcoming ones include Graham Harman, Levi Bryant and me. Mine – … Continue reading →

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