Category Archives: Books

Longer Times, Wider Geographies

Posted on October 6, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve uploaded an audio recording of my comments to the meeting last night of the Tyneside Stop the War coalition meeting. The meeting was held to mark ten years since the war on Afghanistan started. The first speaker Lindsey German, of Stop … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Sebald, Books, Speculative Realist Literary Criticism, Occupy Wall Street, Zizek on TV

Posted on October 5, 2011 by stuartelden

Some interesting stuff I’ve recently come across… A retrospective ten years after W.G. Sebald’s death in The Times Higher Education (via Continental Philosophy). Interesting reading, especially on his resistance to the bureaucratisation of higher education. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen offers some interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Levi Bryant, Medieval Studies, Politics, Publishing, Slavoj Zizek, Universities | 1 Comment

Derrida vs. Searle

Posted on October 4, 2011 by stuartelden

A book shelf showdown:- Jacques Derrida’s shelves of his own publications vs. John Searle’s. Looks like Derrida wins this one too. This was an art installation – details here (via here).

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The Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

Posted on October 2, 2011 by stuartelden

It has been the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki that has made the headlines, though it appears that among the others killed were two other US targets (report here). Among the reactions worth reading are Juan Cole, the Disorder of Things … Continue reading →

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2012 talks

Posted on September 27, 2011 by stuartelden

One of the things I’ve been working on since I got back is the schedule of talks for early 2012. I’d already agreed to give a couple of talks on ‘volume’ (part of The Space of the World project) in March … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gottfried Leibniz, Pierre Macherey, Territory, The Space of the World, Travel | Leave a comment

Tim Morton, Realist Magic and writing books

Posted on September 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Tim Morton is writing a couple of books, under the titles Realist Magic and Hyperobjects. And he’s writing them terrifyingly fast, blogging about it as he goes. His stuff is worth reading, so it clearly works for him. Graham Harman is similarly … Continue reading →

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Berkeley and Tucson

Posted on September 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Now back in the UK. Both visits were a lot of fun, and it was great to visit Berkeley for the first time – a lovely campus and great walks in the hills behind it – and Tucson again for … Continue reading →

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Translation, discuss

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting post, and developing discussion, about translation of philosophical texts, here.

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‘How should we do the history of territory?’ – Berkeley audio

Posted on September 16, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my Berkeley talk is now available. Many thanks to Ilaria Giglioli for making the recording. “How should we do the history of territory”, University of California, Berkeley, 14 September 2011.

Posted in Conferences, Giovanni Botero, Gottfried Leibniz, Michel Foucault, Niccolò Machiavelli, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, Territory, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

Society and Space – Writing its History

Posted on September 13, 2011 by stuartelden

(Cross posted from Society and Space) I’ve recently completed work as the managing editor of a five volume compilation of papers from the four Environment and Planning journals. This is a collaborative venture between Pion, who publish the journals, and … Continue reading →

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