Category Archives: Medieval Studies

Speculative Realism book series more info

Posted on February 22, 2011 by stuartelden

EUP has a page up on the series here: Since its first appearance at a London colloquium in 2007, the Speculative Realism movement has taken continental philosophy by storm. Opposing the formerly ubiquitous modern dogma that philosophy can speak only … Continue reading →

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The speculative/Medieval relation

Posted on February 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Eileen Joy replies to my earlier question on the relation between speculative realism and medieval studies, in some detail, and with some references to writers such as Graham Harman and Tim Morton, here. There is a lot in this post, and much that … Continue reading →

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Speculative Medievalisms podcasts

Posted on January 23, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio from the conference in London recently is now available here. (See also my brief report and question.)

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Dark Materialism and Speculative Medievalisms

Posted on January 16, 2011 by stuartelden

From Speculative Heresy – helpful for those who couldn’t make the events in London last week; and potentially good news with a publication from the second event. The podcast for the Dark Materialism event is now available online here. The Natural … Continue reading →

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Electronic publishing

Posted on January 15, 2011 by stuartelden

At In the Middle, Jeffery Jerome Cohen offers some thoughts on e-books and access. He raises the idea of short pamphlets for sale at $1-3 through Google books or Amazon. If they can’t host them themselves, and genuinely need that … Continue reading →

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My question to Speculative Medievalisms

Posted on January 15, 2011 by stuartelden

I didn’t get the chance to ask my general question of the whole day. (I didn’t get the chance I’d have liked to ask Nick Srnicek a question either, but I’ll send him that privately.) My question, or more of … Continue reading →

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Speculative Medievalisms

Posted on January 15, 2011 by stuartelden

I spent yesterday at the Speculative Medievalisms workshop at King’s College, London. I’d left it late to reserve a place, not knowing if I could make it, and it was full. But fortunately a space opened up for me. It … Continue reading →

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Intellectual Generosity

Posted on January 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Graham Harman asks:- What are the great acts of generosity in intellectual history? I’m not saying that generosity has to be free of all selfish motive; in fact, far from it. By “generosity” I mean the decision that someone is … Continue reading →

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Roundup – WW2 maps, Right-Badiouians, and the End of the World

Posted on November 29, 2010 by stuartelden

At his Open Geography blog, Jeremy Crampton mentions an interesting GSU magazine story on his research on the history and politics of maps here  Graham Harman engages with some criticisms of object-orientated philosophy here, and ends with an interesting suggestion about the relation … Continue reading →

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Chapter Seven

Posted on November 26, 2010 by stuartelden

The work on Chapter Seven in this redraft was minor. This is largely because of the amount of work I’d already put into this chapter; a chapter which caused me more textual difficulties than any other. The chapter discusses Roman law, … Continue reading →

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