Category Archives: Giorgio Agamben

Agamben – Homo Sacer structure

Posted on January 31, 2012 by stuartelden

Update: a new graphic of the structure is available here. Thanks to Nicholas Dahmann for this – the structure of Agamben’s Homo Sacer in graphic form… jpg and pdf.

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Giorgio Agamben – Homo Sacer structure

Posted on January 31, 2012 by stuartelden

Update: a graphic of the structure is available here. Thanks to André Dias for the Italian information – this is the structure of Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer series, with English titles where available: I:  Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life [Homo … Continue reading →

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Agamben, Opus Dei in French

Posted on January 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Agamben’s Opus Dei – volume II, 5 of the Homo Sacer project – has been translated into French. Why is it the French seem to always be quicker at translations than the English or American presses? I can’t find an … Continue reading →

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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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German Philosophy and Geography

Posted on September 27, 2011 by stuartelden

This the session I am organising at the New York AAG (24-28 Feb 2012). The impact of philosophers on geography, in recent years, has largely been from the French tradition—Foucault, Deleuze, Derrida, Badiou and others. There are exceptions, of course, … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Schmitt, Conferences, Eduardo Mendieta, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gilles Deleuze, Giorgio Agamben, Gottfried Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler, Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Slavoj Zizek | 3 Comments

Writing rhythm and summer reading

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

I have been getting into a good writing rhythm since I got back from Amsterdam, with a dedicated two hour slot each day when I write with no distractions, followed by the rest of the day on editorial work, other … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Soja, Fredric Jameson, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Giorgio Agamben, Karl Marx, Politics, Territory | 5 Comments

Roundup – St. Paul, Heidegger, Peter Gratton, Thinking Nature, Levi Bryant

Posted on June 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Since I arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday evening, internet access has been a bit erratic. Will hopefully post something about being here soon. In the meantime, here’s a roundup of interesting stuff out there. Adam Kotsko makes the suggestion of … Continue reading →

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New books

Posted on May 23, 2011 by stuartelden

A whole big pile of books arrived over the last few months while I’ve been away. Some of them are ones I have chapters in; one I endorsed; most are ones I asked for in recompense for review work; some … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Bruno Latour, Eugen Fink, Fossils, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Giorgio Agamben, Gottfried Leibniz, Graham Harman, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jeremy Crampton, Martin Heidegger, Medieval Studies, My Publications, Slavoj Zizek | Leave a comment

Giorgio Agamben – What is a Commandment?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Audio of a lecture available here (via Infinite Thought). The page also has several other audio files to stream or download, including Žižek.

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Democracy in what state?

Posted on February 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting looking new book from Columbia UP with a very impressive contributor list – Giorgio Agamben, Alain Badiou, Daniel Bensaïd, Wendy Brown, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Rancière, Kristin Ross, and Slavoj Žižek (via the Continental Philosophy blog). “Is it meaningful to … Continue reading →

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