Category Archives: Judith Butler

Routledge books received

Posted on December 5, 2012 by stuartelden

I did some review work for Routledge a while back. These are the books I received in recompense – mainly some Judith Butler books I’d read but didn’t own; some for the Shakespeare project; and David Delaney’s The Spatial, the … Continue reading →

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Radical Philosophy 176 – and iPad edition

Posted on October 30, 2012 by stuartelden

Number 176 is available – Judith Butler, Ontological Politics, Lyotard’s Discourse, Figure, Pussy Riot and lots of reviews, including the new biography of Derrida. And you can now read the journal on iPad and Android – details here.

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Two Geographical Imaginations posts

Posted on September 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory’s blog Geographical Imaginations has fast become a must-read. Here are two very interesting recent posts – one on Trevor Paglen’s work on US military patches; and one on Judith Butler’s new thoughts on Antigone, inspired by Anne Carson’s … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler interview on the Adorno prize

Posted on September 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Judith Butler is interviewed about receiving the Adorno prize here. I mentioned the ‘controversy’ about this in an earlier post.

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Judith Butler – Adorno prize

Posted on August 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Judith Butler has been awarded the Adorno prize (press release in German here). Given the remit of the prize, and Butler’s reputation, this seems highly deserved. However there was a piece in The Jerusalem Post criticising the award because Butler … Continue reading →

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The Anarchist Turn – Simon Critchley

Posted on May 27, 2012 by stuartelden

The Butler videos I linked to earlier are part of a wider conference. Below is Simon Critchley’s introduction, which around 4 minutes in raises the question of anarchist geographers/ies and calls for ‘new maps’.   More videos from this conference … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 27, 2012 by stuartelden

The last part of the interview is here.

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Judith Butler interview

Posted on May 24, 2012 by stuartelden

Interview in advance of her talk ‘A Politics of the Street’ in Vancouver.

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Judith Butler, Parting Ways

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Judith Butler’s long-awaited book on Jewish and Zionist thought is forthcoming in July. Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism will be published by Columbia University Press. Judith Butler follows Edward Said’s late suggestion that through a consideration of … Continue reading →

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Lego Social Theory

Posted on April 11, 2012 by stuartelden

More Lego Social Theory – here. Thanks to Ben R for the link – Anthony Giddens, Angela McRobbie and Stuart Hall. The original figures of Foucault, Butler, Giddens and McRobbie are here.

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