Category Archives: Judith Butler

Judith Butler at Occupy Wall Street

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stuartelden

Judith Butler briefly speaking, amplified by the ‘human microphone’. via John Protevi at New APPS – who offers some interesting thoughts here.

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Judith Butler on the Politics of the Street text

Posted on October 5, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned the video of Judith Butler’s lecture “The Politics of the Street and New Forms of Alliance” earlier this week; now you can read the text – thanks again to Ayşe Mermutlu for the links. Update: The text is available here

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Judith Butler on the politics of the street

Posted on October 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Video of a lecture “The Politics of the Street and New Forms of Alliance” here – thanks to Ayşe Mermutlu for the link. Update: The text is available here

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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 →

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Judith Butler on Palestine

Posted on September 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting piece by Judith Butler on the Palestine bid for statehood and the demise of the Oslo accords in the London Review of Books. One small excerpt: If nothing else, a new set of dynamics will be inaugurated through the … Continue reading →

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Butler on Arendt

Posted on August 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Butler on Arendt in The Guardian. The occasion is 50 years since Arendt saw the Adolf Eichmann trial. [update – just seen that she is speaking  in September in a paper that discusses Arendt. The videos of past events, including … Continue reading →

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Oecumene Symposium: Citizenship after Orientalism

Posted on June 20, 2011 by stuartelden

Engin Isin’s fascinating Oecumene project has details of their first symposium, on the theme of ‘Citizenship after Orientalism’ here. The events run from Feb 6-11, and keynote speakers are a stellar lineup of Judith Butler, Paul Gilroy, Bryan Turner and Engin … Continue reading →

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Society and Space free access highlight papers

Posted on April 5, 2011 by stuartelden

These have been available for a while, but there are a number of papers in Society and Space that are free access as highlights of recently published work. They include papers by Judith Butler; Peter Sloterdijk; Naomi Klein and Neil … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – new issue, blog, facebook

Posted on March 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Issue 2 of Society and Space is now available here. It includes commentaries on aid in Pakistan and the situation of the Roma people in Europe; a translation of Pierre Macherey with an introduction by the translator Susan Ruddick; and … Continue reading →

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Butler on Kafka

Posted on February 27, 2011 by stuartelden

Judith Butler discusses Kafka in the London Review of Books (open access). This would be interesting enough just by author and subject, but it also raises some intriguing and important issues about publishing, author’s wishes and copyright. There are some very interesting reflections … Continue reading →

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