Category Archives: Nigel Thrift

Sloterdijk Now details

Polity now have a more detailed page up for this book, with blurb and table of contents. The book is on schedule for publication in December.

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Society and Space – writing its history

I’ve been spending the last several days writing the introduction to the volume of Society and Space papers for the Sage Environment and Planning collection. It’s been fascinating to go over the journal’s back issues, yet again, and trace the … Continue reading

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Pop Theory on Sloterdijk

Clive Barnett at Pop Theory says a bit about Sloterdijk here. His suggestion that Sloterdijk is “all the rage in spatial-theory-land” at the moment seems a bit strong, given that his two references are to a journal issue I co-edited and … Continue reading

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Society and Space 29/1 out

Vol 29 No 1 of Society and Space is now available – here It includes five papers on counterterror culture – films, novels, internet discussions – and papers on a range of other topics including animal research, urban planning in … Continue reading

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Sloterdijk Now submitted

The manuscript of Sloterdijk Now has just been sent to the publisher. The final two chapters – by Wieland Hoban on Sloterdijk’s stylistic methods and Efraín Kristal on his engagement with literature – have been wrapped up in final form. … Continue reading

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Sloterdijk Now update

The Sloterdijk book is coming together. Nigel Thrift‘s chapter is now edited and ready to go. Entitled “Peter Sloterdijk and the Philosopher’s Stone”, it’s a discussion of the relation between philosophy and social science. Thrift is critical of some of … Continue reading

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Environment and Planning

There will be a five volume compilation from the Environment and Planning series of journals coming out with Sage next year. It’s designed for library use.  There are four volumes devoted to the four journals – A, B, C and D … Continue reading

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Sloterdijk Now blurb

Here’s the publicity blurb for the Sloterdijk Now edited collection I am doing for Polity, due out next year. Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and contentious thinkers currently working within the European tradition. This is the first … Continue reading

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Taking Place – new book

Two colleagues at Durham, Ben Anderson and Paul Harrison, have a new edited book out – Taking Place: Non-Representational Theories and Geography. It’s published by Ashgate, and more info can be found here. You can download the book’s introduction for … Continue reading

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