Category Archives: People

Plastic Materialities: Politics, Legality, and Metamorphosis in the Work of Catherine Malabou

Posted on March 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Plastic Materialities: Politics, Legality, and Metamorphosis in the Work of Catherine Malabou, edited by Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller. Catherine Malabou’s concept of plasticity has influenced and inspired scholars from across disciplines. The contributors to Plastic Materialities—whose fields include political philosophy, critical legal studies, social … Continue reading →

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Being Social: Ontology, Law, Politics – first book from Counterpress

Posted on March 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Being Social: Ontology, Law, Politics, edited by Dan Matthews and Tara Mulqueen. Being Social brings together leading and emerging scholars on the question of sociality in poststructuralist thought. The essays collected in this volume examine a sense of the social which resists … Continue reading →

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‘Contested Spaces of Citizenship’ Postgraduate Conference, 29th April 2015, Durham University

Posted on March 19, 2015 by stuartelden

Programme for upcoming ‘Contested Spaces of Citizenship’ Postgraduate Conference on Wednesday 29th April 2015 at Durham University, with Engin F. Isin as the key-note speaker. All those planning to attend should email g.d.m.maestri@durham.ac.uk to confirm.

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The Uncollected Foucault – updates to texts needed; and to texts available

Posted on March 18, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve been doing further work on ‘The Uncollected Foucault’ – which will hopefully become a short article as well as a resource here. I’ve made some updates to texts needed; and to texts available. The ones I still need are … Continue reading →

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“A Period of Intense Debate about Marxist Philosophy”: An Interview with Étienne Balibar

Posted on March 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Translation of an interview with Étienne Balibar in Viewpoint. This text was first pub­lished in L’Human­ité on March 13, 2015. Jérome Skalski: Fifty years ago Louis Althusser’s For Marx, and, under his direc­tion, Read­ing Cap­i­tal, were pub­lished. What was the con­text of the debate at that … Continue reading →

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Governing Emergencies – Theory, Culture and Society theme edited by Peter Adey, Ben Anderson and Stephen Graham

Posted on March 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Governing Emergencies – Theory, Culture and Society theme edited by Peter Adey, Ben Anderson and Stephen Graham. Includes essays by Claudia Aradau, Stephanie Simon and Marieke de Goede, Stephen J Collier and Andrew Lakoff, among others. Papers require subscription.

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Umberto Eco – How to Write a Thesis (MIT Press)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Umberto Eco’s 1977 book How to Write a Thesis now out in translation from MIT Press. By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy’s most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and … Continue reading →

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Michael O’Rourke – The Nows and Thens of Queer Theory (videos)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Michael O’Rourke – The Nows and Thens of Queer Theory – videos of six lectures here. An on-line and in residence seminar with Michael O’Rourke at UCD Humanities Institute, 9-13 February 2015. The seminar was organized by Global Centre for Advanced … Continue reading →

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Gastón Gordillo – Terrain as Insurgent Weapon (abstract)

Posted on March 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Gastón Gordillo shares an update on his ongoing work on terrain, for a forthcoming conference at UBC. Very sorry to miss this one – I’ll still be in Melbourne, talking about a related topic. Gastón and I have organised two … Continue reading →

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Brad Evans reviews Michael Dillon’s Biopolitics of Security at Antipode

Posted on March 6, 2015 by stuartelden

Brad Evans reviews Michael Dillon’s Biopolitics of Security: A Political Analytic of Finitude at Antipode. I’m looking forward to seeing this book when back in the UK.

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