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Jennifer Bates and Richard Wilson (eds.), Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks an interesting collection – Jennifer Bates and Richard Wilson (eds.), Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy. This collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in continental philosophy develops different aspects of the interface between continental thinking … Continue reading →

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Terry Eagleton reviews Trouble in Paradise and Absolute Recoil by Slavoj Žižek

Posted on December 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Terry Eagleton reviews Trouble in Paradise and Absolute Recoil by Slavoj Žižek in The Guardian. Here’s the great final paragraph (spoiler alert): Trouble in Paradise, with its unerring ear for political cant, is a book that everyone, not least the Masters of the Universe, … Continue reading →

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Gastón Gordillo on Forensis: The Architecture of Public Truth

Posted on December 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Gastón Gordillo has posted the introduction of his review of the Forensis collection, directed by Eyal Weizman. The full review essay will appear in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space in early 2015.

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 15

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

In the past few weeks I have continued working on Subjectivité et vérité and took a very full set of notes, far more than can be contained in this chapter. I gave a talk on this lecture course at Nottingham … Continue reading →

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How much censorship has there been in Heidegger’s Gesamtausgabe?

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Die Zeit has a powerful piece discussing the involvement of the Heidegger family in the production of the Gesamtausgabe, the collected edition of his works. Theodore Kisiel has long called the editorial practices an ‘international scandal of scholarship‘, but this suggests … Continue reading →

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Critical Theory on my Foucault, Subjectivity, Truth lecture

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Also on critical-theory.com, a nice discussion of my recent ‘Foucault, Subjectivity, Truth’ lecture at Nottingham Contemporary gallery. I’m pleased, but surprised, by the nearly 5,000 views this lecture has had on youtube.

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Reading the “Black Notebooks” – A Special Issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual

Posted on November 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Reading the “Black Notebooks” A Special Issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual The 2015 issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual will be devoted to the topic of Reading the “Black Notebooks.” Papers on any aspect of the Black Notebooks … Continue reading →

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Heterotopian Studies on Foucault on Rebeyrolle

Posted on November 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Heterotopian Studies has a short discussion of Foucault’s work on the artist Paul Rebeyrolle – an essay that is translated in the Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography collection Jeremy Crampton and I edited in 2007.

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

I got back earlier today from two enjoyable days at the University of Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar. The lecture was on ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’ and the morning of the seminar looked at … Continue reading →

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Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Social Research and Architecture – now published

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Social Research and Architecture. Edited by  Łukasz Stanek, Christian Schmid and Ákos Moravánszky, it includes contributions by many leading Lefebvre and urban scholars. When Henri Lefebvre published The Urban Revolution in 1970, he sketched a … Continue reading →

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