Category Archives: People

General Organology conference on Bernard Stiegler – University of Kent, 20-22 November 2014

Posted on September 18, 2014 by stuartelden

General Organology: The Co-individuation of Minds, Bodies, Social Organisations and Technè 20-21-22 November 2014, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Download Conference Programme Register Online (for both guests and speakers) A good lineup of speakers, including a closing keynote from Stiegler … Continue reading →

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Gregory Fried reviews Heidegger’s Black Notebooks/Schwarze Hefte

Posted on September 14, 2014 by stuartelden

A thoughtful review essay by Gregory Fried on Heidegger’s Black Notebooks/Schwarze Hefte Vols. 94-96 in the LA Review of Books.

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Books received – Querrien, Recherches, Gordillo, Piper, Lefebvre

Posted on September 12, 2014 by stuartelden

Three books linked to Michel Foucault’s collaborative work with CERFI; Gastón Gordillo’s Rubble (see my interview with Gastón at societyandspace.com); Karen Piper’s The Price of Thirst; a first edition of Henri Lefebvre’s study of the Pyrenees, and the new issues of … Continue reading →

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Trevor Paglen in conversation with Stephen Graham: Newcastle University, Friday 31 October

Posted on September 10, 2014 by stuartelden

On Friday 31 October Trevor Paglen, the well-known artist, photographer and geographer will be in conversation with Stephen Graham. This is the first of Newcastle University’s School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape public lectures for 2014-15. This event is being … Continue reading →

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Books received – Cowen, Doolen, Anderson, Boyd and Linehan, Foucault

Posted on September 8, 2014 by stuartelden

A pile of books received. Deborah Cowen’s The Deadly Life of Logistics (from the publisher); Andy Doolen’s Territories of Empire (which I endorsed); Ben Anderson’s Encountering Affect and Boyd &  Linehan’s Ordnance (in recompense for Ashgate review work); L’Herne’s 2011 volume … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre’s 1954 doctoral thesis on peasant communities in the Pyrenees

Posted on September 5, 2014 by stuartelden

This is very intriguing – it seems Lefebvre’s 1954 doctoral thesis on peasant communities in the Pyrenees is coming out in French. His secondary thesis La vallée du Campan was published in 1963, but this is the first publication of … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 13

Posted on September 5, 2014 by stuartelden

I spent some more time on the collaborative projects part of Chapter Six – especially on the report Généalogie des équipements de normalisation: Les équipements sanitaires which has some very interesting material. I say a bit more about this here. … Continue reading →

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David Harvey in conversation with Tariq Ali

Posted on September 5, 2014 by stuartelden

David Harvey in conversation with Tariq Ali – video here

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Heidegger Black Notebooks conference – New York, Sept 11-12 2014

Posted on September 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Trawny, Richard Wolin, Thomas Sheehan, Emmanuel Faye, Karsten Harries and others – conference at CUNY, 11-12 September 2012. Thanks to Philippe Theophanidis for the link. Details of another conference on this theme in Atlanta the week before are here.  

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critical-theory.com – eight books that came out in August

Posted on September 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Some interesting looking books here

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