Category Archives: People

Georg Lukács, Culture of People’s Democracy – Hungarian essays translated in paperback

Posted on April 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Georg Lukács, Culture of People’s Democracy: Hungarian Essays on Literature, Art, and Democratic Transition, 1945-1948 is now available in paperback, translated by Tyrus Miller. Engaged with questions of realist and modernist world-views in art, the relations of literary history to politics, and … Continue reading →

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Lawrence & Wishart and the copyright of the Marx-Engels collected works

Posted on April 26, 2014 by stuartelden

In recent days there has been debate about the copyright of the Marx-Engels collected works. Publishers Lawrence & Wishart have asked that these works are removed from the Marxist Internet Archive (story here); a petition has been started to protest … Continue reading →

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Political Theology and Modernity: The Legacy of Carl Schmitt – Lancaster 9 June 2014

Posted on April 26, 2014 by stuartelden

Political Theology and Modernity – The Legacy of Carl Schmitt Day Event at Lancaster University, Monday 9th June 2014 The Northern Theory Group in conjunction with the Journal for Cultural Research and the Politics, Philosophy and Religion Department of Lancaster University is organizing a one-day … Continue reading →

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Ian McKellan, Michael Pennington and Jeffrey Horowitz discuss Shakespeare for his 450th Birthday

Posted on April 23, 2014 by stuartelden
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King Lear with Michael Pennington at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Posted on April 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Last night I went to see Michael Pennington in King Lear by the Theatre for a New Audience at the Polonsky Shakespeare Centre in Brooklyn. There are good reviews in The New York Times and NY Daily Times. As the reviews suggest, this is less … Continue reading →

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Verso’s Reading List on Christianity

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

As a riposte to David Cameron’s comments about Christianity (or just to sell some books), Verso have put together a list of their studies of Christianity. Régis Debray, Slavoj Žižek, Simon Critchley, Ernst Bloch, Terry Eagleton, Wu Ming…

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Shakespeare’s annotated dictionary?

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

An interesting story from the Folger Shakespeare Library about the claimed discovery of Shakespeare’s dictionary – an annotated copy of John Baret’s Alvearie. The claim is not just that Shakespeare used the dictionary, which is well-known, but that this was his personal copy. … Continue reading →

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Red Velvet at St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Last night Susan and I went to see the remarkable play Red Velvet at St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn. It’s the story of Ira Aldridge, the first African-American actor to play Othello in London, among a host of other roles. Steve … Continue reading →

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Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism reviewed

Posted on April 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism is reviewed at Review 31.

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Adrian Johnston interviewed by Graham Harman

Posted on April 18, 2014 by stuartelden

At the EUP site, Adrian Johnston is interviewed by Graham Harman, mainly about his latest book Adventures in Transcendental Materialism (via Graham’s blog). When you’re done with that, you can also check out Peter Gratton’s interview with Adrian at the Society and … Continue reading →

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