Category Archives: People

David Harvey, The Contradictions of Capitalism – 20 minute abridged lecture

Posted on May 4, 2014 by stuartelden

via Reading Marx’s Capital with David Harvey

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Marc Crépon, The Thought of Death and the Memory of War – reviewed at NDPR

Posted on May 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Marc Crépon, The Thought of Death and the Memory of War is reviewed at NDPR. I didn’t know about this translation before, but it sounds important and interesting: The first English translation of one of the foremost voices of contemporary moral and … Continue reading →

Posted in Bernard Stiegler, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Paul Sartre, Marc Crépon, Martin Heidegger, Politics | Leave a comment

Foucault’s 1980-81 course Subjectivité et vérité is published today

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 lecture course Subjectivité et vérité has now been published. Amazon.fr have copies in stock. « L’hypothèse de travail est celle-ci : il est vrai que la sexualité comme expérience n’est évidemment pas indépendante des codes et du système des interdits, … Continue reading →

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David Harvey and Andy Merrifield in conversation at Birkbeck

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to dmfant for the link in comments to a previous post. [David Harvey doesn’t begin talking until 48 minutes in.]

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The Actuality of the Theologico-Political – Conference in London May 23-24

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

The Actuality of the Theologico-Political – Conference in London May 23-24, 2014 Today’s (post) political thought has been turned into an ethics and a legal philosophy. The business of politics is supposed to promote moral values and ethical policies which … Continue reading →

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Ryan Brading on Ernesto Laclau as Theorist of Populism

Posted on May 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Another nice tribute to Ernesto Laclau, this time by Ryan Brading on his work as a theorist of populism at Adam David Morton’s For the Desk Drawer blog.

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Call for Papers: Philadelphia Summer School in Continental Philosophy with John Caputo

Posted on May 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Call for Papers: Philadelphia Summer School in Continental Philosophy – Topic: “Continental Philosophy of Religion and the New Metaphysics” (featuring seminars on the work of Quentin Meillassoux, Ray Brassier, Bruno Latour, and Catherine Malabou) Seminar Leader: John Caputo Saturday, August 9th, … Continue reading →

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David Harvey, Megacities Lecture 4: Possible Urban Worlds – pdf online

Posted on May 1, 2014 by stuartelden

In 2000 David Harvey gave the Megacities Lecture 4: Possible Urban Worlds Twynstra Gudde Management Consultants, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, 2000). It’s the one key text of Harvey’s that I didn’t already know, partly because it doesn’t appear to be on sale … Continue reading →

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Saskia Sassen, ‘Expulsions: Complexity and Brutality’ – lectures at Durham, LSE and Dublin

Posted on May 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Saskia Sassen’s Expulsions is forthcoming in June 2014. Saskia Sassen, “Expulsions: Complexity and Brutality” – lecture at Durham University in February 2014 (via ANTHEM). Update: a lecture at the LSE on the same topic is available here (via The Anthropo.scene] And one … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Politics, Saskia Sassen, Territory | 3 Comments

Foucault Studies 17 now out – Foucault and Deleuze

Posted on April 30, 2014 by stuartelden

A special issue on Foucault and Deleuze, edited by Nicolae Morar, Thomas Nail, Daniel W. Smith, and including essays by William Connolly and Dianna Taylor; plus unconnected articles and a large number of reviews.

Posted in Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, William E Connolly | 4 Comments