Category Archives: People

Interview with Gastón Gordillo by Stuart Elden in Society and Space

Posted on April 18, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on an interview with Gastón Gordillo, Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, and the author of several books including Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco and the forthcoming Rubble: … Continue reading →

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Elisabeth Roudinesco on Judith Butler at the Verso blog and in Le Monde

Posted on April 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Judith Butler, the Iconoclast: Elisabeth Roudinesco on Judith Butler – English here; French here.

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Peter Sloterdijk, ‘The Domestication of Being’ – discussed at Aphelis

Posted on April 16, 2014 by stuartelden

At his Aphelis blog, Philippe Theophanidis discusses versions and translations of Peter Sloterdijk’s essay “Die Domestikation des Seins. Für eine Verdeutlichung der Lichtung”. The excerpt quoted [here] comes from a translation of the fourth and final chapter of the essay. For a … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre on holiday – and other pictures

Posted on April 15, 2014 by stuartelden

While looking for something else, I came across this picture of Henri Lefebvre on holiday with his then-wife Nicole Beaurain and daughter Armelle in the early 1970s. There are a couple of other archive pictures here, including Lefebvre at the Moureux … Continue reading →

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‘A racism without races’: An interview with Étienne Balibar

Posted on April 15, 2014 by stuartelden

‘A racism without races’: An interview with Étienne Balibar at the Verso site.

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Where to start with reading Peter Sloterdijk?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

[The most recent version can be found here.] Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? I have previously done this with Henri Lefebvre, and Chathan Vemuri asked me the same question for Sloterdijk. This is my attempt at answering this, largely … Continue reading →

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Giorgio Agamben – The Homo Sacer series structure in visual form

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to Nicholas Dahmann for updating this image. According to some reports, II, 4 will not be published and the designation of Opus Dei as II, 5 may have been an error. L’uso dei corpi [The Use of Bodies] is the last planned … Continue reading →

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Verso’s tribute to Ernesto Laclau

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Verso books have posted a nice tribute to Ernesto Laclau, written by Robin Blackburn.

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Seen from the Window – the view from my NYC apartment

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

I’m staying on East 12th Street (corner of Broadway) for the next few weeks. I am right opposite Strand Books… There is a grill over the window, hence the somewhat murky image.

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Ernesto Laclau (1935-2014)

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Sad news about Ernesto Laclau, who has died of a heart attack while in Seville for a lecture (report in Spanish, via Elena Loizidou). Update: there is an English-language story in the Buenos Aires Herald; and another Spanish story in La … Continue reading →

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