Category Archives: People

Graham Harman, Quentin Meillassoux – second edition forthcoming

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Given the subtitle of the book – Philosophy in the Making – the analysis was always going to be outstripped by the work being produced and translated. So it is good news that Graham Harman’s book on Quentin Meillassoux is … Continue reading →

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Peter Gratton reviews Stiegler & Technics; Derrida’s The Death Penalty; and Johnston on Materialism

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton has been busy with reviews recently… A review of Christina Howells and Gerald Moore (eds.), Stiegler and Technics at NDPR A review article at Berfrois on Derrida’s The Death Penalty, Vol. 1  And a review article in Symposium on Adrian Johnston’s Prolegomena to Any Future … Continue reading →

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Heidegger’s Black Notebooks discussed – video of Trawny, Babich

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

At the Fordham website, Babette Babich, Peter Trawny, and Roger Berkowitz discuss Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ (via Enowning). Michael Inwood discusses the books in The Telegraph (well, little about the books, more about his work and legacy generally).

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Visualising The Birth of Territory – the animated movie by Juliet J Fall

Posted on April 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Visualising “The Birth of Territory” Juliet J Fall, Université de Genève from Juliet Fall on Vimeo. This is the version of the animated presentation Juliet J Fall gave at the AAG Annual Meeting in Tampa, Florida, on 7th April 2014 … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 11

Posted on April 6, 2014 by stuartelden

I’d hoped to get right back to the Foucault work on my return from Australia, mainly the chapter on governmentality, but spent much time catching up on other things and getting ready for my trip to Florida (for the AAG … Continue reading →

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Nigel Thrift and Steven Koonin discuss urban science and big data

Posted on April 5, 2014 by stuartelden

Nigel Thrift, Vice Chancellor of University of Warwick, and Steven Koonin, Director of New York University’s Center for Urban Science and Progress, partners in this endeavour, discussed the emerging field of applied urban science and informatics, the opportunities it presents, and … Continue reading →

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David Harvey, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism – video of LSE talk

Posted on April 5, 2014 by stuartelden

A video of David Harvey’s recent talk on the book here. Thanks to dmfant for the link in comments to this post previewing parts of the book.

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David Harvey, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism

Posted on April 5, 2014 by stuartelden

David Harvey has a piece at the White Review which comprises the final two chapters of his new book, Seventeen Contradictions and the End of Capitalism. You can also read the Prologue: The Crisis of Capitalism This Time Around.

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Deleuze and the Passions conference in Rotterdam 16 May 2014

Posted on April 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Programme for conference on Deleuze and the Passions here – Claire Colebrook, Jason Reid and others. Free, but registration required.

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Gastón Gordillo on The Oceanic Void

Posted on April 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Fascinating preview of a piece by Gastón Gordillo on ‘The Oceanic Void‘ which is forthcoming in an edited book on Deleuze and space, and also part of his planned book on the theory of terrain. Among other things it engages with the … Continue reading →

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