Category Archives: People

Hannah Arendt movie – trailer and a few thoughts

Posted on May 15, 2014 by stuartelden

I finally watched the Hannah Arendt movie yesterday. In some parts it’s flawed – especially the flashback scenes to her time at Freiburg University, and the affair with Heidegger – but other parts are powerful and thoughtful. It mainly focuses … Continue reading →

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Martin Heidegger interviewed by a Buddhist Monk on German Television (English subtitles)

Posted on May 15, 2014 by stuartelden

This is a rather strange interview, which Heidegger appears to have scripted in advance and to be reading off notes. Thanks to Elena Loizidou for the link (via Open Culture) – click on cc at the bottom if the subtitles don’t appear.

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David Harvey, Mapping a New Economy in The Chronicle Review

Posted on May 14, 2014 by stuartelden

David Harvey’s most recent book, and his career as a whole, is discussed in The Chronicle Review.

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Books received – Foucault, Babich & Ginev, Chevallier

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve been trying not to accumulate books while in New York – despite living opposite Strand Books – to keep luggage weight down for the trip home. I am sure there is a small post mountain waiting for me back … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre and the devil – some thoughts from Angus Cameron

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Angus Cameron has some thoughts on one of Lefebvre’s little-known essays, ‘The Metamorphoses of the Devil’, which appeared in An Introduction to Modernity (now available for very little in the Verso Radical Thinkers series). In a very entertaining essay first published … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory, ‘The Natures of War’ – Neil Smith memorial lecture

Posted on May 11, 2014 by stuartelden

I made time to watch this powerful, and moving, lecture recently. I think I linked to it at the time, but worth a reminder. Well worth the time – some very good discussion of terrain and nature in warfare – … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Manuscripts to the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on May 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s extant manuscript papers – all 37,000 pages of them – have been moved to the Bibliothèque Nationale – story here (in French pp. 26-7; via here – in German).

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‘This is not a cover image’ – bad covers of books on Foucault

Posted on May 9, 2014 by stuartelden

A set of images of covers of books on Foucault… and their problems. I actually like the Lois McNay cover, but there are some hideous ones here… Something to bear in mind for Foucault’s Last Decade, though I continue to like … Continue reading →

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Interview with Łukasz Stanek about Henri Lefebvre, Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment

Posted on May 7, 2014 by stuartelden

An interview I conducted with Łukasz Stanek about the long-lost, and about to be published, book by Henri Lefebvre – Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment.

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Cornel West, Immortal Technique, Marina Sitrin, and Stanley Aronowitz – opening event of LeftForum, NYC, 30 May 2014

Posted on May 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Cornel West, Immortal Technique, Marina Sitrin, and Stanley Aronowitz – opening event of LeftForum, NYC, 30 May 2014.

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