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Books received

Posted on November 12, 2013 by stuartelden

The new collection of Shakespeare and others’s Collaborative Plays (see also the news story on this in The Guardian); two issues of Theory, Culture & Society; and the International Politics and Performance collection – hot off the press. I have … Continue reading →

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Ann Laura Stoler (ed.) Imperial Debris: On Ruins and Ruination

Posted on November 12, 2013 by stuartelden

I missed this when it came out in June, but an important looking collection edited by Ann Laura Stoler, Imperial Debris: On Ruins and Ruination has been published by Duke University Press. Imperial Debris redirects critical focus from ruins as evidence of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ann Laura Stoler, Books, Gaston Gordillo | 1 Comment

Charlotte Heath-Kelly – Politics of Violence

Posted on November 12, 2013 by stuartelden

New book out from my Warwick colleague Charlotte Heath-Kelly – Politics of Violence: Militancy, International Politics, Killing in the Name. Great shame about the price though. Critical thinkers like Foucault, Benjamin, Derrida and Žižek have long challenged the liberal separation of … Continue reading →

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A Symposium on Resistance – audio recordings

Posted on November 11, 2013 by stuartelden

A Symposium on Resistance – audio recordings from the launch of Howard Caygill’s latest book On Resistance: A Philosophy of Defiance. Contributions from Jacqueline Rose, Peter Hallward, Costas Douzinas, Michael Dillon, Howard Caygill (thanks to Ayşe Mermutlu for the link).

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Don Mitchell on Neil Smith – long article available

Posted on November 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Don Mitchell‘s essay “Neil Smith, 1954-2012: Radical Geography, Marxist Geographer, Revolutionary Geographer” is available on his website. The whole thing is well worth reading, even if you know the work well. It’s a thoughtful and moving piece. What is especially … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler – Parting Ways explained in six minutes

Posted on November 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Parting Ways has just been released in paperback – embed doesn’t work so see critical-theory.com.

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Stuart Hall – Culture and Power interview from 1997 in RP now open access

Posted on November 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Radical Philosophy have made a 1997 interview with Stuart Hall, “Culture and Power” available open access.

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Latour’s Gifford lectures – text now available as pdf

Posted on November 8, 2013 by stuartelden

Update 2019: These links seem to be dead, but the pdf of the lectures can be found here; and the videos here. The lectures are now available as a book – details here. Bruno Latour has made the text of … Continue reading →

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Books received – Heidegger Gesamtausgabe volumes

Posted on November 8, 2013 by stuartelden

Recently received, two huge volumes of the Heidegger Gesamtausgabe. The first, itself in two parts, is Volume 73, one of the manuscripts Heidegger chose not to publish in his lifetime, under the title of Zum Ereignis Denken. This follows from … Continue reading →

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Foucault Doctoral Workshop – call for papers

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Posted on behalf of Philippe Bonditti: Call for papers (in English and French) for the Foucault Doctoral Workshop organized by the Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault (Paris). It will take place next January 15th and 16th 2014 at IMEC (Abbaye d’Ardenne, … Continue reading →

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