Category Archives: People

William Shakespeare presents – Terminator the Second

Posted on February 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Terminator II using Shakespearean texts: Thanks to Volha Piotukh for sending this to me.

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BBC radio Thinking Aloud programme on Stuart Hall

Posted on February 12, 2014 by stuartelden

In memory of Stuart Hall: a special programme paying tribute to the leading cultural theorist and former director of the Birmingham Centre for Cultural Studies. A pioneer of ‘multiculturalism’, he documented the changing character of ‘post Imperial’ British society. Laurie … Continue reading →

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In Marx’s Laboratory: Critical Readings of the Grundrisse reviewed

Posted on February 11, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned this book before – now reviewed at Marx & Philosophy. Edited by Riccardo Bellofiore, University of Bergamo, Italy, Guido Starosta, National University of Quilmes, Argentina, and Peter D. Thomas, Brunel University, London In Marx’s Laboratory. Critical Interpretations of … Continue reading →

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Tim Morton to give the Wellek lectures

Posted on February 11, 2014 by stuartelden

He has the news here – these are significant lectures and a real honour. He is, as he notes, in some excellent past company. The good news – for those unable to attend – is that they are published in … Continue reading →

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Stuart Hall obituaries and tributes

Posted on February 10, 2014 by stuartelden

There is an obituary in The Guardian, and Couze Venn has written a piece for the TCS website. Jeremy Gilbert has  written a piece for Open Democracy; and one at Red Pepper. Tariq Ali has a piece in The Guardian, … Continue reading →

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Claudio Minca & Rory Rowan – The question of space in Carl Schmitt

Posted on February 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Claudio Minca & Rory Rowan’s article “The question of space in Carl Schmitt” is now available in the online part of Progress in Human Geography, ahead of appearing in print (requires subscription). In this paper we present an analysis of the … Continue reading →

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David Nowell Smith, Sounding/Silence: Martin Heidegger at the Limits of Poetics reviewed

Posted on February 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Also at NDPR, Krzysztof Ziarek reviews David Nowell Smith, Sounding/Silence: Martin Heidegger at the Limits of Poetics.

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Anthony K. Jensen, Nietzsche’s Philosophy of History reviewed at NDPR

Posted on February 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Anthony K. Jensen, Nietzsche’s Philosophy of History is reviewed by Andrew Huddleston at NDPR. With the exception perhaps of Hegel, no major philosopher before Nietzsche paid as much attention to history. In work after work, Nietzsche is concerned to show us that … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s back cover text for Surveiller et punir – scan, French, English translation

Posted on February 9, 2014 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton recently provided an image of the original back cover for Foucault’s Surveiller et punir, including a text signed ‘M.F.’   The text has now been transcribed and translated by Philippe Theophanidis at his Aphelis blog. Incidentally, the Gallimard Tel edition I … Continue reading →

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AAG program online – breakfast with The Birth of Territory

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

The Tampa 2014 Association of American Geographers conference program is now online. Someone has to have the 8am on Saturday slot, and this year it’s the author meets critics session for The Birth of Territory. I’m also in a panel discussing … Continue reading →

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