Category Archives: People

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot’s prison letters to Slavoj Žižek

Posted on November 17, 2013 by stuartelden

A remarkable exchange of letters between Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot and Slavoj Žižek, published in The Guardian. [Update – a little more here]

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Books received – Caygill, Schmitt, Heath-Kelly

Posted on November 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Howard Caygill, On Resistance (see also Jacqueline Rose’s review here); Carl Schmitt’s Dictatorship; and Charlotte Heath-Kelly’s Politics of Violence.

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Judith Butler and Cornel West – Honoring Edward Said video

Posted on November 13, 2013 by stuartelden

A really interesting conversation between Butler and West on the tenth anniversary of Said’s death. Thanks to Sławek Królak for the link.

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Gastón R. Gordillo, Rubble – coming in August 2014

Posted on November 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Duke University Press have a page up for Gastón R. Gordillo‘s new book Rubble: The Afterlife of Destruction. Little there yet, beyond an August 2014 publication date, and this endorsement from Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing: At the edges of the dreamscapes put … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre and Education

Posted on November 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Sue Middleton’s book Henri Lefebvre and Education: Space, Theory, History is forthcoming in November with Routledge. During his lifetime Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was renowned in France as a philosopher, sociologist and activist. Although he published more…

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Peter Johnson on Foucault’s heterotopia

Posted on November 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Peter Johnson has a review essay on Foucault’s heterotopia essay and its afterlife in the new issue of Geography Compass (requires subscription). See also the blog Heterotopian Studies that Peter runs.

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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 →

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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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