Category Archives: People

London Graduate School summer academy – a stellar lineup discussing Derrida’s Glas

Posted on October 17, 2013 by stuartelden

The London Graduate School Summer Academy in the Critical Humanities: Derrida’s Glas 23-26 June 2014. The London Graduate School is pleased to announce details of its 2014 Summer Academy, an intensive week-long programme offered annually for postgraduate students of any … Continue reading →

Posted in Catherine Malabou, Conferences, Etienne Balibar, Jacques Derrida | Leave a comment

Figure/Ground Communication interview with Graham Harman

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stuartelden

A new Figure/Ground Communication interview with Graham Harman. Interesting comments, especially on Latour and the Anthropocene, and some detail on his forthcoming books.

Posted in Bruno Latour, Graham Harman | 1 Comment

Herbert Marcuse manuscripts show development of One Dimensional Man

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stuartelden

critical-theory.com discusses some newly discovered manuscripts of Herbert Marcuse and links to the news report.

Posted in Herbert Marcuse | Leave a comment

Foucault’s 1972 lecture at Minnesota – summary now available

Posted on October 10, 2013 by stuartelden

In a previous post, I discussed the summary of a 1972 lecture Foucault gave in Minneapolis, entitled “Cérémonie, théâtre et politique au XVIIe siècle”. As far as I am aware the text of the lecture remains in Foucault’s own papers and was … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault | 2 Comments

Geo-metrics – audio recording of lecture at Balsillie School

Posted on October 10, 2013 by stuartelden

In late September I gave the keynote address to the workshop Regimes of Calculation and Global Governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Ontario. The title of the talk was ‘Geo-metrics’ and you can listen to the audio … Continue reading →

Posted in Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Conferences, Elizabeth Grosz, Martin Heidegger, Territory | 1 Comment

Madeleine Fagan – Ethics and Politics after Poststructuralism Levinas, Derrida and Nancy

Posted on October 9, 2013 by stuartelden

My Warwick colleague Madeleine Fagan’s book Ethics and Politics after Poststructuralism: Levinas, Derrida and Nancy has now been released by Edinburgh University Press. This groundbreaking book offers a fresh and innovative perspective on ethics and politics after poststructuralism. Madeleine Fagan argues … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy | Leave a comment

A Feeling for Things: A Conversation around the work of Jane Bennett – audio recordings

Posted on October 9, 2013 by stuartelden

Backdoor Broadcasting Company have made available the audio recordings from the Jane Bennett workshop on 5th October. Contributions from Jane Bennett, Lisa Baraitser, Michael O’Rourke, Joao Florencio, Eileen Joy, Nigel Clark, and Eszter Timár.

Posted in Conferences, Jane Bennett | 1 Comment

Books received – Indiana University press sale

Posted on October 7, 2013 by stuartelden

Three books by or about Heidegger, and Colin Koopman’s Genealogy as Critique.

Posted in Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault | 1 Comment

Sloterdijk’s Nietzsche Apostle forthcoming

Posted on October 7, 2013 by stuartelden

Forthcoming with Semiotext(e), translated by Steve Corcoran, Sloterdijk’s Nietzsche Apostle. For Peter Sloterdijk, Friedrich Nietzsche represents nothing short of a “catastrophe in the history of language”—a new evangelist for a linguistics of narcissistic jubilation. Nietzsche offered a philosophical declaration of … Continue reading →

Posted in Friedrich Nietzsche, Peter Sloterdijk | 2 Comments

From Geo-metrics to Geo-politics – Waterloo to Zurich

Posted on October 7, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving a version of the talk I recently gave at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of Zurich tomorrow. (I note that William Walters, who I met for the first time at the Balsillie School, … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Jane Bennett, William E Connolly | 5 Comments