Category Archives: People

Roberto Esposito, Living Thought reviewed at NDPR

Posted on July 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Roberto Esposito’s book Living Thought is reviewed at NDPR.

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In Search of UIQ – Guattari and science-fiction

Posted on July 11, 2013 by stuartelden

A documentary about Guattari’s unrealised science-fiction movie, In Search of UIQ, has recently been released. It is discussed here. Thanks to Slawek Krolak for the link.

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Books received

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Amin and Thrift’s Arts of the Political; two old books by Elizabeth Grosz; the latest Sloterdijk books in English and German; the new Foucault lecture course; John Protevi’s Life, War, Earth (which I wrote an endorsement for); and the new … Continue reading →

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Gordillo – ‘Opaque Zones of Empire’ and the concept of terrain

Posted on July 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Gastón Gordillo recently posted the text of his AAG presentation, ‘Opaque Zones of Empire‘ to his Space and Politics blog. Derek Gregory picks up the discussion with a piece entitled ‘Terror and Terrain‘ at Geographical Imaginations. What is especially interesting … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory cover

Posted on July 1, 2013 by stuartelden

The book will be out in August – University of Chicago Press page here. Here’s what I say about the subject of the picture in the book: Irnerius (c.1050-c.1130) is a largely unknown figure, but he founded the school known … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on June 28, 2013 by stuartelden

The two new books by Franco Moretti; two on Palestine; the new edition of Lacoste’s classic, an interesting looking book for the Earth project, and the new issues of RIPE and Transactions.

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Marie-Eve Morin’s book on Jean-Luc Nancy reviewed

Posted on June 27, 2013 by stuartelden

At NDPR by Christopher Watkin.

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Sloterdijk Now reviewed

Posted on June 15, 2013 by stuartelden

As far as I know, this is the first review of Sloterdijk Now – in German Studies Review by Jeffrey Champlin (requires subscription). Here’s a couple of excerpts: This volume, Sloterdijk Now, succeeds as a compact and accessible introduction to the work … Continue reading →

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David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2

Posted on June 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Forthcoming in September from Verso, David Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2. The first volume A Companion to Marx’s Capital appeared in 2010. Videos of the lectures on which these books are based are available at http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/

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Two other NDPR reviews – books on the early Foucault and Heidegger

Posted on June 8, 2013 by stuartelden

David Webb, Foucault’s Archaeology: Science and Transformation and Denis McManus, Heidegger and the Measure of Truth: Themes from His Early Philosophy are also reviewed at NDPR.

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