Category Archives: People

John Plamenatz, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau

Posted on June 8, 2013 by stuartelden

Almost forty years after they were intended to be delivered, John Plamenatz’s lectures on Machiavelli, Hobbes, and Rousseau have been published. They are reviewed at NDPR by Jeffrey Collins. The review doubts their worth today, but in doing so provides an interesting discussion … Continue reading →

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Calculative Devices in a Digital Age – Call for Papers

Posted on June 7, 2013 by stuartelden

Department of Geography, Durham University 21-22 November 2013 Keynote speakers (tbc): Prof. Pat O’Malley (Sydney) Prof. Marieke de Goede (Amsterdam) Prof. Rita Raley (UCSB) The Securing against Future Events project is organizing a two day conference on the forms and … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Louise Amoore, Politics | 1 Comment

Theory of the drone

Posted on June 7, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I’ve been contacted by L’actualité for an interview on drones, which led me to a new book by French philosopher Grégoire Chamayou (CNRS): Théorie du drone (La fabrique, 2013).  I’ve only just ordered it, so this post is…

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Judith Butler’s Honorary Doctorate Address at McGill University

Posted on June 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Judith Butler’s Honorary Doctorate Address at McGill University. A powerful defence of the humanities and reading texts.

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Agamben interview

Posted on June 4, 2013 by stuartelden

At the Verso blog Giorgio Agamben clarifies his ‘misunderstood’ recent piece on a ‘Latin Empire‘.

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JCRT issue on Globalisation Theory

Posted on June 3, 2013 by stuartelden

Free to download articles on Sloterdijk, Occupy, drones, etc. in the Journal of Cultural and Religious Theory – thanks to dmfant for the link.

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International Politics and Performance

Posted on June 3, 2013 by stuartelden

This has got to be the quickest edited collection I’ve ever been involved in. Routledge have a publication date for October, and I only submitted my chapter (on political bodies in Coriolanus) in mid-March.

Posted in Jenny Edkins, My Publications, Politics, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, William Shakespeare | 3 Comments

MANCEPT workshop on Methods in Political Theory

Posted on June 1, 2013 by stuartelden

A call for papers for a workshop as part of the Tenth MANCEPT Annual Conference: 4th – 6th September 2013. During the 1960s and 70s the methodological orthodoxy of enquiries into the study of political thought became the target of historical critique. Dissatisfied with … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, Politics, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck | 1 Comment

Nietzsche – Beyond Good and Evil / On the Genealogy of Morality

Posted on June 1, 2013 by stuartelden

The next volume of the Stanford University Press Nietzsche translations will be Volume 8, Beyond Good and Evil / On the Genealogy of Morality, translated by Adrian del Caro. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for the link. Read the full Preface … Continue reading →

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Kant, Natural Science reviewed at NDPR

Posted on May 31, 2013 by stuartelden

Immanuel Kant, Natural Science, edited by Eric Watkins, is reviewed at NDPR. This is the volume that contains the Rink edition of Kant’s lectures on physical geography. This review says nothing about that part of the volume, instead pointing to the … Continue reading →

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