Category Archives: People

Continent annual

Posted on December 12, 2012 by stuartelden

Papers from the Continent journal in book form from Punctum – download here. Thanks to Graham Harman for the alert – also includes pieces by Tim Morton, Alain Badiou, Michael O’Rourke, Ben Woodard…

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Encountering Althusser

Posted on December 11, 2012 by stuartelden

New collection of essays on Althusser, with a focus on the later/unpublished work. Details here.

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Foucault’s I, Pierre Rivière – Emotion, Space and Society special issue

Posted on December 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Foucault’s I, Pierre Rivière collection is the subject of a special issue of Emotion, Space and Society (requires subscription).

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David Wood on The Lure of the Writer’s Cabin

Posted on December 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Philosopher David Wood in The New York Times: Much has been written about the writer’s cabin. Among the most notable recent books on the topic are “Heidegger’s Hut” by Adam Sharr and “A Place of My Own: The Architecture of … Continue reading →

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Interview with Gary Gutting

Posted on December 10, 2012 by stuartelden

At 3am magazine – Gutting’s Michel Foucault’s Archaeology of Scientific Reason was one of the first books on Foucault I read, in the first year of my PhD. 3:AM: You are well known as an expert on various French intellectuals … Continue reading →

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Deleuze Cinema

Posted on December 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Useful website with a lot of resources on Deleuze and Cinema – deleuzecinema.com.

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Gastón Gordillo on World War Z

Posted on December 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Gastón Gordillo provides a good analysis of the forthcoming movie World War Z, which is especially interesting concerning the spatial and territorial issues.

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Steve Mentz on Greenblatt’s The Swerve

Posted on December 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Further to yesterday’s post, here’s Steve Mentz on Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve.

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Greenblatt, The Swerve – prizes and criticisms

Posted on December 7, 2012 by stuartelden

Jeffrey Cohen has an interesting post on Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve: How the World Became Modern which has been gathering prizes, including the Pulitzer and the National Book Award, and severe criticism at the same time. I have the book, … Continue reading →

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Nigel Thrift on the future of Big Ed(ucation)

Posted on December 7, 2012 by stuartelden

In the Chronicle of Higher Education. Here’s a couple of key paragraphs: It is possible to see a new political economy of higher education coming into existence born out of the huge increase in students around the world, as well … Continue reading →

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