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Harvey on Capital, Vol II

The first lecture is now up, here. There is a brief interview at the beginning, and then something of an overview to follow.

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The Ontological Turn in Contemporary Philosophy

Third Annual International Summer School in German Philosophy: “The Ontological Turn in Contemporary Philosophy” (July 2-13, 2012) at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. Speakers include Ray Brassier, Iain Hamilton Grant, Martin Hägglund, Graham Harman and Slavoj Zizek. What is the world? What do we mean … Continue reading

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Society and Space new issue

A new issue of Society and Space is now out – includes a theme section of essays on the Swiss geographer Claude Raffestin, edited by Francisco Klauser. Full table of contents here.

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Zizek on Hegel – table of contents for forthcoming book

You can find the table of contents of Less Than Nothing: Hegel and the Shadow of Dialectical Materialism here. Thanks to Ayşe Mermutlu for the link.

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Derek Gregory – The Everywhere War

via Territorial Masquerades, the audio of a lecture by Derek Gregory is available online.

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The Continuum Companion to Leibniz reviewed

The Continuum Companion to Leibniz is reviewed at NDPR – the whole review is open access, so will only quote a couple of telling lines: On the whole, the volume is of exceptional quality. Each and every article represents an … Continue reading

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Harvey’s new book

Also by David Harvey, his new book will be out in April – Rebel Cities: From the Right to the City to the Urban Revolution. Interesting how he uses two of Lefebvre’s phrases in the subtitle, though the last at least … Continue reading

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Harvey on Capital Vol II

David Harvey’s lectures on Capital, Vol II will be available online beginning later this week. Details here. [update: now available here]

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Reading Kant’s Geography in Atlanta

There will be a session on Reading Kant’s Geography, at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, 27-30 December 2012. No confirmed details as yet, though both Eduardo Mendieta and I plan to be … Continue reading

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Air-Target and the Politics of Verticality

Some very interesting looking pieces in a recent issue of Theory, Culture and Society – thanks to Oliver Belcher for the link. Will be good reading for my ‘volume’ work. Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, and Alison J. Williams, “Introduction: Air-target: Distance, … Continue reading

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