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Giorgio Agamben – Homo Sacer structure

Posted on January 31, 2012 by stuartelden

Update: a graphic of the structure is available here. Thanks to André Dias for the Italian information – this is the structure of Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer series, with English titles where available: I:  Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life [Homo … Continue reading →

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Agamben, Opus Dei in French

Posted on January 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Agamben’s Opus Dei – volume II, 5 of the Homo Sacer project – has been translated into French. Why is it the French seem to always be quicker at translations than the English or American presses? I can’t find an … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem, Complete Works

Posted on January 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Volume 1 of Georges Canguilhem’s Œuvres complètes was published late last year. Given it is over 1,000 pages, the price of €38 is not too steep. There are projected to be six volumes. This has been promised for some time. … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare cartoons

Posted on January 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Cliffs Notes have cartoon versions of six of Shakespeare’s plays, here. Currently Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Julius Caesar. Not to be taken too seriously… (Via Julia Reinhard Lupton’s Thinking with Shakespeare blog.)

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The Epic Mode and Territory

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

This is a question I received that I can’t answer – anyone reading this have a sense of whether this has been done, is possible, or plausible? The request comes from Joel Gladd (jgladd@wisc.edu) but do please reply through comments. … Continue reading →

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Harvey on Capital, Vol II

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on January 25, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on January 25, 2012 by stuartelden

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

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