Category Archives: People

Coriolanus and contemporary politics

Posted on December 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Ralph Fiennes’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is due for release in the UK early next year. It’s already out in the US. You can see a trailer here. Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s most political plays, and you can see … Continue reading →

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Another Leibniz – paper

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

I think I may have finished – at least for now – my Leibniz paper. Or at least, time for some other people to see it. I’ll be giving a version of this at the AAG in February, and it will … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk in English

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Speaking of Sloterdijk, Sean Sturm has recently updated his very helpful bibliography of his work in English translation.

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Peter Sloterdijk’s Spherological Poetics of Being – open access

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned the recently published collection In Medias Res: Peter Sloterdijk’s Spherological Poetics of Being before. Nicholas Dahmann has just informed me that as well as being available in print, it is also available as an open access e-book. thanks Nick.

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‘For Love of the World’ – Arendt, politics, space – CFP

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

 ‘For Love of the World’ – Arendt, politics, space  Convener: Richard J Bater  (Royal Holloway, Universityof London)   Sponsored by the Political Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with theInstitute ofBritish Geographers RGS-IBG Annual Conference, Edinburgh University – … Continue reading →

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Quentin Skinner interview

Posted on December 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Quentin Skinner in The Art of Theory – part one and part two. If you’re even remotely interested in the history of ideas you should take a look. Among many other things, the discussion of Shakespeare and … Continue reading →

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Hardt and Negri on what to expect in 2012

Posted on December 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Some thoughts on 2011 and predictions for what is to come, here.

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Slavoj Žižek on Occupy and the Left today

Posted on December 9, 2011 by stuartelden

The Occupy movement, a renascent Left, and Marxism today: An interview with Slavoj Žižek – interview with Platypus

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Sloterdijk Now available

Posted on December 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Available at the Polity site, but Amazon UK has it for the discounted price of £11.99. Amazon.com doesn’t have it yet as the US release date is a little later. Google Books has quite a bit as a preview. If you … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault et le christianisme

Posted on December 5, 2011 by stuartelden

This book by Philippe Chevalier looks really important. Thanks to Colin Gordon for the link.

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