Category Archives: People

Judith Butler at Occupy Wall Street

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stuartelden

Judith Butler briefly speaking, amplified by the ‘human microphone’. via John Protevi at New APPS – who offers some interesting thoughts here.

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Graham Harman interview

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stuartelden

New interview with Graham Harman here – his own work, poetry, art, politics, OWS, China Miéville, H.P. Lovecraft, etc. Some particularly interesting discussion of writing. Since he discusses Lovecraft and the book he has coming out on him, what better … Continue reading →

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Critchley on Shakespeare

Posted on October 24, 2011 by stuartelden

Simon Critchley is leading a summer school on Shakespeare and Philosophy in Tilburg next year. It’s for graduate students and you can find details here (via Continental Philosophy bulletin board). Critchley’s own lectures will focus on Hamlet – but discussions look … Continue reading →

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Topology at the Tate Modern

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

A series of talks from 5 November 2011 to 12 May 2012: Giorgio Agamben, Etienne Balibar, Rosi Braidotti, Drucilla Cornell, Olafur Eliasson, David Harvey, Bruno Latour, Achille Mbembe, Ernesto Neto, Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Peter Weibel are among the … Continue reading →

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Foucault on the disciplinary society

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Just an audio recording, but Foucault on Discipline and Punish and what he was showing in that book – in English. I played the first five minutes to my students today to help explain the relation between the prison and … Continue reading →

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Babich and Richardson on Heidegger

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion between Babette Babich and William J. Richardson on Heidegger’s Being and Time. There is some discussion at the beginning on the relation between Aristotle and Heidegger and a brief comment on Brentano’s influence. via Enowning.

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Human Geography – Fundamentals of Geography

Posted on October 20, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned this before, but there is now a pdf advertising this new major reference work, edited by Derek Gregory and Noel Castree, that gathers together 85 previously published pieces across the breadth of human geography. While the price means it … Continue reading →

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OWS and elsewhere

Posted on October 20, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve not been following recent events in New York and elsewehere especially closely, but here are a few interesting links. Hardt and Negri on ‘Real Democracy’ in Foreign Affairs. Oliver Belcher provides a genealogy and reading list here. Lenin’s Tomb … Continue reading →

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Polity blog on Sloterdijk Now

Posted on October 17, 2011 by stuartelden

 A few comments from me here.

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Complete Works of Nietzsche – another volume

Posted on October 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Finally! Twelve years after the last volume a new volume of the Stanford Complete Works of Nietzsche is published. This is only the fourth volume of a planned 20 volume edition translating the 15 volume Kritische Gesamtausgabe. The new volume is Dawn, … Continue reading →

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