Category Archives: People

Not going to the AAG

Posted on April 11, 2011 by stuartelden

As I’ve written in lots of personal emails recently, no, I’m not going to the AAG in Seattle. The main reason is that I wanted to make the most of Australia, which I am visiting for only the second time, rather than … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh University Press philosophy

Posted on April 5, 2011 by stuartelden

Edinburgh University Press have a new philosophy catalogue out. Lots of really interesting books in there – Graham Harman’s book on Meillassoux launches the new Speculative Realism series; plus Gerald Moore’s book on The Politics of the Gift (endorsed by … Continue reading →

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Ruddick and Macherey free access

Posted on April 5, 2011 by stuartelden

Following the recent  interview with Susan Ruddick about translating Pierre Macherey, Society and Space has made two more texts free access to non-subscribers. They both come from Macherey’s forthcoming book Hegel or Spinoza (University of Minnesota Press), and are Sue’s introduction and … Continue reading →

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Society and Space free access highlight papers

Posted on April 5, 2011 by stuartelden

These have been available for a while, but there are a number of papers in Society and Space that are free access as highlights of recently published work. They include papers by Judith Butler; Peter Sloterdijk; Naomi Klein and Neil … Continue reading →

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Nancy, Badiou, Connolly on contemporary events

Posted on April 4, 2011 by stuartelden

Jean-Luc Nancy supports the war in Libya (some excerpts in English here); which Alain Badiou criticises here. William Connolly takes a broader view of ‘The Politics of the Event’ here.

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China Miéville on Fiction and Politics

Posted on April 3, 2011 by stuartelden

The Weird: a discussion of fiction and politics with China Miéville here. Discussion based, rather than a formal talk, but his answers are detailed and there is a lot of interesting stuff here about genres in literature, political symbolism of … Continue reading →

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William Connolly conference poster

Posted on April 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Poster of William Connolly conference in London on 26 May 2011, here. More details here.

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Susan Ruddick on translating Pierre Macherey

Posted on April 1, 2011 by stuartelden

There is an interview with Susan Ruddick about her translation of Pierre Macherey over at the new Society and Space blog.

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Society and Space – new issue, blog, facebook

Posted on March 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Issue 2 of Society and Space is now available here. It includes commentaries on aid in Pakistan and the situation of the Roma people in Europe; a translation of Pierre Macherey with an introduction by the translator Susan Ruddick; and … Continue reading →

Posted in Eduardo Mendieta, Judith Butler, Peter Gratton, Pierre Macherey, Publishing, Society and Space | 1 Comment

Giorgio Agamben – What is a Commandment?

Posted on March 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Audio of a lecture available here (via Infinite Thought). The page also has several other audio files to stream or download, including Žižek.

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