Category Archives: People

Sloterdijk Spheres I: Bubbles

Posted on September 11, 2011 by stuartelden

MIT Press have a page up for Semiotext(e)’s forthcoming translation of Sloterdijk’s Bubbles: Spheres Volume I – Microspherology. That site says September; Amazon (both UK and US) have it listed for October. The translations of volumes II and III are in … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk Now endorsees and dates

Posted on September 11, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve heard that the book will be endorsed by Sylvère Lotringer and Claire Colebrook. Both are people whose work I respect greatly, and so I’m thrilled they agree to do this. Perhaps appropriately given Sloterdijk’s own style (discussed in the … Continue reading →

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Christian Parenti and David Harvey discussion

Posted on September 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Christian Parenti (author of a terrific book on Iraq The Freedom) in conversation with David Harvey about his new book Tropic of Chaos. Christian Parenti: Tropic of Chaos from CenterforPlaceCulturePolitics on Vimeo.

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Radical Foucault

Posted on September 10, 2011 by stuartelden

The conference was very good, and my lecture seemed to be well received. There were a lot of questions and good discussion afterwards, which I always take to be a good sign. Lots of interest in the course I was … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre and Poulantzas review essay

Posted on September 9, 2011 by stuartelden

The new issue of Society and Space is out. Among the interesting papers is a review essay by Andrew Jonas of The Poulantzas Reader and the State, Space, World collection of Henri Lefebvre’s work that Neil Brenner and I edited. … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Twin Towers

Posted on September 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at his Open Geography blog, Jeremy Crampton offers some thoughts on the cover of our Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography edited book. He also links to a very interesting New York Times photo gallery on the towers, … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Fossils and Leibniz

Posted on September 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Three good days in the British Library rare books room. First up was Daniel Defert, Philippe Artières, Laurent Quéro and Michelle Zancarini-Fournel, Le groupe d’information sur les prisons: Archives d’une lutte, 1970-1972, so that I can offer some thoughts on … Continue reading →

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Policing the Crisis reissue

Posted on September 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Nina Power has the news that Stuart Hall et. al.’s classic Policing the Crisis is to be reissued with new material.

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The last Heidegger lecture course

Posted on September 5, 2011 by stuartelden

Well, the last course to be published. Vol 32 of the Gesamtausgabe. Still seminars, unpublished writings and notebooks to come. The course is from summer 1932, so a politically charged moment, and is on Anaximander and Parmenides, titled ‘The Beginning of … Continue reading →

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Interviews with new Society and Space co-editors

Posted on September 5, 2011 by stuartelden

Interviews with the three new co-editors of Society and Space can be found over at the journal blog – Deborah Cowen interviews Jane M. Jacobs here; Natalie Oswin interviews Maia Green here; and I interview Peter Gratton here.

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