Category Archives: People

Roundup – St. Paul, Heidegger, Peter Gratton, Thinking Nature, Levi Bryant

Posted on June 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Since I arrived in Nigeria on Wednesday evening, internet access has been a bit erratic. Will hopefully post something about being here soon. In the meantime, here’s a roundup of interesting stuff out there. Adam Kotsko makes the suggestion of … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Eduardo Mendieta, Giorgio Agamben, Levi Bryant, Publishing, Slavoj Zizek | Leave a comment

Reading Kant’s Geography out

Posted on June 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Finally! Reading Kant’s Geography, the collection I co-edited with Eduardo Mendieta is out. I’ve not yet seen a copy, but Eduardo has. You can download my introduction for free here. Contributors include Robert Bernasconi, Jeff Malpas, Onora O’Neill, Charles Withers, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, David Harvey, David N. Livingstone, Eduardo Mendieta, Edward Casey, Immanuel Kant, My Publications | Leave a comment

Roundup

Posted on June 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Jeffrey Jerome Cohen here. Beowulf and Grendel; why ‘speculative realism’ is more use for medieval studies than Agamben; race, gender, nationalism; and contemporary politics like the ‘war on terror’. Over at the Society and Space blog, Bradley … Continue reading →

Posted in Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Medieval Studies, Michel Foucault, Politics, Slavoj Zizek, Society and Space | Leave a comment

New interview with Quentin Skinner

Posted on June 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting interview between Quentin Skinner and Raia Prokovnik in the new issue of Contemporary Political Theory – requires subscription. This piece on ‘A Genealogy of the Modern State’, in the Proceedings of the British Academy is, however, available open access.

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Heidegger – Contributions to Philosophy new translation

Posted on June 12, 2011 by stuartelden

This is really important news in Heidegger studies. The Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis) is coming out in a new translation. It will be out with Indiana University Press in April 2012, with the translation made by Richard Rojcewicz and Daniela … Continue reading →

Posted in Martin Heidegger, Speaking Against Number | 2 Comments

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 audio

Posted on June 12, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio recordings of the 3-4 June 2011 event at Birkbeck are now available here. You can find my notes on the event here, and the written up text of my discussant comments here (the direct link to the audio … Continue reading →

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2012 – talks on ‘Volume’

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Somewhat into the future, two dates for talks in 2012 are already in the diary… 30 March 2012 – “Secure the Volume”, Public Lecture on Security theme, Committee for Social Thought, University of Kentucky 3 May 2012 – “The Politics … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Jeremy Crampton, Peter Sloterdijk, Stephen Graham, The Space of the World | 1 Comment

Summer work

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Lots to do this summer (though it doesn’t exactly feel like summer in York)… Finish ‘Society and Space’ volume introduction and draft introduction to ‘Foundations’ volume for the Sage Environment and Planning collection. Submit the paper on King Lear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Cricket, Cycling, Fossils, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Society and Space, teaching, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World, Travel | 2 Comments

Sloterdijk Now details

Posted on June 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Polity now have a more detailed page up for this book, with blurb and table of contents. The book is on schedule for publication in December.

Posted in Eduardo Mendieta, My Publications, Nigel Thrift, Peter Sloterdijk | Leave a comment

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 – Discussant Comments

Posted on June 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Even though there was an audio recording, I decided to type up my handwritten comments from which I improvised my response to Daniel Defert; Colin Gordon; Peter Fitzpatrick and Maria Carolina Olarte. There is some material here that was cut due to the time – three long papers and already after 7pm when I spoke, so this is record of both what I said and would have said. This is very much a pièce d’occasion, rather than the basis for anything more, though some of the themes relate to previous concerns, or will become part of future work. Continue reading →

Posted in J.G.A. Pocock, Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, Stephen Greenblatt | 4 Comments