Category Archives: People

Translating Schmitt and Meillassoux

Posted on March 24, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting complaint about the packaging of Carl Schmitt translations here. The point is that these are slender volumes and could have been combined into something a little more worthwhile, which would also do away with the need for separate translator’s … Continue reading →

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More Lefebvre translations?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by stuartelden

Two publishers contact me on the same day about potential Lefebvre translations… I have some quite clear ideas of what of his so-far-untranslated work would be good, so hopefully this will lead to some new books in English.

Posted in Henri Lefebvre | 2 Comments

Foucault’s Order of Things diagram

Posted on March 23, 2011 by stuartelden

This is the diagram from Foucault’s The Order of Things. I couldn’t find it online, and wanted to use it in a talk. I’ve scanned it; cleaned it up a bit; and cut it in half so it is easier to … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on March 22, 2011 by stuartelden

Back in Canberra after a great few days in Tasmania. Will it be five years before I’m there again? Anyway, a post with a bunch of links… More stuff on blogs, here, here and here. More on the ‘Animal, Vegetable, … Continue reading →

Posted in Jane Bennett, Medieval Studies, Michel Foucault, William E Connolly | 1 Comment

Harman on Leibniz and Heidegger

Posted on March 17, 2011 by stuartelden

In the Cultural Studies Review here.

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More on the history of philosophy and geography

Posted on March 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Justin Smith (author of the Divine Machines book on Leibniz that is keenly anticipated) has a very interesting response to the Pasnau letter on the history of philosophy here (via New APPS). There are further responses at the Leiter Reports blog … Continue reading →

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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Posted on March 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at In the Middle, a couple of interesting reports on the Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects in the Medieval and Early Modern Periods conference. Eileen Joy on Jane Bennett’s keynote here – The audio of the lecture “Powers of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Jane Bennett, Medieval Studies | 1 Comment

Books on the boil

Posted on March 16, 2011 by stuartelden

There has been a bit of a collision between different book projects recently… We received the revised final proofs of Reading Kant’s Geography, which still had mistakes, including some that had been pointed out on the original final proofs. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Fossils, Immanuel Kant, Peter Sloterdijk, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World | 3 Comments

Pop Theory on Sloterdijk

Posted on March 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Clive Barnett at Pop Theory says a bit about Sloterdijk here. His suggestion that Sloterdijk is “all the rage in spatial-theory-land” at the moment seems a bit strong, given that his two references are to a journal issue I co-edited and … Continue reading →

Posted in Nigel Thrift, Peter Sloterdijk | 2 Comments

History of Philosophy, History of Ideas, History of Geography

Posted on March 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Brian Leiter links to an interesting open letter on why graduate students should seriously consider studying the history of philosophy. The Leiter page also has some interesting discussion. The discussion appears, largely, to be framed within a more ‘analytic’ discourse, … Continue reading →

Posted in David N. Livingstone, J.G.A. Pocock, Medieval Studies, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck | 12 Comments