Category Archives: People

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

Lukasz Stanek on Lefebvre

Posted on March 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Details of Lukasz Stanek’s book on Lefebvre are now up online ahead of a July publication. Shows how Lefebvre’s theory of space developed out of direct engagement with architecture, urbanism, and urban sociology In this innovative work, Lukasz Stanek frames … Continue reading →

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Mehdi Belhaj Kacem on Tunisia

Posted on March 11, 2011 by stuartelden

A Tunisian Renaissance – Interview with Mehdi Belhaj Kacem here (thanks to Clive at Pop Theory for the link). MBK is French-Tunisian, and offers some critical thoughts on French intellectuals and the revolution: This is a fact that the Badious … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Slavoj Zizek | 1 Comment

Crampton, Elden, Chomsky

Posted on March 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton uses the opportunity of linking to my interview to recount an embarassing story about us here.

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Babich on Foucault-Nietzsche-Heidegger

Posted on March 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Babette Babich’s book chapter “A Philosophical Shock’: Foucault’s Reading of Heidegger and Nietzsche” is available open access here.

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The spaces of China Miéville

Posted on March 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with China Miéville here, particularly focusing on architecture, the city and the other geographies of his novels. Thanks to Graham Harman for the link.

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