Category Archives: People

Galloway on New French Thought

Posted on November 2, 2010 by stuartelden

You can now download the audio of Alexander Galloway’s lectures on New French Thought here. I’d previously mentioned these lectures were taking place – on Catherine Malabou, Bernard Stiegler, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Quentin Meillassoux and François Laruelle – and good … Continue reading →

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Man in a Suitcase

Posted on November 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Barely back from Vancouver, which was a great trip and involved no work, and I’m getting ready to go to Columbus, Ohio tomorrow where I’m giving a lecture at Ohio State, plus an informal discussion over lunch and lots of … Continue reading →

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Post-Continental Voices out; Hardt on Foucault; Gratton in RPR

Posted on October 29, 2010 by stuartelden

At least, today is the official release date. See the Zero books site here, and Paul Ennis’s announcement here. I’ve yet to see a copy, but I’m hoping one will be waiting for me when I get back to the … Continue reading →

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The purpose of Medieval torture

Posted on October 28, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in Der Spiegel here (via Medieval News). A German researcher has studied medieval criminal law and found that our image of the sadistic treatment of criminals in the Dark Ages is only partly true. Torture and gruesome executions were … Continue reading →

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The stuff of academic life

Posted on October 27, 2010 by stuartelden

What not to do on your sabbatical – and then how to get it together – here. This cartoon (via Ben on FB) on getting a PhD in the humanities is amusing and disturbing in just about equal measure. Interesting … Continue reading →

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Critchley on Tragedy

Posted on October 26, 2010 by stuartelden

Tilburg Philosophy Summer School – ‘On the Tragic and its Limits’ A Seminar with Simon Critchley | July 12-21, 2011 Is the tragic an adequate category for thinking about the nature of contemporary conflicts, and their cycles of revenge, violence … Continue reading →

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Pocock, Barbarism and Religion

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stuartelden

Update 2015: all six volumes have now been published; volumes 1-5 in paperback; 6 earlier this year in hardback. This is a  work of jaw-dropping ambition and erudition. J.G.A. Pocock, Barbarism and Religion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Four Volumes to date, … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Territory, etc.

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stuartelden

Over at Philosophy in a Time of Error, Peter Gratton responds to my update on Chapter One from a couple of days ago. Peter mentions the piece I published on Foucault’s ‘Society Must Be Defended’ back in 2002. That piece, … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, My Publications, The Birth of Territory | 2 Comments

Wendy Brown lecture

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stuartelden

This happened a while ago, and I knew it was on You Tube, but the Vimeo is better as it is complete instead of in several parts. It’s a lecture by Wendy Brown at Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance … Continue reading →

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Red Quill Books

Posted on October 24, 2010 by stuartelden

Early days, but Red Quill Books looks like an interesting publishing venture. Have a look at their mission statement, for instance. Consciousness Raising:  We are committed to disseminating critical academic works to a mass readership in formats that are accessible and … Continue reading →

Posted in Karl Marx, Publishing | 1 Comment