Category Archives: People

The speculative/Medieval relation

Posted on February 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Eileen Joy replies to my earlier question on the relation between speculative realism and medieval studies, in some detail, and with some references to writers such as Graham Harman and Tim Morton, here. There is a lot in this post, and much that … Continue reading →

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Protevi interviews Smith on Leibniz

Posted on February 2, 2011 by stuartelden

I’d mentioned Justin Smith’s forthcoming book Divine Machines: Leibniz and the Sciences of Life before. John Protevi has now interviewed the author here. As well as the obvious Leibniz and life sciences interest, the interview should also entice people working on evolution … Continue reading →

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Prevent and Tame – open access book

Posted on February 2, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve just been told by one of the editors of a book that is available as an open-access pdf. Entitled Prevent and Tame: Protest under (Self)Control, it’s a collection of essays on social movements, power and resistance, and opposition. The … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk Now submitted

Posted on February 1, 2011 by stuartelden

The manuscript of Sloterdijk Now has just been sent to the publisher. The final two chapters – by Wieland Hoban on Sloterdijk’s stylistic methods and Efraín Kristal on his engagement with literature – have been wrapped up in final form. … Continue reading →

Posted in Eduardo Mendieta, Marie-Eve Morin, My Publications, Nigel Thrift, Peter Sloterdijk | 3 Comments

End of the Leverhulme fellowship

Posted on January 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Today is the last day of my Leverhulme major research fellowship. As of tomorrow I am on research leave. The Leverhulme award was to work on the history of the concept of territory project. I’d already been working on that … Continue reading →

Posted in Immanuel Kant, Peter Sloterdijk, Speaking Against Number, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World, Travel | Leave a comment

Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, L’esprit du nihilisme: Une ontologique de l’Histoire

Posted on January 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting review of Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, L’esprit du nihilisme: Une ontologique de l’Histoire by Alexander R Galloway here. Thanks to An und für sich for the pointer. Galloway notes the relation of Badiou and Agamben that is going on in his … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Giorgio Agamben, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem | 1 Comment

Egyptian protest planning leaflet

Posted on January 30, 2011 by stuartelden

 Bit late linking to this – it’s been around for a few days – but The Atlantic has translated some of the leaflet which makes for interesting reading – with some background in The Guardian here. Because of the … Continue reading →

Posted in China Mieville, Graham Harman, Politics | 1 Comment

Heidegger – Introduction to Philosophy

Posted on January 29, 2011 by stuartelden

The first book I’ve read by Heidegger in some years was the English translation Introduction to Philosophy-Thinking and Poetizing (Indiana UP, 2011). At $30 for 74 pages it’s not exactly cheap. Part of the reason is that this was a … Continue reading →

Posted in Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger | 1 Comment

Foucault on Heterotopias and the Body

Posted on January 29, 2011 by stuartelden

A few years ago two radio addresses by Foucault on heterotopias were made available on a cd entitled ‘Utopies et hétérotopies’. In 2009 they were transcribed and published as a little book in French called ‘Le Corps Utopique – Les … Continue reading →

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Crampton, Cartography, Calculation, Territory

Posted on January 28, 2011 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton responds to the Latourian argument about maps here; and notes in his previous post that his paper “Cartographic calculations of territory” is now published in Progress in Human Geography.

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