Category Archives: People

Speculative Medievalisms

Posted on January 15, 2011 by stuartelden

I spent yesterday at the Speculative Medievalisms workshop at King’s College, London. I’d left it late to reserve a place, not knowing if I could make it, and it was full. But fortunately a space opened up for me. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Gilles Deleuze, Giorgio Agamben, Graham Harman, Medieval Studies, Michel Foucault, Quentin Meillassoux | 2 Comments

A day of minor things

Posted on January 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Yesterday was the busiest day yet on this blog, though of course it was mainly to see a post that I didn’t write. I’m sure that I should have followed up today with some insightful thoughts or hard-hitting polemics, but … Continue reading →

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Bartolus consilia found

Posted on January 13, 2011 by stuartelden

A week ago I discussed the last few references I’ve been trying to find for The Birth of Territory. I’m back at the British Library today, and thought I would just check one more time. And I found the Bartolus … Continue reading →

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Harman on Writing

Posted on January 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Really interesting piece here from Graham Harman on writing. I’m firmly of the view that academics don’t talk enough about the mechanics of writing, and that they only way that we can work out practices that work best for us … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Heidegger videos

Posted on January 11, 2011 by stuartelden

There is lots of stuff of Foucault on Youtube, but I’d not seen this before. http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=2490966830447709021&hl=en&fs=true It’s Foucault at l’Université Catholique de Louvain in 1981, at the time he gave the “Mal faire, dire vrai” lectures. Many thanks to Clare … Continue reading →

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More Sloterdijk editing

Posted on January 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Another day with the Sloterdijk book. Comments on the last of the chapters in first draft, plus comments on two chapters that came back from the authors after first revisions. There is lots of fiddly editorial stuff – sorting out … Continue reading →

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Ennis, Continental Realism

Posted on January 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Paul Ennis with news of his book So I just received an email from Zero that Continental Realism is off to the printers. I think those who have read it so far seemed to have enjoyed it and I did … Continue reading →

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Schmitt book cover

Posted on January 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Full book details here

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Butler in London

Posted on January 11, 2011 by stuartelden

via crit-geog-forum Centre for the Study of Democracy, Department of Politics & IR, University of Westminster presents: An Encounter with Judith Butler Friday 4th of February Fyvie Hall, University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW Programme: 10.20am – … Continue reading →

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More editing

Posted on January 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Another day spent editing chapters for the Sloterdijk book, with some work on the front matter and my introductory chapter. I’ve now given initial comments on all but one of the chapters I have. Also some minor copyediting queries for … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Schmitt, Eduardo Mendieta, Gottfried Leibniz, Immanuel Kant, Peter Sloterdijk | 1 Comment