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Radical Foucault cfp

Posted on January 10, 2011 by stuartelden

CALL  FOR PAPERS  Radical Foucault: A One Day Conference  Centre for Cultural Studies Research, University of East London (culturalstudiesresearch.org)  The publication of Michel Foucault’s Lectures at the Collège de France, 1983-84 in English will be complete in April 2011 and … Continue reading →

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More Sloterdijk books

Posted on January 9, 2011 by stuartelden

In getting the link for Sloterdijk’s Sphären, I discovered that he has two more new books coming out. I’d already mentioned Die nehmende Hand und die gebende Seite, which draws on the recent pieces he wrote that so upset Axel … Continue reading →

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Heidegger Among the Sculptors

Posted on January 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Just finished reading Andrew Mitchell, Heidegger Among the Sculptors: Body, Space, and the Art of Dwelling. It’s an interesting read, discussing four places where Heidegger engages with sculpture and/or sculptors. This includes the best known piece ‘Art and Space’, inspired … Continue reading →

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A day of editing

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve spent most of the day being an editor. This is not just for Society and Space, although I did spend a chunk of time on that today, but also for other projects. The Reading Kant’s Geography book is going … Continue reading →

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Graham Harman on Open Access Publishing

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Some interesting thoughts here, based on his experience with The Speculative Turn, and Prince of Networks. Much of this is undoubtedly right, and I think there is a lot of potential for these kinds of publishing outlets. 4-5,000 downloads of … Continue reading →

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Triptych, not a Trilogy

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

On one the interesting things in the Wu Ming interview comes in the third section of the audio, where they describe their Manituana book as the first in a triptych, not a trilogy. The second is on the French Revolution. … Continue reading →

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Wu Ming recording of British Library talk

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Two of the Wu Ming collective spoke at the British Library in October. The audio recordings can be found here. Some very interesting reflections, especially on collaborative writing.

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Holiday reading

Posted on January 4, 2011 by stuartelden

I don’t read novels nearly as much as I should, partly due to a lack of time, and also because  spending my time reading so much for work doesn’t exactly make reading a very relaxing break from it. But holidays … Continue reading →

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Four out of six

Posted on January 4, 2011 by stuartelden

I should have noted in the earlier message that these were not just any six references, but included three or four of the most problematic in the book, which I’d not left to last through choice or neglect, but because … Continue reading →

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Translations

Posted on January 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Graham replies to my post on intellectual generosity here, and his slight disagreement with me is well taken. I suppose translation of the sort Graham has done, or I’ve done with Lefebvre (or to a much lesser extent with Foucault) is … Continue reading →

Posted in Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Henri Lefebvre, Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Thomas Hobbes | Leave a comment