Category Archives: People

Leibniz on Fossils

Posted on August 21, 2010 by stuartelden

In The Shorter Leibniz Texts, edited by Lloyd Strickland, there are a few interesting excerpts from Leibniz’s writings on fossils. (See also Strickland’s translations of Leibniz site here.) Some of these come from the Protegaea, which was published in a bi-lingual … Continue reading →

Posted in Fossils, Gottfried Leibniz, Quentin Meillassoux, The Space of the World | 1 Comment

Hardt on Foucault

Posted on August 20, 2010 by stuartelden

Michael Hardt reviews Foucault’s 82-83 and 83-84 lecture courses – Le gouvernement de soi et des autres and Le courage de la vérité – in the latest New Left Review. Find it here – subscribers only. Most of the first half of the review … Continue reading →

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Incomplete Editions and References

Posted on August 19, 2010 by stuartelden

In Matthew Stewart’s very good account of Leibniz and Spinoza, The Courtier and the Heretic (Yale UP, 2005), there is a note in the bibliography that The standard, reference edition of Leibniz’s collected works is that of the Berlin Akademie. … Continue reading →

Posted in Eugen Fink, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gottfried Leibniz, Henri Lefebvre, Immanuel Kant, Kostas Axelos, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault | 4 Comments

Animal, Vegetable, Mineral

Posted on August 18, 2010 by stuartelden

An interesting looking conference – “Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects in the Early Modern and Medieval Periods”, March 11-2 2011, George Washington University.  Jane Bennett is the keynote. Details here.

Posted in Conferences, Jane Bennett, Medieval Studies | 1 Comment

Society and Space – interviews

Posted on August 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Over the years the journal has run a number of interviews with prominent theorists and philosophers. Some of these include Anthony Giddens, Raymond Williams, Henri Lefebvre, Edward Said, Alain Badiou, Michael Goodchild (1999 and 2009), and John Urry. There have also … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, David Harvey, Henri Lefebvre, Judith Butler, Peter Sloterdijk, Society and Space | Leave a comment

Locke, land and coercion

Posted on August 15, 2010 by stuartelden

From Crooked Timber The standard Lockean case for (propertarian) libertarianism rests on the (universally false) assumption that an appropriation of land leaves “enough and as good” for anyone else. As long as land can be stolen from people who are … Continue reading →

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Heidegger and Cassirer

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

An interesting looking book on Heidegger and Cassirer just out, beginning with their 1929 encounter in Davos, but it looks like it goes a way beyond this. Details here. Great cover photo too.

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Terms of Debate

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Speaking about Locke, and the way that in constructing his argument as a refutation of Filmer he was able to set the terms of debate in a way that favoured his position, but the general point is worth making: A … Continue reading →

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Zizek documentary film

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

(from the Verso blog)

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Gratton on Heidegger, and the Beiträge

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton’s response to the Heidegger posts is thoughtful and balanced. He is surely right that any book on the 30s would have to deal with the Nazi question in a way that would dominate the rest of the story. … Continue reading →

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