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More on Heidegger in the 20s and 30s

Posted on August 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham responds to my earlier post on Heidegger here. I don’t think it’s as much of a disagreement as he thinks. Basically there seem to be three issues. – Graham wants a biography for that period, and says that the … Continue reading →

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Heidegger in the 1920s and 1930s

Posted on August 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has a post here about Heidegger’s Marburg years. He suggests that a biography just focusing on those years – 1923-1928 – would be fascinating for all sorts of reasons. The reasons are all good, although I’d suggest that the … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Leibniz…

Posted on August 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Good little story about him here.

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Gratton on sovereignty

Posted on August 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton replies to two of my recent posts here and here. Both replies have great titles. The first is a discussion of the canon. Peter writes  As someone who wrote an entire chapter on Boulainviller, I’m happy to change … Continue reading →

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Urbanomic

Posted on August 10, 2010 by stuartelden

Urbanomic, the publisher behind the Collapse journal, have updated their website. Among other things there are details of Collapse VII, you can download the whole of Collapse I (including an interview with Badiou), and details of an event at the … Continue reading →

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Reading texts, the canon, and historical access

Posted on August 9, 2010 by stuartelden

Having been away for the weekend I feel like the blog debate that has been going on about Derrida and realism has largely passed me by. That’s fine, in a sense, because it’s not something I’m especially concerned with. (You … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Gottfried Leibniz, Jacques Derrida, Jane Bennett, Jean Bodin, Jean Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, Michel Foucault, Robert Filmer, The Birth of Territory, Thomas Hobbes | 2 Comments

Hiking and Reading

Posted on August 9, 2010 by stuartelden

The weekend was spent hiking with Susan and friends in the Peak District, around the village of Edale. On Saturday, we went up to the plateau of Kinder Scout (and got absolutely drenched); and on Sunday up Mam Tor and … Continue reading →

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Reading Kant’s Geography

Posted on August 5, 2010 by stuartelden

Even though it’s not out for almost a year still, SUNY Press now have a page up for the Reading Kant’s Geography collection Eduardo Mendieta and I edited. Perspectives on Kant’s teachings on geography and how they relate his understanding … Continue reading →

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Gratton on Stiegler

Posted on August 5, 2010 by stuartelden

Since Peter Gratton kindly links to my Erlangen lecture, it is perhaps appropriate to link to his review of Bernard Stiegler’s book Taking Care of Youth and the Generations. Gratton’s critique is pretty compelling, and I have to confess I’ve … Continue reading →

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Toscano discusses Fanaticism

Posted on August 4, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Alberto Toscano’s interesting book Fanaticism before. Here he is talking about the book on Radio 4 with Laurie Taylor and John Gray (begins about 14 minutes in) and in a video on The Guardian website. And this is … Continue reading →

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