Category Archives: People

Links on Wikileaks, and Political Geography

Posted on July 26, 2010 by stuartelden

The Guardian has been running a live update all day about reaction to the Wikileaks, here. Loads of things to follow up there. Peter Gratton has a link to a post on links here. If you want to know the … Continue reading →

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Speculative Realism and Object-Orientated Philosophy

Posted on July 23, 2010 by stuartelden

Just in case you’ve ever wondered on the difference and relation between speculative realism and object-orientated philosophy (and object-orientated ontology) – and it can be confusing in a fast-moving field – Graham Harman clears it up here. What I like … Continue reading →

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Radical Philosophy Association conference

Posted on July 23, 2010 by stuartelden

The Radical Philosophy Association conference will be held in Eugene, Oregon between November 11-14, 2010. The session that Marie-Eve Morin, Peter Gratton and I proposed on ‘Violence and World’ has now been accepted.  This panel discussion explores the relation between … Continue reading →

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Zizek – Living in the End Times

Posted on July 21, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve now read Living in the End Times. It’s a very readable book, full of ideas, odd juxtapositions and extremely wide-ranging. But it’s ultimately all a bit disappointing. While Zizek is obviously a great fan of movies, this didn’t feel … Continue reading →

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New Heidegger books

Posted on July 21, 2010 by stuartelden

Continuum are publishing a translation of Phenomenology of Intuition and Expression – details here. That’s volume 59 of the Gesamtausgabe. Klostermann have announced that the next two volumes of the Gesamtausgabe to be published will be volumes 74 and 78. … Continue reading →

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Schmitt

Posted on July 19, 2010 by stuartelden

Critical Animal has a discussion of Schmitt and Heidegger here, beginning from my Radical Philosophy piece on Carl Schmitt. The discussion doesn’t directly engage with my reading of Schmitt, and I appreciate very much that it has sparked some thoughts, … Continue reading →

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Zizek in Der Spiegel

Posted on July 19, 2010 by stuartelden

The Verso blog mentioned this interview with/feature on Zizek, from Der Spiegel. Much of it will be familiar to anyone who’s been following the recent flurry of media reporting on Zizek, but there are some interesting moments. This is a quote … Continue reading →

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George Lawson, Politica Sacra et Civilis

Posted on July 19, 2010 by stuartelden

A text from 1659. From Chapter II, section 3: The name in Hebrew is ‘am in Greek polis and that may come of polus because the matter of a community is a multitude, in Latin, civitas, populus, and here observe, … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on July 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting review of Alberto Toscano’s Fanaticism book on The Guardian website (via Verso blog) Video of Quentin Meillassoux in action here (in French, via Graham Harman) I finished Wu Ming’s 54. Quite good and some nice moments. Think Eco or Pynchon … Continue reading →

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China Mieville – Kraken

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Crooked Timber has an interesting post that mentions the novelist China Mieville and his new novel Kraken. I first came across Mieville when he edited a special issue of the journal Historical Materialism on Marxism and fantasy. I had a piece on Lefebvre’s … Continue reading →

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