Category Archives: People

Carl Schmitt symposium in Holland

Posted on November 6, 2010 by stuartelden

Carl Schmitt and Space, 3 December 2010 Socio-spatial analysis chair group, Wageningen university Room GAIA 1, Gaia Building, Wageningen University Map and travel description: http://www.wur.nl/UK/contact/route/ In recent years there has been an explosion of literature and debate around the work … Continue reading →

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Harman’s Meillassoux book

Posted on November 3, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham reports on the final stages of his Quentin Meillassoux: Philosophy in the Making book here. Sounds terrific.

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Wu Ming 1 on Foucault in Iran

Posted on November 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Find it here. Two excerpts… In October 1978, Michel Foucault (hereafter cited as MF) visited Iran. The country was already shaken by street protests against the Shah. The regime was brutally repressing demonstrations, with the only result of strengthening the … Continue reading →

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Galloway on New French Thought

Posted on November 2, 2010 by stuartelden

You can now download the audio of Alexander Galloway’s lectures on New French Thought here. I’d previously mentioned these lectures were taking place – on Catherine Malabou, Bernard Stiegler, Mehdi Belhaj Kacem, Quentin Meillassoux and François Laruelle – and good … Continue reading →

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Man in a Suitcase

Posted on November 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Barely back from Vancouver, which was a great trip and involved no work, and I’m getting ready to go to Columbus, Ohio tomorrow where I’m giving a lecture at Ohio State, plus an informal discussion over lunch and lots of … Continue reading →

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Post-Continental Voices out; Hardt on Foucault; Gratton in RPR

Posted on October 29, 2010 by stuartelden

At least, today is the official release date. See the Zero books site here, and Paul Ennis’s announcement here. I’ve yet to see a copy, but I’m hoping one will be waiting for me when I get back to the … Continue reading →

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The purpose of Medieval torture

Posted on October 28, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in Der Spiegel here (via Medieval News). A German researcher has studied medieval criminal law and found that our image of the sadistic treatment of criminals in the Dark Ages is only partly true. Torture and gruesome executions were … Continue reading →

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The stuff of academic life

Posted on October 27, 2010 by stuartelden

What not to do on your sabbatical – and then how to get it together – here. This cartoon (via Ben on FB) on getting a PhD in the humanities is amusing and disturbing in just about equal measure. Interesting … Continue reading →

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Critchley on Tragedy

Posted on October 26, 2010 by stuartelden

Tilburg Philosophy Summer School – ‘On the Tragic and its Limits’ A Seminar with Simon Critchley | July 12-21, 2011 Is the tragic an adequate category for thinking about the nature of contemporary conflicts, and their cycles of revenge, violence … Continue reading →

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Pocock, Barbarism and Religion

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stuartelden

Update 2015: all six volumes have now been published; volumes 1-5 in paperback; 6 earlier this year in hardback. This is a  work of jaw-dropping ambition and erudition. J.G.A. Pocock, Barbarism and Religion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Four Volumes to date, … Continue reading →

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