Category Archives: People

Clare O’Farrell on Foucault and philosophy

Posted on June 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting post from Clare on the state of philosophy as an academic discipline, both intellectually and institutionally – http://inputs.wordpress.com/2010/06/16/foucault-and-philosophy/

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OOO and GIS – request

Posted on June 14, 2010 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton – my co-editor on the Foucault and Geography book and a couple of other projects – has a request for OOO people on his Foucault blog… I wouldn’t mind getting a perspective on computer/GI Science “ontologies” from some … Continue reading →

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Object Orientated Philosophy and the History of Ideas

Posted on June 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham has kindly responded to my previous post on this in some comments here. I should say right up front – and Graham seems to realise this – that I’m trying to understand the positions in relation to own concerns, … Continue reading →

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Harman, Meillassoux and the Spectrum of Realism

Posted on June 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has a fascinating post here on what he calls Meillassoux’s spectrum, which runs “from ‘most classically realist’ to ‘least classically realist’”. 1. naive realists/dogmatists: the people Kant destroyed, even in Meillassoux’s view 2. weak correlationists: Kant; “we can’t know … Continue reading →

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Some forthcoming London talks

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

Stephen White, Continental and/versus Analytical Political Thought, School of Public Policy, 14 June – details (Jane Bennett as discussant) Marshall Berman, Urban Ruins: City Life with Urbicide, University of East London, 16 June – details Eyal Weizman, Forensic Architecture, Whitechapel Gallery, … Continue reading →

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Ladyman and Ross review

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews has a discussion of Ladyman and Ross, Every Thing Must Go here. The book was the topic of Graham Harman’s Dundee lecture, which as he notes here, is forthcoming in Society and Space.

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New Foucault book in English

Posted on June 10, 2010 by stuartelden

Jeremy has the news here that Government of Self and Others (vol I) is now translated. I read it in French when it came out a couple of years ago, and remember it being to my mind the least interesting of the … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory in London

Posted on June 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory of Geography at UBC is giving a talk at Queen Mary on 23 June. Details here As I’ve said before Derek is a terrific speaker, and his work is very interesting. Should be good. Register and get there … Continue reading →

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Writing

Posted on June 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has a really interesting post on writing here. As I’ve said several times in conversation (and I think once in print) I’m fascinated by how academics write – it’s the one thing we all do, but rarely talk about. … Continue reading →

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Graham Harman books

Posted on June 2, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has several books coming out in the next few months… He mentions two on his own blog, but there are more… Towards Speculative Realism – collected essays and lectures The Prince and the Wolf – a book of discussions … Continue reading →

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