Category Archives: People

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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Graham Harman interview

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

A new and detailed Graham Harman interview can be found here. Well worth a read.

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Jean Bodin

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

I think I may finally have finished with Jean Bodin. Bodin’s Six Livres de la République is probably more talked about than read, and there is no modern English translation of the complete work. (There is an abridged edition from … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Family – Cambridge conference

Posted on July 10, 2010 by stuartelden

This looks interesting – unfortunately can’t make it but may be of interest to some. Details below and poster here. Foucault, the Family and Politics Friday, 12 November 2010, Kings College, Keynes Hall, Cambridge Attendance free – but please register. … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Zizek, Harvey, Tour de France

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

You can watch a video of Zizek on Newsnight here You can download the first chapter of David Harvey’s Companion to Marx’s Capital here Tour de France – Mark Cavendish won again!

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Initial thoughts on Andreas Knichen

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been slowly struggling my way through Andreas Knichen’s 1600 book, De sublimi et regio territorii iure synoptica tractatio. Knichen was a German jurist and political advisor. Some thoughts:- – Knichen explicitly links the notion of Landeshoheit with superioritas territorialis. … Continue reading →

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Foucault

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Clare O’Farrell has a quotation from Foucault’s recently translated 1982-83 lecture course, The Government of Self and Others, up on her Foucault site, and a brief discussion here. It seems to me that the philosophical choice confronting us today is the … Continue reading →

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