Category Archives: Peter Gratton

Society and Space – new issue, blog, facebook

Posted on March 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Issue 2 of Society and Space is now available here. It includes commentaries on aid in Pakistan and the situation of the Roma people in Europe; a translation of Pierre Macherey with an introduction by the translator Susan Ruddick; and … Continue reading →

Posted in Eduardo Mendieta, Judith Butler, Peter Gratton, Pierre Macherey, Publishing, Society and Space | 1 Comment

Orders of translation

Posted on February 23, 2011 by stuartelden

In his comments on the Sloterdijk review, Peter Gratton ends by suggesting: It might have done Sloterdijk a favor to publish this work after the forthcoming English translations of the three volumes of Spheres. In this he’s absolutely right. To … Continue reading →

Posted in David Harvey, Henri Lefebvre, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Peter Gratton, Peter Sloterdijk, Publishing | 3 Comments

Gratton on Nancy on democracy

Posted on February 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton reviews Jean-Luc Nancy, The Truth of Democracy, here (via Continental Philosophy).

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Post-Christmas Roundup

Posted on January 2, 2011 by stuartelden

Now that I’m back, there is lots to catch up on… New biography of Claude Lévi-Strauss – details here The Speculative Turn is now out. Details here – either order as a print volume or download a free pdf. Edited … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, David Harvey, Graham Harman, Peter Gratton, Quentin Meillassoux, Universities | Leave a comment

Gratton on the world and calculation

Posted on November 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Responding to my comments on the RPA, Peter Gratton offers his own thoughts on the conference and the notion of the world here; and then on the question of calculation here. He does the latter through some quotes from Dominique … Continue reading →

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Oregon – geography talk and the RPA

Posted on November 14, 2010 by stuartelden

I gave a version of ‘The Birth of Territory’ talk to the dept of geography at the University of Oregon. Some good discussion and some very nice meetings with faculty and grad students. It’s a strong department with some interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Martin, Conferences, Enrique Dussel, Marie-Eve Morin, Peter Gratton, The Birth of Territory, Travel | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Michael Hardt, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Gratton, Universities | Leave a comment

Boulainviller/Boulainvilliers

Posted on September 24, 2010 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton uses my last post to say something about his own work on Boulainviller/Boulainvilliers (the spelling is disputed) here. As I said in that last post, I’ve not read much of him so far, but he looks interesting. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Schmitt, Giorgio Agamben, Henri de Boulainviller, Jacques Derrida, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Michel Foucault, Peter Gratton | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Boundaries, Gottfried Leibniz, Jean Bodin, John Locke, Michel Foucault, Peter Gratton, Territory, The Birth of Territory, Walter Ralegh | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Bernard Stiegler, Peter Gratton | 2 Comments