Category Archives: Peter Sloterdijk

Sloterdijk Now cover

Posted on November 19, 2010 by stuartelden
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Sloterdijk – you must change your life!

Posted on November 14, 2010 by stuartelden

English discussion of Sloterdijk’s 2009 book Du mußt dein Leben ändern: Über Anthropotechnik here (via Sean Sturm here). Polity Press are planning a translation of this work.

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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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Sloterdijk in English

Posted on October 6, 2010 by stuartelden

I get lots of requests for what of Sloterdijk’s work is available in English. This is a really helpful resource for this – http://seansturm.wordpress.com/2010/01/01/sloterdijk-in-english/ I knew of most of these, but worth especially noting that Semiotext(e) have a translation of … Continue reading →

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Sloterdijk Now blurb

Posted on September 24, 2010 by stuartelden

Here’s the publicity blurb for the Sloterdijk Now edited collection I am doing for Polity, due out next year. Peter Sloterdijk is one of the most challenging and contentious thinkers currently working within the European tradition. This is the first … Continue reading →

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Territoriality workshop day 2

Posted on September 17, 2010 by stuartelden

Four more very interesting papers today. I was particularly struck by the paper by Claudio Minca that situated Raffestin within debates in Italian geography. Although Raffestin is Swiss, he publishes in Italian (as well as French) and has played an … Continue reading →

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Foucault, The Courage of Truth

Posted on September 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Although I’d read the French lectures, and probably could have written the endorsement for the English translation anyway, I did ask for the ms. and have now finished reading it. It’s a very good translation – again by Graham Burchell. … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – interviews

Posted on August 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Over the years the journal has run a number of interviews with prominent theorists and philosophers. Some of these include Anthony Giddens, Raymond Williams, Henri Lefebvre, Edward Said, Alain Badiou, Michael Goodchild (1999 and 2009), and John Urry. There have also … 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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Alberto Toscano – Fanaticism

Posted on July 4, 2010 by stuartelden

Just finished reading Alberto Toscano’s book Fanaticism. A very interesting book and a great project – a kind of genealogy or conceptual history of the uses and abuses of the term. Lots of interesting ideas and a lot to take … Continue reading →

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