Category Archives: Peter Sloterdijk

Peter Sloterdijk and Andrei Ujica on The Fall of the Romanov Empire

Posted on May 18, 2014 by stuartelden

A lecture by Peter Sloterdijk and then a discussion between Sloterdijk and Andrei Ujica on The Fall of the Romanov Empire – thanks to ANTHEM for the link. The lecture is in English, though the discussion is in German. I’ve embedded the film … Continue reading →

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‘Books constitute capital’

Posted on May 18, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
Introducing his interview with David Harvey at the Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this week, Scott Carlson notes that ‘The American stage has recently been set for questioning capitalism, with the U.S. tour of academe’s…

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Talking about Publishing, Urban Territory, and lots else

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

I was involved in three events this week. The first was the most wide-ranging – a filmed conversation with Babette Babich at Fordham University, that ranged from contemporary territorial issues to Kant, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Lefebvre; Greek geography to … Continue reading →

Posted in Babette Babich, Boundaries, Conferences, Don Mitchell, Eduardo Mendieta, Foucault's Last Decade, Friedrich Nietzsche, Henri Lefebvre, Immanuel Kant, Mapping the Present, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, Society and Space, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Theory, Understanding Henri Lefebvre, urban/urbanisation, William Shakespeare, Writing | 3 Comments

Peter Sloterdijk, ‘The Domestication of Being’ – discussed at Aphelis

Posted on April 16, 2014 by stuartelden

At his Aphelis blog, Philippe Theophanidis discusses versions and translations of Peter Sloterdijk’s essay “Die Domestikation des Seins. Für eine Verdeutlichung der Lichtung”. The excerpt quoted [here] comes from a translation of the fourth and final chapter of the essay. For a … Continue reading →

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Where to start with reading Peter Sloterdijk?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

[The most recent version can be found here.] Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? I have previously done this with Henri Lefebvre, and Chathan Vemuri asked me the same question for Sloterdijk. This is my attempt at answering this, largely … Continue reading →

Posted in Axel Honneth, Books, Eduardo Mendieta, Marie-Eve Morin, My Publications, Nigel Thrift, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Society and Space | 19 Comments

“Interview with Stuart Elden” at Groundwork

Posted on January 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Another interview with me, conducted by Jordan Skinner, has been published at the Groundwork site – a blog run by past and present students of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University. It ranges widely across … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Boundaries, Fossils, Foucault's Last Decade, Graham Harman, Martin Heidegger, Medieval Studies, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Publishing, Quentin Meillassoux, Shakespearean Territories, Society and Space, Territory, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World, Universities, William Shakespeare, Writing | 1 Comment

‘Territory and Transgression: A Conversation with Stuart Elden’ @thepolisblog

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

A long interview with me, conducted by Peter Sigrist, has just been published at Polis. It covers most of my current and past interests, including territory, Lefebvre, Foucault, Sloterdijk, Heidegger, politics,  my time in Israel/Palestine, publishing, literature and film… Many … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Latour, Foucault's Last Decade, Mapping the Present, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Ray Brassier, Society and Space, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Travel, Universities, urban/urbanisation, Writing | 1 Comment

Sloterdijk interview in the LA Review of Books

Posted on January 18, 2014 by stuartelden

Sloterdijk is interviewed in the LA Review of Books, mainly on Spheres I: Bubbles. Thanks to ANTHEM for the link. The interview was conducted by a reading group at UC Irvine, where Sloterdijk later gave the Wellek Library lectures. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Radical Philosophy 183 out – includes Gregory on drones and Power on Sloterdijk

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

The new issue of Radical Philosophy is out – includes Derek Gregory on ‘Drone Geographies‘ and a critical review of Sloterdijk by Nina Power (both open access).

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The twenty-five most important academic books to me from 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by stuartelden

Not ordered, not comprehensive, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some – and of course there are those I’ve not yet read or am unaware of… These are all academic books published in 2013, not drawn from all the books I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, David Farrell Krell, David Harvey, Grégoire Chamayou, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, John Protevi, Karl Marx, Louise Amoore, Michael Dillon, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Universities, urban/urbanisation | 24 Comments