Category Archives: Slavoj Zizek

Terrains and Territories – Stuart Elden and Nico Buitendag discussion at Undisciplined

Posted on May 4, 2020 by stuartelden

Terrains and Territories – Stuart Elden and Nico Buitendag discussion at Undisciplined Many thanks to Nico for this invitation, and for a wide-ranging discussion that touches on nearly everything I’ve worked on. This is part of a series of discussions … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Carl Schmitt, Daniel Defert, Edward Soja, Foucault's Last Decade, Foucault: The Birth of Power, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gaston Gordillo, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping the Present, Martin Heidegger, Matthew Hannah, Michel Foucault, Politics, Shakespearean Territories, Slavoj Zizek, Speaking Against Number, terrain, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Birth of Territory, The Early Foucault, Theory, Uncategorized, Understanding Henri Lefebvre, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Jenny Edkins, Change and the Politics of Certainty – Manchester University Press, May 2019

Posted on March 29, 2019 by stuartelden

Jenny Edkins, Change and the Politics of Certainty – Manchester University Press, 2019 Renowned politics scholar Jenny Edkins explores the imperative for change in a world filled with inequality, violence, persecution, and injustice–and the difficulties of bringing it about. How … Continue reading →

Posted in Jacques Derrida, Jenny Edkins, Judith Butler, Michel Foucault, Slavoj Zizek, Stuart Hall, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Slavoj Žižek – Hegelian Battles – 3 Lectures

Posted on December 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Slavoj Žižek – Hegelian Battles – audio recordings of Birkbeck lectures from December 2015. The battle for Hegel goes on – new interpretations are emerging which perhaps pose an even greater threat to Hegel’s legacy than the usual rejections of Hegel. … Continue reading →

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Slavoj Žižek mini course at Birkbeck – Hegelian Battles

Posted on October 6, 2015 by stuartelden

Slavoj Žižek mini course at Birkbeck – Hegelian Battles. December 2-4, 2015. Free for students and Birkbeck staff, £10 per lecture for others. Everyone needs to register in advance. The battle for Hegel goes on – new interpretations are emerging … Continue reading →

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London Critical Theory Summer School 2015 Friday Debate II audio recording – Costas Douzinas, Stephen Frosh, Jacqueline Rose, Esther Leslie and Slavoj Zizek

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stuartelden

London Critical Theory Summer School 2015 Friday Debate II – Introduction and summing up the 2nd week by by Costas Douzinas, Stephen Frosh, Jacqueline Rose, Esther Leslie and Slavoj Zizek. Audio recording available here.

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Greece and Europe: A First Account of a Radical Government – recordings of Douzinas, Mason and Žižek

Posted on March 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Greece and Europe: A First Account of a Radical Government – recordings of Costas Douzinas, Paul Mason and Slavoj Žižek. Also includes a link to this short film:

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Terry Eagleton reviews Trouble in Paradise and Absolute Recoil by Slavoj Žižek

Posted on December 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Terry Eagleton reviews Trouble in Paradise and Absolute Recoil by Slavoj Žižek in The Guardian. Here’s the great final paragraph (spoiler alert): Trouble in Paradise, with its unerring ear for political cant, is a book that everyone, not least the Masters of the Universe, … Continue reading →

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Critical Theory’s 10 books that came out in October

Posted on November 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Some good ones here – Sloterdijk, Rancière, Naas, Vogl and more…

Posted in Books, Jacques Derrida, Jacques Rancière, Peter Sloterdijk, Slavoj Zizek | 3 Comments

critical-theory.com – eight books that came out in August

Posted on September 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Some interesting looking books here

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Bambach reviews Heidegger’s 1933-34 seminars, Nature, History, State

Posted on June 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Charles Bambach reviews Heidegger’s 1933-34 seminars, Nature, History, State – translated and edited by Gregory Fried and Richard Polt – at NDPR. The volume in question comprises student protocols of the seminars, plus interpretative essays by Robert Bernasconi, Peter Eli Gordon, … Continue reading →

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