Category Archives: Politics

Coriolanus and contemporary politics

Posted on December 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Ralph Fiennes’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Coriolanus is due for release in the UK early next year. It’s already out in the US. You can see a trailer here. Coriolanus is one of Shakespeare’s most political plays, and you can see … Continue reading →

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US bases and Iran

Posted on December 13, 2011 by stuartelden

From From Democratic Underground (via Juan Cole): “Each star is a US base. But just to be clear, Iran is the one that is threatening us; we’re not threatening them.”

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Quentin Skinner interview

Posted on December 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Quentin Skinner in The Art of Theory – part one and part two. If you’re even remotely interested in the history of ideas you should take a look. Among many other things, the discussion of Shakespeare and … Continue reading →

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Exploring Geopolitics website

Posted on December 10, 2011 by stuartelden

I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before – but this site is worth checking out. Exploring Geopolitics – edited by Leonhardt van Efferink and filled with interesting contributions. Leonhardt is commissioning brief reflections on the geopolitical year at the moment which … Continue reading →

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Hardt and Negri on what to expect in 2012

Posted on December 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Some thoughts on 2011 and predictions for what is to come, here.

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Slavoj Žižek on Occupy and the Left today

Posted on December 9, 2011 by stuartelden

The Occupy movement, a renascent Left, and Marxism today: An interview with Slavoj Žižek – interview with Platypus

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University of Sydney and research ‘project management’

Posted on December 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I posted the first link I was sent about the situation at the University of Sydney yesterday, in the long message about email. It is worth a look – a statement by a large number of faculty members about the … Continue reading →

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Keith Thomas on the state of British universities

Posted on December 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Distinguished historian Keith Thomas writes in the London Review of Books. Secondly, we must press for changes to the REF, formerly the RAE. In my experience, this operation, though initially a stimulus, has in the longer run had appalling effects. … Continue reading →

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