Category Archives: Quentin Meillassoux

Meillassoux in Society and Space

Posted on October 1, 2010 by stuartelden

Some new forthcoming essays in Society and Space are available online here (subscription required). They include a piece by Quentin Meillassoux for a theme issue on mathematics, which should also include a piece by Michel Serres.

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Scu on Esposito; Harman on Meillassoux

Posted on September 13, 2010 by stuartelden

Scu at Critical Animal has a discussion of Roberto Esposito, Terza persona. Esposito’s book Bios was translated a few years ago, and his Communitas at the end of last year. Over at Object-Orientated Philosophy, Graham makes a few comments about … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Iraq, Ihde, Meillassoux

Posted on September 4, 2010 by stuartelden

Roy Scranton on Iraq – part one of five – here. Scranton is an ex-soldier who served in Iraq, who wrote a very interesting article for City journal a few years ago – “Walls and Shadows: The Occupation of Baghdad”. … Continue reading →

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Badiou, Meillassoux and worlds

Posted on September 3, 2010 by stuartelden

Very interesting post from Graham Harman about the Badiou/Meillassoux relation (both father and son). It’s most relevant for me given that my next project is on the idea of ‘world’ in a range of forms. L’inexistence divine was going to … Continue reading →

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Leibniz on Fossils

Posted on August 21, 2010 by stuartelden

In The Shorter Leibniz Texts, edited by Lloyd Strickland, there are a few interesting excerpts from Leibniz’s writings on fossils. (See also Strickland’s translations of Leibniz site here.) Some of these come from the Protegaea, which was published in a bi-lingual … Continue reading →

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Speculative Realism and Object-Orientated Philosophy

Posted on July 23, 2010 by stuartelden

Just in case you’ve ever wondered on the difference and relation between speculative realism and object-orientated philosophy (and object-orientated ontology) – and it can be confusing in a fast-moving field – Graham Harman clears it up here. What I like … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on July 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting review of Alberto Toscano’s Fanaticism book on The Guardian website (via Verso blog) Video of Quentin Meillassoux in action here (in French, via Graham Harman) I finished Wu Ming’s 54. Quite good and some nice moments. Think Eco or Pynchon … Continue reading →

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