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Scu at Critical Animal asks about shelving books. It reminded me of Walter Benjamin’s piece on unpacking his library, which is in Illuminations. I’ve now got so many books that if I don’t organise them I can never find anything. … Continue reading →

This is worth a look. It’s Timothy Morton on his conversion to object-orientated ontology. This bit is worth reading: I’m an English Prof. who was trained at the height of New Historicism, which meant that you had to run to … Continue reading →

Graham Harman has a post about an email scam he received claiming to be from a known contact, but obviously not actually from them. He does a thorough analysis of why it is a scam. I’ve received a variant of … Continue reading →

Many congratulations to Iain Robinson, who successfully defended his thesis today. It was passed without revisions. The title was ‘Transience and durability in Japanese urban space’ and it provided a detailed reading of urban transformation in Chiba-shi. The examiners were … Continue reading →

Went to see All My Sons last night in London. Arthur Miller’s first success, and still very timely – the theme of corporate responsibility as important as that of families, truth, guilt and love. A friend had an unexpected spare ticket … Continue reading →

Political theorist Michael Shapiro has a new book out – The Time of the City: Politics, Philosophy and Genre. Details here. I was one of the readers of the manuscript and wrote a blurb for the back cover.

Geographer Rob Kitchin, from NUI Maynooth, has just published his second novel. http://theviewfromthebluehouse.blogspot.com/2010/06/off-out-into-world.html

James der Derian‘s documentary Human Terrain is screening in London tomorrow – 10th June. Details here. James is keynote to the Westminster CSIR launch event tonight.

Given the previous discussion of analytic/continental philosophies, it may be of interest that the New York Times has launched a philosophy blog… The first post is by Simon Critchley, who will also serve as moderator. Brian Leiter has already responded in … Continue reading →