How much censorship has there been in Heidegger’s Gesamtausgabe?

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

heidegger-grab-540x304Die Zeit has a powerful piece discussing the involvement of the Heidegger family in the production of the Gesamtausgabe, the collected edition of his works. Theodore Kisiel has long called the editorial practices an ‘international scandal of scholarship‘, but this suggests the problems run much deeper.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden
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Geographical Magazine – adding a territorial perspective to ‘The Winter of Middle East discontent’

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

34570ba96cc3a4daee50221a47a4e2ec_XLI am one of four featured academics in a piece in Geographical Magazine on ‘The Winter of Middle East discontent’ – adding a territorial perspective to issues. I relate the challenges to boundaries by Islamic State to what is happening in Nigeria with Boko Haram. This was a somewhat different experience – I was interviewed on a very bad skype connection, and then the reporter wrote up the text appearing as if it was written by me, when it’s really his take on my ideas. I can’t help but think it would have been easier if I’d be asked to write 300 words myself.

I expand on these parallels in a (previously mentioned) piece on the Geographical Directions blog, which itself relates to the article on “The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria’s ‘war on terror’”. My department rounds up these three pieces here.

While the article was accepted for publication in August, the interview and the blog piece are more recent. I also discussed these themes in more detail in my Harvard lecture in September – “Iraq and Nigeria: Crises of Territorial Integrity”.

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Critical Theory on my Foucault, Subjectivity, Truth lecture

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Also on critical-theory.com, a nice discussion of my recent ‘Foucault, Subjectivity, Truth’ lecture at Nottingham Contemporary gallery. I’m pleased, but surprised, by the nearly 5,000 views this lecture has had on youtube.

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11 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in November

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Critical-Theory has a list of eleven interesting books that came out in November.

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Books received – Ling, Michel, Kurki, Bridoux & Kurki

Posted on November 29, 2014 by stuartelden

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Michel’s Ricoeur and the Post-Structuralists, in recompense for review work; and three books in the excellent Interventions series, from one of the editors, Nick Vaughan-Williams.

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Emergency Response

Posted on November 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory comments on Peter Adey and Ben Anderson’s work on emergencies.

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I’ve been catching up on a stream of publications by Pete Adeyand Ben Anderson on emergencies, including ‘Affect and security: exercising emergency in UK “civil contingencies”‘, Society & Space 29(6) (2011) 1092-1109; ‘Anticipating emergencies: Technologies of preparedness and the matter of security’, Security dialogue 43 (2) (2012) 99-117; and ‘Governing events and life: “Emergency” in UK Civil Contingencies’, Political Geography 31 (1) (2012) 24-33.

This has been prompted by a continuing conversation with Theo Price about a series of political/artistic interventions under the rubric of COBRA RES, in which he’s invited me to take part. COBRA, as many readers will know, is

the British Government’s emergency response committee set up to respond to a national or regional crisis. Standing for Cabinet Office Briefing Room A [below], the COBRA Committee comes together in moments of perceived crisis under the chairmanship of either the Prime Minister or the…

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Mapping The Politics of National Rankings in the Movement Against “Modern Slavery”

Posted on November 28, 2014 by stuartelden

A new commentary at the Society and Space open site.

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Reading the “Black Notebooks” – A Special Issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual

Posted on November 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Reading the “Black Notebooks”
A Special Issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual

The 2015 issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual
will be devoted to the topic of Reading the “Black Notebooks.”
Papers on any aspect of the Black Notebooks will be considered
for this special issue. The deadline for submissions has been
extended to February 1, 2015. Please direct all submissions
electronically to the editor, andrew.j.mitchell@emory.edu,
with “Gatherings” in the subject line. Authors need not be
members of the Heidegger Circle.

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Verso world history series – 50% off until 1 December 2014, with free shipping

Posted on November 27, 2014 by stuartelden

c507742e09d9d3a87e0299f4d40b1944A chance to get these books at reduced price, with free shipping.

The Verso World History Series provides attractive new editions of classic works of history, making landmark texts available to a new generation of readers. Covering a timespan stretching from Ancient Greece and Rome to the twentieth century, and with a global geographical range, the series also includes thematic volumes providing insights into such topics as the spread of print cultures and the history of money. Full details here!

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