Monthly Archives: January 2011
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The “Fox Geezer” Syndrome
Leave a commentJanuary 30, 2011 by Peter Gratton
Just to throw something rather silly into the mix in the middle of some heady days politically, here’s this post …
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Dark Chemistry on Capitalist Realism
2January 30, 2011 by Peter Gratton
For those who don’t know either the blog (Dark Chemistry) or the book (Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism), that will surely …
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Headless Mummies
2January 29, 2011 by Peter Gratton
For those who follow the news whenever there is supposed looting and/or rioting (remember New Orleans?), there is always an …
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Hatred of Democracy
2January 29, 2011 by Peter Gratton
Since I’m teaching that text by Rancière later in the semester, it’s really nice of American political commentators providing me …
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Critical Review of Straussian Book
Leave a commentJanuary 28, 2011 by Peter Gratton
In his review in the NDPR of Richard G. Stevens, Political Philosophy: An Introduction, Cambridge University Press, 2011, 309pp., $27.99 (pbk), …
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“Radical Thinkers: Judith Butler, Simon Critchley and Jacques Rancière on the importance of critical theory to social movements today.”
2January 27, 2011 by Peter Gratton
Via the Irish Left Review, here’s audio from their 2009 event on the above topic.
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Johnston Blogging
3January 27, 2011 by Peter Gratton
UPDATED: Two things: 1. First, there’s Dark Chemistry’s overview of Adrian’s contribution to the Speculative Turn: [A]gainst Meillassoux’s anit-Zizekian tendencies …
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Journal of French and Francophone Philosophy, Vol. 18, No. 1
Leave a commentJanuary 26, 2011 by Peter Gratton
Here are the articles and links: Vol 18, No 1 (2008–2010) Table of Contents Articles Julia Kristeva’s Maternal Passions PDF …
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Ivakhiv on Bill Connolly’s A World of Becoming
Leave a commentJanuary 26, 2011 by Peter Gratton
Adrian Ivakhiv writes up some quick thought on William Connolly’s new A World of Becoming (Duke, 2011) here.
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Jason Read on Malabou/Butler
Leave a commentJanuary 26, 2011 by Peter Gratton
Reviewing Sois mon corps: une lecture contemporaine de la domination et servitude chez Hegel, he writes: This is one reason …
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