Monthly Archives: December 2011

Nietzsche in Texas

I spent the last week and a half in my hometown of Denton, TX, and spotted this at Recycled Books a few days ago. I didn’t buy it, but picked up Kauffman’s The Portable Nietzsche, Plato’s Gorgias, Hobbes’ Leviathan, plus … Continue reading

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Being Interdisciplinary

A few thoughts on interdisciplinary work, from Stuart Elden. Being Interdisciplinary.

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Deleuze’s Hume

I came across the website Aberrant Monism earlier and thought I’d share (take note, fellow D&G readers: there is a page devoted to reading Spinoza’s Ethics). It’s written by Jeff Bell, a Deleuze, Hume, Spinoza, and Nietzsche scholar at Southeastern Louisiana … Continue reading

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Gillian Rose’s Visual Methodologies

Over at her website, Professor Rose recently announced the availability of Visual Methodologies (third edition). She writes: The opening chapter’s discussion of theorisations of visual culture has been thoroughly reworked and now discusses things digital and affective; there’s lots of new … Continue reading

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Hume — Understanding, Section IV

Hume opens section IV — entitled “Sceptical Doubts concerning the Operations of the Understanding” — by making a distinction between Relations of Ideas and Matters of Fact. The former are discovered and explored through “the mere operation of thought, without … Continue reading

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Hume — Understanding, Sections II and III

In “The Origin of Ideas” section Hume begins to lay out what is — as I understand it — the central notion of his philosophy: namely, that reason is beholden to the sentiments. Or, to put it another way, the … Continue reading

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Hume — An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section I

(“fat, smug sort of guy in red” — Marxists.org) In an effort to gain more teaching experience outside of the Architecture department, and more in line with the critical theory I’m currently exploring, I’ve volunteered to handle some TA duties … Continue reading

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Olive 8: Visual Grammar vs. D&G’s Approach to Semiotics

Olive 8 is a luxury condominium and hotel project that sits at the edge of Seattle’s central business district and is adjacent to many of the major retail outlets located therein: Pacific Place Mall is home to Barney’s and Barnes … Continue reading

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‘For Love of the World’ – Arendt, politics, space – CFP

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
 ‘For Love of the World’ – Arendt, politics, space  Convener: Richard J Bater  (Royal Holloway, Universityof London)   Sponsored by the Political Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographical Society with theInstitute ofBritish Geographers RGS-IBG…

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Funding

I’m beginning a list of funding opportunities on the right side of the page for people with similar interests or others in my program. Some of the opportunities will be specific to UW while others will be for underfunded social … Continue reading

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