tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post6806449119195655317..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: M.A. Theory Course: Objects, Actants, NetworksCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-69659901575890252852011-01-20T14:19:42.904-05:002011-01-20T14:19:42.904-05:00. Sometimes I find that *I* cannot keep up with my...<i>. Sometimes I find that *I* cannot keep up with my own assigned reading,</i><br />SO GLAD to hear that, not because I wish you failure but because it's good to know you're human. And given the similarity in our demographics, I'm even MORE impressed with your syllabus. I'm definitely pointing my Spring grad students to it.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-17941159831461142112011-01-20T12:19:29.118-05:002011-01-20T12:19:29.118-05:00Thanks, thanks, thanks to Nic and Karl for these f...Thanks, thanks, thanks to Nic and Karl for these further bibliographic entries!<br /><br />Karl: your and my students are pretty much the exact same demographic, and the class is held once a week, at night. The reading load is a bit heavy-ish at first, but then I start winnowing. Indeed, since first posting the syllabus, I have done some cutting already. Sometimes I find that *I* cannot keep up with my own assigned reading, so I know it's even harder for my students. This course will be particularly hard on me as over 75% of it is brand-new to me as well.Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-24844905052955524312011-01-18T16:09:46.284-05:002011-01-18T16:09:46.284-05:00thanks for that Nic, and WOW, thanks for all this,...thanks for that Nic, and WOW, thanks for all this, Eileen. That list is astonishing, as is the syllabus.<br /><br />A practical question: do your MA students go to school full time? Do you teach your MA courses during the day or at night, when, presumably, your students will have finished their day jobs? I have to assemble my syllabi with the knowledge that my students are probably working at least 40 hours a week, that they're often teaching junior or high school, and that therefore I can assign FAR LESS than I'd like.<br /><br />To the Derrida in animals, by the way, you might want to add The Beast and the Sovereign, and, for early intellectual history, Richard Sorabji, Animal Minds and Human Morals: The Origins of the Western Debate.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-27079063390845240512011-01-12T20:52:28.833-05:002011-01-12T20:52:28.833-05:00Eileen,
I also want to thank you (and JJC) for be...Eileen,<br /><br />I also want to thank you (and JJC) for being so generous with your syllabi, especially at a time when such documents are being heavily guarded for the intellectual property that they are. <br /><br />I thought I'd offer a few suggestions to your still growing bibliography.<br /><br />First, under "critical animal studies," I'd add Nicole Shukin's "Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times (Minnesota, 2009). <br />http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/shukin_animal.html<br /><br />Actually, I think a few other books in the Posthumanities series might be usual for your bibliography in general (sorry if you've cited some, but I've missed them).<br />http://www.upress.umn.edu/byseries/posthumanities.html<br /><br />Second, I think the work of Alphonso Lingis, who was one of Harman's teachers, would also be of value for object-oriented studies. So, too, that of Georges Canguilhem and, more recently, Henri Atlan (b. 1939), a French Algerian theoretical biologist and biophysicist. Some of the writings of these latter two, including much of Canguilhem's that has been hitherto untranslated, is now available through a new series from Fordham University Press, "Forms of Living."<br />http://www.fordhampress.com/series.html?se=37<br /><br />For Atlan, see a forthcoming collection of selected writings: "On Self-Organization, Philosophy, Bioethics, and Judaism" from Fordham<br />http://www.fordhampress.com/detail.html?session=733043caadf7acbaa113188c99227e56&cat=&id=9780823231829<br /><br />But, most especially, his magnum opus, "Sparks of Randomness," volume 1 of which is now available from Standford UP:<br />http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=17081<br /><br />Finally, Jean-Pierre Dupuy has a useful entry on him in "The Columbia History of Twentieth-Century French Thought"Nic D'Alessiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05332559721931312734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-25352896078991594492011-01-10T15:51:19.953-05:002011-01-10T15:51:19.953-05:00Jeffrey: I knew about Sarah Franklin, but had then...Jeffrey: I knew about Sarah Franklin, but had then [somehow] forgotten about her [there are just SO many books], so thanks for the reminder. And just yesterday I was thinking I should add SR blogs to the bibliography, so I shall follow your list, I think, for starters.<br /><br />Also, everyone may be interested to know that re.press [open-source free books, in addition to other formats, such as print, for a small price] has just released:<br /><br />THE SPECULATIVE TURN: CONTINENTAL MATERIALISM AND REALISM, ed. Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek, and Graham Harman, and with essays from all of the above PLUS:<br /><br />Ray Brassier<br />Slavoj Zizek<br />Isabelle Stengers<br />Reza Negarestani<br />Quentin Meillassoux<br />Bruno Latour<br />Manuel De Landa<br />John Protevi<br />Iain Hamilton Grant<br />Gabriel Catren<br />Alberto Toscano<br />Alain Badiou<br />PLUS OTHERS<br /><br />The book is available here:<br /><br />http://www.re-press.org/content/view/64/40/Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-79607391643662940912011-01-10T08:21:42.622-05:002011-01-10T08:21:42.622-05:00This looks really great, Eileen. REALLY great. The...This looks really great, Eileen. REALLY great. The course should be terrific.<br /><br />And the bibliography is so extensive; thanks so much for sharing it. A book I've found useful that you might add under Animal Studies is Sarah Franklin, Dolly Mixtures: The Remaking of Genealogy, which looks at the long history of human-sheep interaction but is especially focused on biotechnology in a way that is deeply philosophical, and engaging.<br /><br />For my own courses I've also provised students with a list of OOO and related blogs, since there are so many, and since following them can give good insight into how that field works (Object Oriented Philosophy; Ecology without Nature; Speculative Heresy; Larval Subjects; Critical Animal; Naught Thought; and Bruno latour's own website).Jeffrey Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-91116318985603702662011-01-08T18:17:26.254-05:002011-01-08T18:17:26.254-05:00Thank you, Rob, for your kind comments. It goes wi...Thank you, Rob, for your kind comments. It goes without saying, too, that my syllabi and bibliographies are free to anyone to piratize and plagiarize.<br /><br />Amazon.com doesn't want you to know a LOT of things are free [this is especially true with their Kindle texts].Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-86560648426735485902011-01-08T18:13:09.330-05:002011-01-08T18:13:09.330-05:00Thank you (and Jeffrey) for always being so genero...Thank you (and Jeffrey) for always being so generous with your syllabi. The bibliography is wonderful. I've spent the last half hour downloading articles and adding things to my wish list. I didn't know Prince of Networks was available for free. Curious that Amazon doesn't advertise that!Robnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-47409356339845279102011-01-08T11:33:20.989-05:002011-01-08T11:33:20.989-05:00Martin--thanks for that link! I shall add it to th...Martin--thanks for that link! I shall add it to the bibliography post-haste!Eileen Joyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756965845120441308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-36438545866219939002011-01-07T20:55:12.326-05:002011-01-07T20:55:12.326-05:00Eileen,
I'd love to take this, of course, as...Eileen, <br /><br />I'd love to take this, of course, as I'm sure would many other of your colleagues!<br /><br />May I suggest an addition to your working bibliography? <br /><br />http://www.cyberartsweb.org/cpace/theory/hoofd/index.html<br /><br />is useful for students, I've found.<br /><br />~ MartinM.K. Foyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09753310457769493322noreply@blogger.com