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Monthly Archives: June 2007

Schmitt and Kierkegaard

Friday, June 22, 2007

Has anyone written on Schmitt and Kierkegaard? There are subtle references to Kierkegaard throughout Schmitt’s body of work, but especially in Political Theology. In his book on Hobbes, Schmitt speaks of “the sickness unto death” of Hobbes’ mortal god.

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Police

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Given what will no doubt lead to an explosion of interest in “police” and “security” in social and political theory circles with the publication of Foucault’s lectures, Security, Territory, Population, (add to that the recently published volume edited by Markus Dubber and Mariana Valverde, The New Police Science), it is interesting to see “the Hobbes [...]

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Courses

Thursday, June 21, 2007

I’ve completed (minus a few administrative details) the first set of course outlines for the coming teaching year. LAWS 3907C Legal Research Methods [pdf] LAWS 3907J Legal Research Methods [pdf] LAWS 3005A Law and Regulation [pdf] Admittedly not very interesting, but all the same.

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The Schmitt/Strauss Debate on Hobbes

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Barret and I are looking for someone who wants to talk about Schmitt and Strauss on Hobbes at the meeting of the Canadian Initiative in Law, Culture and the Humanities, which meets October 12-14 at Carleton University in Ottawa. Standard conference format: three presentations followed by questions/discussion. Leave a comment here or send me an [...]

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Courses

Sunday, June 10, 2007

There is a possibility that I will be teaching a second year core course in social theory (obviously in a sociology department). The course is called “The Development of Social Theory” and the description speaks of covering material from “the Enlightenment” to “Max Weber.” The course, therefore, is more than the traditional “Marx, Weber, Durkheim” [...]

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CFP: Canadian Initiative in Law, Culture and the Humanities

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

CANADIAN INITIATIVE IN LAW, CULTURE AND THE HUMANITIES 2ND BIENNIAL CONFERENCE CALL FOR PAPERS We are pleased to announce that the Canadian Initiative in Law, Culture and the Humanities will be hosting its second biennial conference at Carleton University in Ottawa. The conference will take place over the weekend of 12-14 October, 2007. The conference [...]

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