Hi there,
firstly, sorry about the lack of activity on the weblog recently, university work and other projects have taken up my time.
It is a little late, but i would like to know people’s three book’s of 2008. The books are not required to have been published in 2008, but you have had to read them in 2008. Here, in no particular order, are my three ‘top’ books that I read in 2008.
Levi, R. Byrant “Differece and Givenness: Delezue’s Transcendental Empiricism and the Ontology of Immanence“
Paul Virilio “Open Sky“
Noam Klein “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism“
Wow, it’s fantastic to be included in such august company but I definitely don’t think my obscure little book belongs there! Thank you!
Well, I understand your modesty, but I think your account of Deleuze is one of the most substantial yet.
I also also noticed your recent interest in Latour. I would recommend J.Macgregor Wise ‘Technology and Social Change’, which I found useful for distinguishing between Latour’s ‘actor-network-theory’ and Deleuze and Guattari’s concept of an ‘assemblage.’ Wise’s main critique of ‘actor-network-theory’ is that does not account for territorialisation and deterritorialisation. I have yet to read Latour’s ‘reassembling the social’, so i am unsure if this critique is still valid.