Monthly Archives: October 2010

Rumours of the cuts to come

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

Rumours of the cuts to come to British Higher Education here and here. As I said in my immediate thoughts on the Browne report a few days ago (here), the the unsaid part of the report was the massive cuts coming in the comprehensive … Continue reading →

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Environment and Planning

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

There will be a five volume compilation from the Environment and Planning series of journals coming out with Sage next year. It’s designed for library use.  There are four volumes devoted to the four journals – A, B, C and D … Continue reading →

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‘The True Size of Africa’

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

This image has been fairly widely circulated. David Campbell asks a good question here: “in comparing a continent with countries, doesn’t it run the risk of perpetuating the homogenization of Africa’s 61 political territories into one entity?” One way this is … Continue reading →

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Badiou on Beckett

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

At Infinite Thought, Nina Power has posted an announcement that the translation of Badiou’s book On Beckett is now freely available as a pdf here. here.

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The Browne Report

Posted on October 12, 2010 by

The Browne report ‘Securing a Sustainable Future for Higher Education’ is here. The headlines loans for living costs; grants for families with below £60,000 income no upfront fees for tuition, these too funded by loans repayment of loans to start at … Continue reading →

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Ancient boundary dispute resolution

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

When the Argives seemed to make out a better case than the Spartans to a land in dispute, he drew his sword and said, ‘He that is master of this can best talk about the boundaries of countries’. Plutarch, Moralia, 190e5 … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory contents

Posted on October 11, 2010 by

This is the proposed contents for The Birth of Territory…

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Territory book update

Posted on October 9, 2010 by

Last week felt like a really important step forward with The Birth of Territory manuscript. This week has been less dramatic, but good progress again. The discussion of Grotius and Selden now forms a brief coda to Chapter Seven which … Continue reading →

Posted in Hugo Grotius, John Locke, Martin Luther, Nicholas of Cusa, Robert Filmer, Territory, The Birth of Territory, Walter Benjamin | 2 Comments

British Higher Education

Posted on October 9, 2010 by

Nina Power does a helpful job of linking to/summarising the anticipation of the Browne review of British Higher Education, and particularly funding, here.

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Walter Benjamin on writing

Posted on October 7, 2010 by

This is wonderful – Walter Benjamin’s writing rules, taken from Sean Sturm’s blog. I’ve read this before, but only now does it really resonate. I may say more about why in a bit. I. Anyone intending to embark on a … Continue reading →

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