Monthly Archives: November 2010

Sloterdijk – you must change your life!

Posted on November 14, 2010 by stuartelden

English discussion of Sloterdijk’s 2009 book Du mußt dein Leben ändern: Über Anthropotechnik here (via Sean Sturm here). Polity Press are planning a translation of this work.

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Oregon – geography talk and the RPA

Posted on November 14, 2010 by stuartelden

I gave a version of ‘The Birth of Territory’ talk to the dept of geography at the University of Oregon. Some good discussion and some very nice meetings with faculty and grad students. It’s a strong department with some interesting … Continue reading →

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The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Human Geography

Posted on November 13, 2010 by stuartelden

This collection now has a release date of April 2011. Details here and table of contents here. It’s edited by John Agnew and Jim Duncan. With each of the contemporary issues there are two chapters on the topic – I … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – call for new co-editors

Posted on November 12, 2010 by stuartelden

(Please spread the word) Environment and Planning D: Society and Space is looking to appoint two new co-editors from early 2011 to replace Emily Brady and Eduardo Mendieta who are stepping down after four years of excellent service to the … Continue reading →

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Chapter Six

Posted on November 11, 2010 by stuartelden

I’m still chipping away at Chapter Four. It requires some new reading so is taking a while. But Chapter Six is now done. It begins with a discussion of the struggle between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip the Fair … Continue reading →

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Student protests in London

Posted on November 10, 2010 by stuartelden

I’m a long way from London today… But Nina Power’s pieces for The Guardian are worth reading. From her Infinite Thought blog… Jesus, that was quite a day.. Before the march I wrote this. After the march I wrote this. … Continue reading →

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Chapter Five

Posted on November 9, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve not yet finished work on Chapter Four, but I have completed the redraft of Chapter Five. Chapter Five begins with a reading of John of Salisbury, particularly his Policraticus, but also some discussion of his Metalogicon and other writings. … Continue reading →

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‘Radical Foucault’

Posted on November 8, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve just agreed to be one of the keynote speakers at an interesting looking conference coming up at the University of East London on 9 September 2011. I plan to speak about the as-yet-unpublished 70-71 lecture course Leçons sur la volonté de … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s first course

Posted on November 8, 2010 by stuartelden

Well, the first at the Collège de France. Amazon.fr have Foucault’s 1970-71 lecture course listed. It’s entitled Leçons sur la volonté de savoir – the ‘Leçons sur’ bit is presumably to avoid confusion with History of Sexuality volume I, when … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Guantánamo, Newcastle lectures, Foucault and space

Posted on November 8, 2010 by stuartelden

This is a bit of an ex-colleagues from Durham roundup. David Campbell has an interesting piece here on Edmund Clark’s Guantánamo exhibition and book. I’d seen some of the photographs themselves in The Guardian – here – but David’s commentary is … Continue reading →

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