Monthly Archives: February 2011

Mubarak remains

Posted on February 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Along with most of the media, expert commentators and the US administration, I wasn’t expecting that. The best explanation I’ve seen for what happened is this – Most likely, Mubarak interpreted what he planned to do in his own mind … Continue reading →

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Imminent developments in Egypt?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by stuartelden

BBC and other news sites seem to think so

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Peter Hallward on Egypt

Posted on February 10, 2011 by stuartelden

In The Guardian. Shame about the headline though, which changes a ‘might’ into a ‘will’ and thus transforms the whole tone of the piece.

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Egypt protest photos

Posted on February 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Some remarkable images here (thanks to Graham at OOP for the link).

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Eribon and Veyne on Foucault’s Infamous Lives

Posted on February 10, 2011 by stuartelden

This was posted in comments  to an earlier post, by Nicolae, but I’m reposting here so it gets more widely noticed. It’s a discussion between Didier Eribon and Paul Veyne on the ‘infamous lives’ project. Thanks Nicolae.

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Foucault 1970-71 course out

Posted on February 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Both Clare and Jeremy have the news that Foucault’s 1970-71 course, Leçons sur la volonté de savoir, is officially released. My copy is on its way, but I’ll be gone before it arrives. I said a little about this course here, … Continue reading →

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Not just Marxists

Posted on February 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Marxist historians “may overcompensate for the radicality of their ideology by being more orthodox in their methodologies and research practices than the ordinary bourgeois historian. Hence they may try to furnish two footnotes for every one of the bourgeois adversary’s … Continue reading →

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CFP: Geographies of Translation

Posted on February 8, 2011 by stuartelden

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2011, London, 31 Aug – 2 Sept 2011. CFP: Geographies of Translation Organisers: Dean W. Bond (University of Toronto) and Luise Fischer (University of Edinburgh) Sponsorship: Historical Geography Research Group Over the years, the concept of ‘translation’ … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory introduction

Posted on February 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I don’t like writing introductions, and The Birth of Territory was definitely no exception. I’d been struggling with working out how to shape this, but now have what I think is a good working version. One of the things I … Continue reading →

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Paul Mason on the recent global unrest

Posted on February 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Newsnight’s Paul Mason offers some generalisations on the recent global unrest here. He stresses the importance of social media, the decline of ideologies, the role of women, the importance of memes, and so on. Mentions Foucault, Chomsky, Hardt and Negri, … Continue reading →

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