Monthly Archives: August 2011

50 Years of the Berlin Wall, and its Legacy

Posted on August 13, 2011 by stuartelden

The Berlin Wall went up 50 years ago today. Political Geographer Reece Jones has an short analysis of how border walls are proliferating today here. His book Border Walls: Security and the War on Terror in the United States, India, … Continue reading →

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Colin McFarlane, Learning the City: Knowledge and Translocal Assemblage

Posted on August 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Colin McFarlane’s Learning the City: Knowledge and Translocal Assemblage is now out. From the publisher website: Learning the City: Translocal Assemblage and Urban Politics critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urban politics, arguing both for the centrality of learning … Continue reading →

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Society and Space virtual theme issue on Urban Disorder and Policing

Posted on August 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Seven papers from the archive, freely available for two months, have been grouped into a virtual theme issue of Society and Space. The theme is ‘urban disorder and policing’ and we hope that these papers will provide a range of … Continue reading →

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Buck-Morss, Hegel and Haiti

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Susan Buck-Morss, Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History is a remarkable book. The core of it originally appeared as ‘Hegel and Haiti’ in Critical Inquiry. (That link takes you directly to the piece, though I’m not sure it should.) The essay is, … Continue reading →

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Writing rhythm and summer reading

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

I have been getting into a good writing rhythm since I got back from Amsterdam, with a dedicated two hour slot each day when I write with no distractions, followed by the rest of the day on editorial work, other … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Soja, Fredric Jameson, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Giorgio Agamben, Karl Marx, Politics, Territory | 5 Comments

Ashgate sale

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Ashgate have some very good books, but they tend to be expensive hardbacks. They currently have a sale (not apparently applicable in the Americas, unfortunately) where all many books are down to £25 until 25 Oct 2011 – and authors/editors … Continue reading →

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Foucault on lettres de cachet and their contemporary relevance

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting post from Jeremy Crampton here on Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault’s collection Le désordre des familles and the more recent National Security Letters in the US. He ends with a tantalising suggestion for a paper: “It would be very useful if someone … Continue reading →

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“Sovereignty, Territory and the Imperium” – review essay by Karena Shaw

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting review essay of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz’s The Constitution of Imperium has just appeared in Geopolitics (subscription required). Written by Karena Shaw of the School of Environmental Studies at the … Continue reading →

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Radical Foucault registration

Posted on August 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Radical Foucault – An International Conference September 8 & 9, 2011. 9.30am – 6.30pm University of East London The Centre for Cultural Studies Research at the University of East London is pleased to announce that registration is now open for … Continue reading →

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Toward Planetary Thinking

Posted on August 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting looking course by Ian Angus at Simon Fraser University – ‘Toward Planetary Thinking’, which takes its title and inspiration from Kostas Axelos. I can’t resist saying it’s an appropriate course for a University whose marketing slogan is ‘Thinking of … Continue reading →

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