Monthly Archives: January 2012

Colin Flint, Introduction to Geopolitics

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Another textbook just received, also in its new second edition, is Colin Flint, Introduction to Geopolitics. Looks good, and also useful for teaching. Chapter Five is on ‘Territorial Geopolitics’. I do admire people who can write textbooks – not something … Continue reading →

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David Storey, Territories

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

David Storey’s Territory: The Claiming of Space has now been published in a second edition, retitled Territories: The Claiming of Space. It’s a really helpful overview of events and debates and a great textbook which I use in my teaching. … Continue reading →

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Harman’s brief thoughts on Sloterdijk

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Graham Harman offers some brief thoughts on the Anglophone reception of Sloterdijk here. He mentions one of the recent collections on his work to appear in English, In Media Res – which is also available open access. I think Graham is … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre and Urban Revolution in New York

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

For those in the New York area, this series of conversations should be of interest – details here. Speakers include Stanley Aronowitz, Neil Brenner, Manu Goswami, Stefan Kipfer, Kristin Ross and others. Thanks to David Wachsmuth for the link.

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Chris Philo on the ‘new Foucault’

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Chris Philo discusses the Foucault lecture courses, and their potential for human geography, in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (requires subscription). This paper argues that we may now speak of a ‘new Foucault’ with more to say to … Continue reading →

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Anthology Chapters and Editing Books

Posted on January 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has an interesting post on problems with writing anthology chapters. His problems can be summarised as lack of citation relative to journal articles, and hence a perceived lack of readership; and the long delays from submission to publication. No … Continue reading →

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The Waste of the World exhibition

Posted on January 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Some of my Durham colleagues have been involved in a large ESRC-funded project, The Waste of the World. The project has come to an end, and an exhibition is being held in London at the Bargehouse on the South Bank, … Continue reading →

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Antipode new website

Posted on January 14, 2012 by stuartelden

here

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Moving house, unpacking my library

Posted on January 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Right after the holiday, I moved house. This explains the irregular posts here, and the backlog of emails, especially for the journal. No matter how clear I made it on the phone to the removal company, they still didn’t seem … Continue reading →

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Pierre Macherey – where to start?

Posted on January 13, 2012 by stuartelden

I was sent the following query as a followup to the recent post on the review of Macherey’s Hegel or Spinoza: With all the recent notices over the new translation of Pierre Macherey’s Hegel or Spinoza, I was thinking of … Continue reading →

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