Monthly Archives: February 2013

John Sallis, Logic of Imagination: The Expanse of the Elemental

Posted on February 14, 2013 by stuartelden

John Sallis’s latest book, Logic of Imagination: The Expanse of the Elemental, is reviewed at NDPR. Here’s the publisher’s information – looks very interesting. The Shakespearean image of a tempest and its aftermath forms the beginning as well as a major … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Katherine Gibson, Jenny Cameron and Stephen Healy talk to Society & Space co-editor Jane M. Jacobs about their forthcoming book: Take Back the Economy.

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No Borders – review of Bristol exhibition

Posted on February 14, 2013 by stuartelden

The TLS has a short review of an interesting looking exhibition on borders. A thought-provoking exhibition recently opened at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, in partnership with Arnolfini. “No Borders”, featuring a dozen modern artists from the Middle East, … Continue reading →

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Land claims conference in Ottawa

Posted on February 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Jeremy Schmidt links to information on the forthcoming  Land Claims Coalition Conference in Ottawa, and notes that the agenda is now available.

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Laura Kurgan – Close up at a Distance

Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting looking book forthcoming from Zone Books – Laura Kurgan, Close Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology, and Politics.  The past two decades have seen revolutionary shifts in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The data … Continue reading →

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Rob Walker lecture in Newcastle

Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Despite All Critique: World Politics and Western Reason Revisited  Professor R. B. J Walker (University of Victoria/ PUC-Rio de Janeiro) With responses from Professor Louise Amoore and Dr Martin Coward; Chair – Dr Angharad Closs Stephens Monday 11 March, 3-5pm, … Continue reading →

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Africa and the War on Drugs

Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Africa as the new site of the war on terror has been receiving a lot of attention recently, and the civil wars on the continent have long been discussed, but a recently published book looks at the war on drugs … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Posthegemony:
Louis Althusser’s Machiavelli and Us is a strange, tortured text that bears all the marks of its long germination. It originates in a lecture course given in 1962, which was cut short by Althusser’s nervous breakdown…

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Ben Gurion University politics department

Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Haaretz has the news that the threat to the Ben Gurion University politics department has been withdrawn, with student recruitment allowed for next academic year.

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Posted on February 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Derek Gregory’s excellent recent lecture at UK in the Social Theory series “Gabriel’s Map: Cartography and Corpography in Modern War” is now available for viewing. (The sound is a bit faint until Derek starts speaking.)  …

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