Monthly Archives: September 2013

Biblioklept’s Dictionary of Literary Terms

Posted on September 15, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
APHORISM A concise, often witty, turn of phrase that should be shared out of context on Twitter or Pinterest. BILDUNGSROMAN Novel where someone (preferably male) matures into the ideal state of bitter disillusionment. CATHARSIS Evocation of fear…

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Biblioklept’s Dictionary of Literary Terms

Posted on September 15, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
AFFECTIVE FALLACY Avoid reading with emotions. Ignore any feelings you feel during reading—that’s not the point of literature. BYRONIC HERO Super-cool cool guy. CANON All the literature that’s fit to print. Declare it dead or meaningless…

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Foucault’s ‘Le desordre des familles’ to be translated

Posted on September 15, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
A bit of Internet sleuthing turns up the fact that finally Foucault’s book Le Desordre des familles, lettres de cachet, with Arlette Farge, originally published in 1982, is being translated into English. Nancy Luxon, a…

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When requested referees fail to reply

Posted on September 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting post at New APPS on a recurrent complaint of journal editors – requested referees who fail to reply. The comments below have some additional observations.  My 2008 Society and Space editorial “The exchange economy of peer review” (open access) … Continue reading →

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Marshall Berman RIP

Posted on September 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
At Verso’s blog, news of the passing of Marshall Berman. See also Crooked Timber.

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New reviews – from property and prisons, through NRT and class struggle, to Harvey and some revolting subjects…

Posted on September 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
New book reviews for September: David Correia (University of New Mexico) on Fiona Mackenzie’s Places of Possibility: Property, Nature, and Community Land Ownership; Jill Williams (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa) on Beyond Walls and Cages:…

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The Globalization of Space: Foucault and Heterotopia

Posted on September 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Heterotopian Studies has news of a forthcoming collection entitled The Globalization of Space: Foucault and Heterotopia.

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Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation – book series news

Posted on September 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Nik Heynen has news of changes to the editorial board of the Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation book series, along with news of the Neil Smith book prize.

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David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2

Posted on September 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Now out from Verso, David Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2. The first volume A Companion to Marx’s Capital appeared in 2010. Videos of the lectures on which these books are based are available at http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/

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The adjunct crisis – an infographic

Posted on September 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Described as a ‘crisis’, but likely a deliberate structural adjustment in North American higher education. Source: Online-PhD-Programs.org

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