Monthly Archives: November 2013

The place of sovereignty: Mapping power with Agamben, Butler, and Foucault (2013)

Posted on November 3, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Verena Erlenbusch, The place of sovereignty: Mapping power with Agamben, Butler, and Foucault (2013) Critical Horizons, 14 (1), pp. 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1179/15685160X13A.0000000003 Abstract This article addresses the relationship between sovereignty, biopolitics and governmentality in the work…

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Shakespeare Aloud! – Macbeth in Stratford

Posted on November 3, 2013 by stuartelden

I went to an interesting version of Macbeth in Stratford last night, performed by the Shakespeare Aloud! group, with only six actors. It was heavily cut, with most of the more political discussion scenes missing, but it kept the core of … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner video on Place, Capitalism and the Right to the City

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

Impressive twenty minute presentation via @urbantheorylab

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China Miéville video on Marxism and Halloween

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

via the Pluto Press blog.

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Coventry Telegraph story on the strike yesterday, and a few other thoughts

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

The Coventry Telegraph has a story about the strike yesterday, with reports from University of Warwick. One thing that isn’t coming through clearly enough in the news reports – and with this as with much else I blame the UCU … Continue reading →

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Derek Sayer appeal against inclusion in the REF

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

Derek Sayer, the Lancaster historian, has appealed against his inclusion in the British university research assessment (the REF). The Times Higher Education has a story here; and there is much more at Sayer’s own blog, including the most recent which … Continue reading →

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Adam David Morton on Victor Serge and Spatial Historicism

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

Adam David Morton has some interesting reflections on Victor Serge and Spatial Historicism at his For the Desk Drawer blog.

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Critical-Theory.com’s five books that came out in October – Balibar, Spanos, Morton, Jameson, Hancox

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

List and details here.

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Steinberg and Grayson on yesterday’s UK university strike

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

Two interesting pieces on yesterday’s UK university strike – from Phil Steinberg and Kyle Grayson. I was on strike too, hence the lack of posts on this blog yesterday. You can read more about the strike and its reasons on … Continue reading →

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