Monthly Archives: January 2014

‘Territory and Transgression: A Conversation with Stuart Elden’ @thepolisblog

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

A long interview with me, conducted by Peter Sigrist, has just been published at Polis. It covers most of my current and past interests, including territory, Lefebvre, Foucault, Sloterdijk, Heidegger, politics,  my time in Israel/Palestine, publishing, literature and film… Many … Continue reading →

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State, Power, Freedom: European Political Theory – outline for teaching next year

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

One of the things I was looking forward to, now back in a Politics department, was to teach some political theory. So, this is the outline of a planned module for either final year undergraduates or MA students. It revolves … Continue reading →

Posted in Giorgio Agamben, Henri Lefebvre, Jean-Paul Sartre, Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, teaching | 1 Comment

Goldsmiths’ Sociology and Warwick’s Politics departments discuss books

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Goldsmiths’ Sociology on the books they’re reading – plus Warwick’s Politics as linked from here before.

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Peter Adey lectures at Durham – IAS and Geography

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Adey of Royal Holloway is a fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Durham this term – these are his lectures during his time there (via rhulgeopolitics). First, on Monday 27 January, there’s ‘Light and Levitation: Vertical Critique‘. … Continue reading →

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Bailing on Detroit

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on cities@manchester:
Jamie Peck, Department of Geograpy, UBC and Honorary Professor at SEED, University of Manchester, continues his analysis of the on-going restructuring of Detroit and its wider significance for the future of US cities. Detroit is…

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CFP 12th Aberystwyth Lancaster Graduate Colloquium – Warwick, 4-6 June 2014

Posted on January 25, 2014 by stuartelden

CALL FOR PAPERS 12th Aberystwyth Lancaster Graduate Colloquium CRITICAL APPROACHES TO INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 4-6 June 2014, University of Warwick Organised by Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick — CONFIRMED … Continue reading →

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If a man wants to read good books, he must make a point of avoiding bad ones (Schopenhauer)

Posted on January 25, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
As regards reading, to require that a man shall retain everything he has ever read, is like asking him to carry about with him all he has ever eaten. The one kind of food has given him…

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Reassessing Recomposition: 40 Yrs After the Publication of Anti-Oedipus, Bifo

Posted on January 25, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
Reassessing Recomposition: 40 Yrs After the Publication of Anti-Oedipus, Bifo very interesting online magazine well worth checking out other articles there

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Using works in translation – Foucault and de Beauvoir

Posted on January 25, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Dr Michael Marten FRHistS:
I have been re-reading Foucault recently, in English translation.  My French is not up to reading the original – sadly… oh if only I’d paid more attention in school! (Perhaps I should add…

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On maps and fiction in The New Yorker

Posted on January 24, 2014 by stuartelden

The New Yorker has a nice piece on maps in fiction – thanks to Jeremy Crampton for the link.

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