Monthly Archives: February 2014

Anthony K. Jensen, Nietzsche’s Philosophy of History reviewed at NDPR

Posted on February 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Anthony K. Jensen, Nietzsche’s Philosophy of History is reviewed by Andrew Huddleston at NDPR. With the exception perhaps of Hegel, no major philosopher before Nietzsche paid as much attention to history. In work after work, Nietzsche is concerned to show us that … Continue reading →

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Taming Tibet reviewed

Posted on February 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Enze Han reviews Emily Yeh’s Taming Tibet at the Society and Space open site.

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Foucault’s back cover text for Surveiller et punir – scan, French, English translation

Posted on February 9, 2014 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton recently provided an image of the original back cover for Foucault’s Surveiller et punir, including a text signed ‘M.F.’   The text has now been transcribed and translated by Philippe Theophanidis at his Aphelis blog. Incidentally, the Gallimard Tel edition I … Continue reading →

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The Politics of New Internet Domain Names

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Phil Steinberg on the politics of internet domains.

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AAG program online – breakfast with The Birth of Territory

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

The Tampa 2014 Association of American Geographers conference program is now online. Someone has to have the 8am on Saturday slot, and this year it’s the author meets critics session for The Birth of Territory. I’m also in a panel discussing … Continue reading →

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Urban Theory Lab at Harvard’s GSD – new website

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner’s Urban Theory Lab at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design has a really good new website. Among other things there is “Introducing the Urban Theory Lab” – a kind of manifesto and mission statement; links to various projects and … Continue reading →

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Manifesto of the Groupe d’Information sur les prisons – a full translation

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
This text was co-authored by Michel Foucault, Pierre Vidal-Nacquet and Jean-Marie Domenach, and was first read at a news conference on 8 February 1971. It was subsequently published in Esprit in March 1971. As far as…

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Geographies of Social Movements

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
Picked this up via Andy Davies on Twitter, details of a rolling bibliography of work on the geographies of social movements developed by Sara Koopman.

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Mega events virtual theme issue – republished

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

The Environment and Planning virtual theme issue on megaevents is open access again for the duration of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

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Foucault “Discourse and Truth. The Problematization of Parrhesia”

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
      Does anyone know if Foucault’s 1983 lecture series “Discourse and Truth the Problematization of Parrhesia” has ever been put online in the above format? I don’t mean the audio lectures, the book…

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