Monthly Archives: April 2014

Japhy Wilson’s critical study of Jeffrey Sachs from Verso

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Another book picked up in the Verso sale, Japhy Wilson’s Jeffrey Sachs: The Strange Case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid. [Update: An abridged version of Chapter Five is available here.] It’s a powerful and nuanced critique of his work and involvement in … Continue reading →

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Ernesto Laclau, The Rhetorical Foundations of Society – forthcoming collection from Verso

Posted on April 20, 2014 by stuartelden

  Laclau’s The Rhetorical Foundations of Society – forthcoming in May from Verso. Sad this is, now, a posthumous collection… Coauthor of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy shows how rhetoric constitutes the social order The essays collected in this volume develop the … Continue reading →

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Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism reviewed

Posted on April 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism is reviewed at Review 31.

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Stefano Liberti, Land-Grabbing: Journeys in the New Colonialism

Posted on April 19, 2014 by stuartelden

Interesting read from Verso – Stefano Liberti, Land-Grabbing: Journeys in the New Colonialism. I ordered this as paper copy, and a bunch more in the Verso sale, but because of the bundled e-books was able to read this while on the road. A … Continue reading →

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Adrian Johnston interviewed by Graham Harman

Posted on April 18, 2014 by stuartelden

At the EUP site, Adrian Johnston is interviewed by Graham Harman, mainly about his latest book Adventures in Transcendental Materialism (via Graham’s blog). When you’re done with that, you can also check out Peter Gratton’s interview with Adrian at the Society and … Continue reading →

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Interview with Gastón Gordillo by Stuart Elden in Society and Space

Posted on April 18, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on an interview with Gastón Gordillo, Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, and the author of several books including Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco and the forthcoming Rubble: … Continue reading →

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Ernesto Laclau

Posted on April 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Posthegemony:
I have spent almost the entirety of my academic career reading, and responding to, Ernesto Laclau, who has died at the age of 78. Ernesto was one of the great systematic thinkers of the past fifty…

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The Marking Boycott And Its Aftermath

Posted on April 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
In the face of a UK higher education marking boycott due to start in 11 days time, universities have come forth with a new pay offer. Having unilaterally imposed a 1% rise (read:…

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Giorgio Agamben – The Homo Sacer series structure in visual form

Posted on April 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Thanks to Nicholas Dahmann for updating this image. According to some reports, II, 4 will not be published and the designation of Opus Dei as II, 5 may have been an error. The Use of Bodies is the last…

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Ernesto Laclau (1935–2014)

Posted on April 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Another tribute to Ernesto Laclau, from Adrià Porta Caballé

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