Monthly Archives: July 2014

Joshua Hagen reviews The Birth of Territory in Geographical Review

Posted on July 29, 2014 by stuartelden

A nice review of The Birth of Territory in Geographical Review, by Joshua Hagen (requires subscription). Here’s the concluding paragraph: Elden is to be commended for his keen analysis that tackles rather complex issues of meaning and translation while remaining eminently readable. … Continue reading →

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Some links on the situation in Gaza – and Verso’s The Case for Sanctions Against Israel free to download

Posted on July 28, 2014 by stuartelden

The desperate situation on Gaza continues… some things worth reading, as something of a balance to the mainstream media The Funambulist has had some excellent analysis, in word and image by Léopold Lambert  – clicking the map below takes to … Continue reading →

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Seyla Benhabib reviews Richard J. Bernstein, Violence at NDPR

Posted on July 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Seyla Benhabib reviews Richard J. Bernstein, Violence at NDPR

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Ed Cohen on The Productive Body and La société punitive in the LARB

Posted on July 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Ed Cohen reviews Francois Guéry and Didier Deleule’s The Productive Body and Foucault’s La société punitive in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

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Top ten posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on July 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Special Issue on Ranciere What is neoliberalism? Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 12 Bruno Latour – Some advantages of the notion of “Critical Zone” for Geopolitics Guattari, Felix 2012 Schizoanalytic Cartographies, reviewed by Thomas Jellis Foucault’s Last Decade Peter Sloterdijk, … Continue reading →

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Bruno Latour – Some advantages of the notion of “Critical Zone” for Geopolitics

Posted on July 26, 2014 by stuartelden

An intriguing short piece by Bruno Latour – ‘Some advantages of the notion of “Critical Zone” for Geopolitics’ – available to download from his website. Abstract: The relatively new concept of “critical zones”, much like that of the “Anthropocene”, signals … Continue reading →

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Atlases of disease

Posted on July 26, 2014 by stuartelden

Atlas of Epidemic Britain: A Twentieth Century Picture reviewed by Tom Koch at the Society and Space open site.

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Books received – Foucault Lexicon, Lefebvre on Architecture, etc.

Posted on July 25, 2014 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre’s Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment; Alberto Manguel’s The Library at Night; Janet Ruane’s Essentials of Research Methods; Bernard Pivot, Ecrire, Lire et en Parler (which contains the French version of a Foucault interview that is not in Dits et Écrits); the new issues of Theory, … Continue reading →

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Open access report on Drone Strikes in Afghanistan

Posted on July 25, 2014 by stuartelden

A new report published finds that despite Afghanistan being the most heavily drone-bombed country in the world, the reporting of air strikes is far less comprehensive than in other theatres. Commissioned by Remote Control, a project hosted by Oxford Research Group, The … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 12

Posted on July 24, 2014 by stuartelden

After what has felt like a long break from working on this book, I’ve begun writing again. Some of this was during a recent trip to Ghana. The first part of Chapter Six looks at the collaborative projects Foucault was involved … Continue reading →

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