Monthly Archives: July 2014

A Mini-Interview: Mercedes Bunz explains meson press

Posted on July 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Machinology:
meson press’ first book, Rethinking Gamification (PDF), was just released in Lüneburg. Part of the Hybrid Publishing Lab at the Leuphana University, the press focuses on digital culture and network media with the aim to “challenge contemporary theories…

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Searching for the sublime: Tuan’s Romantic Geography reviewed

Posted on July 14, 2014 by stuartelden

A review of Yi-Fu Tuan’s new book at the Society and Space open site.

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Review essay on Terror and Territory (in Portuguese)

Posted on July 9, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to Paulo Jorge Vieira for alerting me to this new review essay of my 2009 book Terror and Territory in the Brazilian journal Geografares by Márcio José Mendonça.

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Ice Law project website launched

Posted on July 9, 2014 by stuartelden

A couple of weeks ago I said a little about The IBRU Workshop on International Law, State Sovereignty, and the Ice-Land-Water Interface that I attended back in Durham. The plan is that all participants to the workshop write a short summary … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler reviews Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty Volume I

Posted on July 9, 2014 by stuartelden

In the London Review of Books, Judith Butler reviews Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty Volume I.

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Deborah Cowen – The Deadly Life of Logistics

Posted on July 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Deborah Cowen’s new book – out in September.

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IBRU Relaunched as Centre for Borders Research

Posted on July 8, 2014 by stuartelden

On its 25th anniversary, IBRU, formerly the Durham University’s International Boundaries Research Unit, has been relaunched as Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research. Although past and current clients of IBRU’s consulting and training services likely will see little difference (aside from…

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New issue of Radical Philosophy, including discussion of the politics of translation

Posted on July 8, 2014 by stuartelden

A new issue of Radical Philosophy is out, including a very interesting discussion of the politics of translation. The specific case is Hegel, and the new Terry Pinkard translation of the Phenomenology of Spirit, but the issues raised go beyond this … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s major works to appear in a Pléiade edition

Posted on July 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s major works – his sole-authored books, plus some articles – will appear in a two-volume collection in 2015 as a prestigious Pléiade edition. Thanks to Colin Gordon for alerting me to the news. Frédéric Gros is interviewed about this here (in French). Among … Continue reading →

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L’Usage des plaisirs et Le Souci de soi de Michel Foucault. Regards critiques 1984-1987 (2014)

Posted on July 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
L’Usage des plaisirs et Le Souci de soi de Michel Foucault. Regards critiques 1984-1987 coédition PUC – IMEC, Juillet 2014 Dossier coordonné par Luca Paltrinieri. Textes choisis et présentés par Philippe Artières, Jean-François Bert, Sandra…

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