Monthly Archives: July 2014

Globe, Governmentality, Geometrics – poster for my Groningen lecture in September

Posted on July 7, 2014 by stuartelden
Posted in Conferences, Michel Foucault, Politics | 2 Comments

Top ten posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on July 6, 2014 by stuartelden

How powerful is your passport? – infographic Nine critical theory books from June Embedding Agamben’s Critique of Foucault: The Theological and Pastoral Origins of Governmentality (2014) Novels read in the first half of 2014 Five apps I find really useful … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Jennifer Bagelman and Sarah Marie Wiebe on the Northern Gateway Pipelines Project

Posted on July 5, 2014 by stuartelden

My ex-Durham colleague Jennifer Bagelman and Sarah Marie Wiebe discuss the Northern Gateway Pipelines Project in The New York Times. They suggest the pipeline would function more as a border than a gateway: If completed, this border would cut across indigenous territory, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Politics, Territory | 1 Comment

Embedding Agamben’s Critique of Foucault: The Theological and Pastoral Origins of Governmentality (2014)

Posted on July 5, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Dotan Leshem, Embedding Agamben’s Critique of Foucault: The Theological and Pastoral Origins of Governmentality, Theory, Culture & Society, June 30, 2014 doi: 10.1177/0263276414537315 Abstract This article tackles Giorgio Agamben’s critique of Michel Foucault’s genealogy of…

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Warburg Institute library court-case begins

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Times Higher Education has the story of the court-case to decide if the collection of the Warburg Institute can be broken up. This has been a threat for several years, and that it will be resolved in court is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

Completing other tasks – returning to the Foucault’s Last Decade project

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few months I’ve taken a break from the Foucault work, due to other commitments. Some of these were related to The Birth of Territory. One was an author response to ‘critics’ from the session on the book at the Association of American … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Foucault's Last Decade, Kostas Axelos, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Politics, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, Territory, The Birth of Territory, Travel, William Shakespeare, Writing | 2 Comments

Connolly and Grove – Extinction Events and the Human Sciences

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

William E Connolly and Jarius Victor Grove – Extinction Events and the Human Sciences at The Contemporary Condition. An interesting and challenging piece I am sure I will return to: “The frail heritage of gradualism and exceptionalism is not up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fossils, William E Connolly | Leave a comment

Shakespeare on the road – project update

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Paul Edmondson has an update on the Shakespeare on the Road project. I spoke at the workshop concerning this project last year. Here’s a brief description of the project: Fasten your seatbelts and join us as we celebrate William Shakespeare’s 450th … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Elizabeth Lebas obituary

Posted on July 3, 2014 by stuartelden

I was sorry to hear the news of the death of Elizabeth Lebas. The Guardian has an obituary from her daughter, Anna Goldie. I worked with Elizabeth on the Key Writings collection of Henri Lefebvre’s work, along with Eleonore Kofman. Kofman and Lebas … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Henri Lefebvre, urban/urbanisation | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Prismatic Ecology and Hyperobjects reviewed in the Glasgow Review of Books

Posted on July 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Jeffrey J. Cohen ed., Prismatic Ecology: Ecotheory beyond Green (University of Minnesota Press, 2014) and Timothy Morton, Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World (University of Minnesota Press, 2013) – reviewed in the Glasgow Review of Books by Tom White.

Posted in Books, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Timothy Morton | Leave a comment