Monthly Archives: November 2014

Preprints of a couple of forthcoming publications now available

Posted on November 21, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve added the preprints of a couple of forthcoming publications, on Foucault and territory respectively, to the page on this site.

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Mark Kelly, Foucault and Politics: A Critical Introduction

Posted on November 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Mark G. E. Kelly, Foucault and Politics: A Critical Introduction This book surveys Michel Foucault’s thought in the context of his life and times, utilising the latest primary and secondary materials to explain the political implications of each phase of … Continue reading →

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Marijn Nieuwenhuis – New Conceptualisations Of Space In The Work Of Peter Sloterdijk And Graham Harman (open access)

Posted on November 21, 2014 by stuartelden

My Warwick colleague Marijn Nieuwenhuis has just published an article entitled ‘ Taking Up The Challenge Of Space: New Conceptualisations Of Space In The Work Of Peter Sloterdijk And Graham Harman‘, in Continent – open access.

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How to Start a Blog Guide – free ebook

Posted on November 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Free How to Start a Blog Guide – ebook from FirstSiteGuide.

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News of Erik Swyngedouw’s new book. Liquid Power: Contested hydro-modernities in 20th century Spain

Posted on November 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
An advanced description of Erik Swyngedouw’s new book from the MIT Press website. Looks like the book is due out in the new year at some point: “In this book, Erik Swyngedouw explores how…

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William Cronon, British Academy lecture, London, 7 July 2015

Posted on November 20, 2014 by stuartelden

William Cronon, ‘Who reads Geography or History anymore? The challenge of audience in a digital age’, British Academy lecture, held at the Royal Geographical Society, London, 7 July 2015. Full details here.

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Books received – Luxemburg, Sheehan, Burdon, Huggett

Posted on November 19, 2014 by stuartelden

All in recompense for review work – two for the ‘earth’/geopolitics project; Thomas Sheehan’s new book on Heidegger; and Rosa Luxemburg’s classic The Accumulation of Capital.

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A Fractured Landscape of Modernity reviewed by Elizabeth Straughan

Posted on November 19, 2014 by stuartelden

Elizabeth Straughan reviews James Wilkes’ new book A Fractured Landscape of Modernity at the Society and Space open site.

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Conversation on ‘Powerful Urban Territories’

Posted on November 19, 2014 by stuartelden

Yesterday I was part of a conversation on the theme of ‘Powerful Urban Territories‘, one of a sequence of five events  on Power and Space in the City, jointly organised by The Bartlett, University College London and the Open University’s Open Space. … Continue reading →

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Terra-forming Islands in the South China Sea, or the Future of International Law in the Age of Anthropocene

Posted on November 19, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
As per our disciplinary formations, IR scholars often indoctrinate instruct their students with the assumption that anarchy is a constant in international relations. The use of the term, however, generally assumes that there…

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