Monthly Archives: November 2014

Stuart Elden: Two Foucault reviews – Berfrois

Posted on November 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Lengthy review essay by Stuart Elden of two recent Foucault publications On the government of the living, and Wrong-doing, truth-telling: the function of avowal in justice, in Berfrois. Some quotes: It is perhaps too little…

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With Derrida in Oxford

Posted on November 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Lesley Chamberlain:
More than thirty years ago the artist-philosopher Jacques Derrida was working in the Old Bodleian Library in Oxford when he strayed into the shop. On offer were postcards  richly and decoratively redolent of the Western…

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Warburg Institute high court ruling – good news!

Posted on November 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Good news earlier this week about the future of the Warburg Institute library. I’ve said before how important this library was to my work on The Birth of Territory, and linked to a few earlier stages of this story. Here are … Continue reading →

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Politics Reconsidered – posts from Warwick this week

Posted on November 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Dee Dutta and Trevor McCrisken on the implications of the US mid-terms for Obama and foreign affairs Michael Saward on ‘Political Courage‘ and the previously linked post by me and Adam David Morton, ‘Why read a long dead French Marxist … Continue reading →

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Reminder: Submission Deadline Approaching for “Inhabiting Containment” 2015

Posted on November 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Society for Radical Geography, Spatial Theory, and Everyday Life:
Just a reminder that the November 15 submission deadline for our 2015 symposium, “Inhabiting Containment,” is rapidly approaching. See below for CFP and symposium details: Inhabiting Containment Seeking to…

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Two sessions on ‘Terrain’ at the Chicago AAG – organised by Stuart Elden and Gastón Gordillo

Posted on November 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Despite the AAG website meltdown, Gastón Gordillo and I have organised two sessions on Terrain for the Chicago Association of American Geographers meeting in April 2015. These sessions seeks to think critically, theoretically, and politically about the question of terrain. This … Continue reading →

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A table showing who is part of the new materialism, and an argument as to why it is not a “turn”

Posted on November 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Christopher Watkin:
I’m currently writing the introduction to The Human Remains, discussing the figure of the human in the new materialism. I thought I would share the table I drew up of all the thinkers identified as…

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Power and Space in the City – a series of conversations at UCL

Posted on November 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Power and Space in the City – a series of conversations at UCL. I’ll be part of the first conversation on Powerful Urban Territories on November 18th 2014, along with Wendy Pullan, Allan Cochrane and Janet Newman. Here’s the description for … Continue reading →

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A new project on Lefebvre’s rural writings with Adam David Morton

Posted on November 6, 2014 by stuartelden

At the Warwick Politics and International Studies blog, Politics Reconsidered, Adam David Morton and I have a short post introducing a new research project. Entitled ‘Why read a long dead French Marxist to think about land struggles today?‘ the post discusses Lefebvre’s … Continue reading →

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The Politics of the UK HE Marking Boycott

Posted on November 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
Academics in pre-1992 universities who are members of the University and College Union (UCU) will tomorrow be commencing a marking boycott in response to a planned attack by employers on our USS pension…

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