Monthly Archives: December 2014

The Birth of Territory – Chinese translation forthcoming

Posted on December 5, 2014 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory is forthcoming in Chinese translation. While this is good news, it’s hardly the path to riches. The royalty rate is 7%, rising to 8% in the unlikely event of it selling more than 10,000 copies. This is … Continue reading →

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Statements by UCU, VC, Staff, Amnesty International and petitions about Warwick events on December 3 2014

Posted on December 5, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve updated this with some more links Alumni petition Student Union statement Amnesty International press release Warwick for Free Education site Statement by Vice-Chancellor, Nigel Thrift Letter to Registrar from Warwick staff (another version appears here, with more signatories) Statement by … Continue reading →

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The 10 Best Books by Academic Publishers in 2014

Posted on December 5, 2014 by stuartelden

A bit early for best-of-year lists, but apart from the first, this picks some different and interesting-sounding books.

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Statements by UCU, VC and concerned Warwick staff about yesterday’s events

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Update: there is an Alumni petition here Update 2: Student Union statement and Amnesty International press release Update 3: Warwick for Free Education site Original links: Statement by Vice-Chancellor, Nigel Thrift Letter to Registrar from Warwick staff (Update: another version appears here, … Continue reading →

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Bibliography of texts discussing Heidegger’s Black Notebooks

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

I wouldn’t usually link to Wikipedia, but this is a very useful list of text and recordings that discuss Heidegger’s Schwarze Hefte, the ‘Black Notebooks’. Thanks to Andrzej Serafin for the work, and for sending me the link.

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Bal Sokhi-​Bulley on Governmentality at Critical Legal Thinking

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Bal Sokhi-Bulley, ‘Governmentality: Notes on the Thought of Michel Foucault‘ at Critical Legal Thinking.  

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Rank Hypocrisies: The Insult of the REF (when I’m 64)

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on coasts of bohemia:
UPDATE.  There is a (much cheaper) Kindle edition of this book to come soon, but it is not currently listed on amazon or other sites. Seems oddly appropriate that I should be celebrating my 64th…

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The Guardian on events at Warwick University yesterday

Posted on December 4, 2014 by stuartelden

I was away from Warwick yesterday, examining a PhD at Aberystwyth. Story and video in The Guardian. Three people have been arrested and police officers accused of using excessive force after a Taser was pulled on students amid violent scenes at a … Continue reading →

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Tareq A. Ramadan on ‘ISIL, Coins, and the Caliphate’

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A fascinating guest post at Juan Cole’s ever-interesting Informed Comment on “ISIL, Coins, and the Caliphate”. It has been recently reported by Daesh (what most Arabs call the self-styled “Islamic State Group” or IS) that it will be producing and … Continue reading →

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George Monbiot on land ownership in Britain

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Interesting piece by George Monbiot on land ownership in The Guardian, but fully referenced on his website.

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