Monthly Archives: January 2015

The Greek Elections and the Future of Europe – a Society and Space forum

Posted on January 22, 2015 by stuartelden

The first three contributions to a Society and Space forum on the Greek elections.

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Feminist Radical Thinkers: A Sampler – free e-book from Verso

Posted on January 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Feminist Radical Thinkers: A Sampler – free e-book from Verso. A collection of extracts from leading second-wave feminists, including Michèle Barrett, Mary McIntosh, Lynne Segal, Sheila Rowbotham and Juliet Mitchell To celebrate the publication of our new Feminist Radical Thinkers … Continue reading →

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Top ten Society and Space posts in 2014

Posted on January 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Some things you might have missed – Natalie Oswin rounds up the most popular posts in 2014 on the Society & Space open site.

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 18

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stuartelden

The last major task of the first draft was a discussion of the final two Paris lecture courses, The Government of Self and Others and The Courage of Truth. The first of these courses provides the basis for the October-November … Continue reading →

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Geografias Malditas: Corpos, Sexualidades e Espaços reviewed by Jan Hutta and Maria Rodó-de-Zárate

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stuartelden

Two reviews of the Geografias Malditas collection on the Society and Space open site.

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Power and Space in the City Conversation #1 – Powerful Urban Territories (video of UCL discussion)

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stuartelden

Power and Space in the City Conversation #1 – Powerful Urban Territories. The video of a UCL discussion from late last year is now available. The panellists are me, Allan Cochrane and Wendy Pullan, and it is introduced by Liza … Continue reading →

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Marijn Nieuwenhuis, A Right to Breathe

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stuartelden

Marijn Nieuwenhuis, ‘A Right to Breathe’ at Critical Legal Thinking.

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Books received – Rancière Now, Badiou, Burke, Bourdieu, TCS and An Introduction to Political Geography

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stuartelden

Four books from Polity in recompense for review work; the new issue of TCS; and the second edition of An Introduction to Political Geography, which I endorsed.

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Todd May reviews Michel Foucault, Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling at NDPR

Posted on January 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Todd May reviews Michel Foucault’s 1981 Louvain lectures, Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling: The Function of Avowal in Justice, at NDPR. You can read my take on those lectures, and On the Government of the Living, at Berfrois.

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Günter Figal resigns as Heidegger Society Chair over the content of the Black Notebooks

Posted on January 19, 2015 by stuartelden

Günter Figal resigns as Heidegger Society Chair over the content of the Black Notebooks. Daily Nous has the story – thanks to Graham Harman for the link. I admit to being puzzled by this – Figal took up the chair in … Continue reading →

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