Monthly Archives: January 2015

Books received – for the Foucault project

Posted on January 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Some books for the Foucault project – new editions of a couple of Foucault’s books; Jacques Donzelot’s L’invention du social; recent books by Jacques Bizet and Pierre Macherey; and the original outlets of a couple of Foucault essays and interviews.

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Ulrich Beck obituary in The Guardian

Posted on January 6, 2015 by stuartelden

Ulrich Beck obituary in The Guardian

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Political Geography forum on The Birth of Territory online

Posted on January 6, 2015 by stuartelden

Claudio Minca, Jeremy W. Crampton,  Joe Bryan, Juliet J. Fall, Alex B. Murphy, Anssi Paasi, Stuart Elden, “Reading Stuart Elden’s The Birth of Territory“, Political Geography, article in press (requires subscription or email me). The Birth of Territory is an outstanding scholarly achievement, a book ‘of remarkable … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 17

Posted on January 5, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve made good progress on Chapter 9 around Christmas and the New Year. A productive day in the British Library today filled in some missing references to primary or secondary material Foucault utilised, as well as tracking down two little-known … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Neoliberalism AUFS Event – four commentaries

Posted on January 5, 2015 by stuartelden

The interview with Daniel Zamora at Jacobin, about his edited book Critiquer Foucault: Les années 1980 et la tentation néolibérale, has led to a number of commentaries. ‘An und für sich’ is hosting four pieces on this: – Verena Erlenbusch – Neoliberalism and the … Continue reading →

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Michael Watts interviewed by Stuart Elden for Society and Space

Posted on January 5, 2015 by stuartelden

There is a long interview I conducted with Michael Watts (University of California, Berkeley) available open access at the Society & Space open site. We talk about, among other things – his first book Silent Violence (recently available in a new edition); … Continue reading →

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Foucault – uncollected notes, lectures and interviews, Progressive Geographies list updated

Posted on January 5, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve updated the list of uncollected notes, lectures and interviews by Michel Foucault. Many of these have been posted on this site before, but this is an attempt at collecting details and links in one place. There are a couple of scans of … Continue reading →

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on January 4, 2015 by stuartelden

The busiest week for a while – lots of popular posts, especially the first. The most important academic books to me from 2014 (and from 2013) Antonio Gramsci, ‘I Hate New Year’s Day’ – translation online Ulrich Beck (1944-2015) and obituary … Continue reading →

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Three interesting pieces on the police and New York City

Posted on January 3, 2015 by stuartelden

Jonathan Simon, “Do we really need the police? Not as much as we need air“, at Governing Through Crime Peter Gratton, “Cuomo, Koch, New York“, Philosophy in a Time of Error “Philosophy of Police Violence and Mass Incarceration“, Daily Nous … Continue reading →

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Ulrich Beck (1944-2015) and obituary in German

Posted on January 3, 2015 by stuartelden

Ulrich Beck died two days ago – obituary in German here. Beck was professor of sociology at Munich and the LSE, and writer on risk society, cosmopolitanism and globalisation. Thanks to Roland Bleiker for the link to the German obituary.

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