Monthly Archives: October 2015

Books received – Duménil and Lévy, Massumi, Nietzsche, Clark, Shakespeare, Comité d’action santé, Langlois

Posted on October 17, 2015 by stuartelden

A pile of recently acquired books – Dumenil and Levy’s The Crisis of Neoliberalism, Brian Massumi’s Ontopower, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Writing from the Early Notebooks, Timothy Clark, Ecocriticism on the Edge, the Penguin edition of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Comité d’action santé, … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Oeuvres: more details on the Pleiade edition, c.3600 pages in two volumes

Posted on October 17, 2015 by stuartelden

More details of the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade edition of Foucault’s Oeuvres. Two volumes, 1712 and 1792 pages – all the books under his name, plus a selection of shorter texts. Not clear if that includes the 1954 book Maladie mentale et personnalité, as … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, “Territory – Political Technology, Volume, Terrain”, video of Architectural Association lecture

Posted on October 16, 2015 by stuartelden

The video of my lecture on “Territory – Political Technology, Volume, Terrain“, given as a Landscape Urbanism Open School Event, Architectural Association lecture on  7/10/2015 is now available. The volume is very quiet, and it begins a few moments in … Continue reading →

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‘No Posthumous Publications’ – responses to some questions about Foucault and the future publication of the History of Sexuality Vol IV

Posted on October 16, 2015 by stuartelden

In the German interview with Daniel Defert I linked to earlier this week, it was revealed that the fourth volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality will eventually be published. This is my attempt at answering some of the common questions – some I’ve received … Continue reading →

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The Drone Papers – leaked material at The Intercept

Posted on October 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory and Jeremy Crampton both link to the Drone Papers at the Intercept, a new set of leaked materials. Here’s the beginning of Jeremy Scahill’s introduction. Drones are a tool, not a policy. The policy is assassination. While every president since … Continue reading →

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Eduardo Gudynas, David Harvey, Ecuador and ‘sympathetic colonialism’ – links to Spanish/English versions of both texts

Posted on October 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Eduardo Gudynas has recently criticised David Harvey and his research team in Ecuador for ‘simpatico [sympathetic, nice or friendly] colonialism’ (Spanish/English). The research team (Estefanía Martínez, Verónica Morales, Carla Simbaña, Japhy Wilson, Nora Fernández, Thomas…

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GeoHumanities – AAG’s new journal launches

Posted on October 15, 2015 by stuartelden

GeoHumanities, the AAG’s new journal, is now online. Papers from the editors, Jeff Malpas, Michael Dear, Hayden Lorimer, Anja Kanngieser, Luiza Bialasiewicz & Lauren Wagner and others…

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Politics and Animals – new journal launched with papers open access

Posted on October 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Politics and Animals – new journal launched with papers open access Politics and Animals: Editors’ Introduction The Political Turn in Animal Rights Tony Milligan The Meaning of the Great Ape Project Paola Cavalieri Politico-Moral Apathy and Omnivore’s Akrasia: Views from … Continue reading →

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Thanos Zartaloudis – 14½ Truths Modestly Addressed to a Young Academic

Posted on October 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Thanos Zartaloudis – 14½ Truths Modestly Addressed to a Young Academic at Critical Legal Thinking. Lots of good advice here, much of which I wish I’d been told much earlier, much still to ponder…

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Waldheim | Landscape as Urbanism

Posted on October 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on multipliciudades:
Charles Waldheim presents his book Landscape as Urbanism: A General Theory (Princeton University Press, forthcoming) at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The talk includes an interesting discussion about the discursive constitution of disciplines. Waldheim draws…

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