Monthly Archives: October 2017

The Early Foucault Update 13: Writing during Termtime

Posted on October 20, 2017 by stuartelden

Even though it is now well into term, with all the things that entails, I have been able to make small bits of progress on The Early Foucault manuscript. I’ve said before how I try to write for two hours in … Continue reading →

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“I have endeavoured to tidy up Sartre’s haphazard references…”

Posted on October 19, 2017 by stuartelden

Jonathan Webber on one of the tasks of a translator or editor: “I have endeavoured to tidy up Sartre’s haphazard references, giving full bibliographical information, but this has not always been possible. I have not added references where Sartre gave … Continue reading →

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Books received – Derrida, Sartre and Quarmby

Posted on October 18, 2017 by stuartelden

A few books received in recompense for review work for Routledge – some older works by Derrida and Sartre, King Leir – the anonymous play which precedes the one by Shakespeare with the similar title, and The Disguised Ruler in Shakespeare and … Continue reading →

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Building Ruptures, Architectural History Symposium and Exhibition, UCL 27 Oct 2017

Posted on October 18, 2017 by stuartelden

Later this month I’ll be speaking at Building Ruptures, an Architectural History Symposium and Exhibition, at the Bartlett School of University College London, 27 October 2017. Please join the MA Architectural History 2016/17 cohort for Building Ruptures, a symposium, exhibition … Continue reading →

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Territory Beyond Terra, edited by Kimberley Peters, Philip Steinberg, and Elaine Stratford – forthcoming in early 2018

Posted on October 16, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Territory Beyond Terra, edited by Kimberley Peters, Philip Steinberg, and Elaine Stratford – forthcoming in December 2017. At the root of our understanding of territory is the concept of terra—land—a surface of fixed points with…

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Tobias Menely and Jesse Oak Taylor (eds.), Anthropocene Reading: Literary History in Geologic Times – now out

Posted on October 16, 2017 by stuartelden

Tobias Menely and Jesse Oak Taylor (eds.), Anthropocene Reading: Literary History in Geologic Times – now out from Penn State Press. Apparently you can reduce the price by 30% with the code TMJT17 when ordered direct from the publisher (thanks to In the Middle … Continue reading →

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Sawyer & Steinmetz-Jenkins (eds.), Foucault, Neoliberalism and Beyond – forthcoming in 2018

Posted on October 16, 2017 by stuartelden

Stephen W. Sawyer & Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins (eds.), Foucault, Neoliberalism and Beyond – forthcoming in 2018 from Rowman & Littlefield International. Few philosophers have garnered as much attention globally as Michel Foucault. But even within this wide reception, the consideration given … Continue reading →

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CFP Modern-Colonial Geographies in Latin America: The Mirage of The Civilizing City and The Archaic Countryside

Posted on October 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Modern-colonial Geographies in Latin America:
London (King’s College London) 5-6 April 2018 ‘Wanting to be modern seems crazy: we are condemned to be so, given that the future and the past are prohibited’ (Octavio Paz, 1966: 5)…

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Investigating Infrastructures Forum at Society and Space open site

Posted on October 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Some really interesting pieces. Below are the links to individual pieces and this is from the introduction by Deborah Cowen: In the sample of work below, you will find creative engagement…

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Matthew W. Wilson, New Lines: Critical GIS and the Trouble of the Map – now out with UMP

Posted on October 11, 2017 by stuartelden

Matthew W. Wilson, New Lines: Critical GIS and the Trouble of the Map – now out with University of Minnesota Press. A provocative critique of Geographic Information Science New Lines considers a society increasingly drawn to the power of the digital … Continue reading →

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