Author Archives: stuartelden

Abolition Democracy – 7/13 Beyond the Punitive Society (video)

Posted on January 8, 2021 by stuartelden

Center for Contemporary Critical Thought – Columbia University A Joint Session with The Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European Philosophy at the University of Warwick: Miguel Beistegui, Henrique Carvalho, Stuart Elden, Daniele Lorenzini, Goldie Osuri, Irene Dal Poz, Federico Testa, … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lévi-Strauss, Hyppolite, Deleuze, Gussak, Ochoa Espejo

Posted on January 6, 2021 by stuartelden

Some books by Lévi-Strauss, Hyppolite and Deleuze, along with Paulina Ochoa Espejo, On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place and David Gussak, Art and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned, sent by the publisher.

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Cristina A. Bejan, Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania: The Criterion Association – Palgrave, 2019 and discussion at New Books Network

Posted on January 6, 2021 by stuartelden

Cristina A. Bejan, Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania: The Criterion Association – Palgrave, 2019 and discussion at New Books Network with Steven Seegel In 1930s Bucharest, some of the country’s most brilliant young intellectuals converged to form the Criterion … Continue reading →

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Ann Heberlein, On Love and Tyranny: The Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt – Anansi, January 2021

Posted on January 5, 2021 by stuartelden

Ann Heberlein, On Love and Tyranny: The Life and Politics of Hannah Arendt – Anansi, translated by Alice Menzies, January 2021 In an utterly unique approach to biography, On Love and Tyranny traces the life and work of the iconic German Jewish … Continue reading →

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‘From Dynastics to Genealogy’, my contribution to Abolition Democracy 13/13, Beyond the Punitive Society

Posted on January 4, 2021 by stuartelden

On 7 January 2021 I’ll be part of a panel discussion for the Abolition Democracy 13/13 series, hosted by Bernard E. Harcourt at the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought, and co-organised with Daniele Lorenzini of The Centre for Research … Continue reading →

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Novels and biographies read in 2020

Posted on January 1, 2021 by stuartelden

A strange year of reading. For long periods I found it very hard to concentrate on reading that wasn’t immediately useful for a writing project or other work task (and even then…). Novels were a particular struggle. I found reading … Continue reading →

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Antonio Gramsci, ‘I Hate New Year’s Day’ – translation online

Posted on January 1, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
This text was first pub­lished in Avanti!, Turin edi­tion, from his col­umn “Sotto la Mole,” Jan­u­ary 1, 1916. Translated by Alberto Toscano for Viewpoint. ? Every morn­ing, when I wake again under the pall of the sky,…

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My favourite academic books of 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020 by stuartelden

As with previous years, these are a list of academic books published this year which I read and appreciated. This means that good books which I haven’t yet read don’t feature, and I will of course miss many. Several of … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020 by stuartelden

Alphabetical list of the music I enjoyed the most this year… Big Big Train, Empire Blaer, Yellow Brass Against, III Tim Bowness, Peter Chilvers, Modern Ruins Flying Colours, Third Stage: Live in London Frost*, 13 Winters (box) Peter Gabriel, Rated PG Gary Husband and Markus Reuter, Music of our … Continue reading →

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Most popular posts and pages on Progressive Geographies in 2020

Posted on December 31, 2020 by stuartelden

Geographers, sociologists, philosophers, etc. on covid-19 Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? Stuart Hall’s documentary on Marx and Marxism Georges Bataille – Oeuvres complètes and other French collections; English translations My favourite academic books of 2019 [other years here] … Continue reading →

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