Author Archives: stuartelden

Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics – Duke University Press, October 2019

Posted on July 11, 2019 by stuartelden

Achille Mbembe, Necropolitics – Duke University Press, October 2019 In Necropolitics Achille Mbembe, a leader in the new wave of francophone critical theory, theorizes the genealogy of the contemporary world, a world plagued by ever-increasing inequality, militarization, enmity, and terror … Continue reading →

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‘Why should people interested in territory read Shakespeare?’ article in Territory, Politics, Governance now published

Posted on July 11, 2019 by stuartelden

My article ‘Why should people interested in territory read Shakespeare?‘ is now published in Territory, Politics, Governance. It’s been available online for a while, but is now officially in an issue of the journal. If you don’t have institutional access, … Continue reading →

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Hannah Arendt on What Freedom and Revolution Really Mean – previously unpublished essay (open access)

Posted on July 9, 2019 by stuartelden

Hannah Arendt on What Freedom and Revolution Really Mean – previously unpublished essay at LitHub (also in print in The New England Review). Thanks to Peter Gratton for the link. In the 1960s, some years after the publication of her … Continue reading →

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The Truth That Hurts, or the Corps à Corps of Tongues: An interview with Jacques Derrida, translated in Parallax

Posted on July 9, 2019 by stuartelden

“The Truth That Hurts, or the Corps à Corps of Tongues: An interview with Jacques Derrida” – new translation in Parallax (requires subscription), No abstract, so first note below: 1 Translator’s note [TN]: What follows is a translation of an … Continue reading →

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Alex Jeffrey, The Edge of Law: Legal Geographies of a War Crimes Court – Cambridge University Press, December 2019

Posted on July 9, 2019 by stuartelden

Alex Jeffrey, The Edge of Law: Legal Geographies of a War Crimes Court – Cambridge University Press, December 2019 The Edge of Law explores the spatial implications of establishing a new legal institution in the wake of violent conflict. Using … Continue reading →

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The Global Epistemics Book Series

Posted on July 8, 2019 by stuartelden

The Global Epistemics Book Series – now launched, edited by Inanna Hamati-Ataya (Centre for Global Knowledges, University of Cambridge). Global Epistemics is a transdisciplinary series established in partnership with Rowman & Littlefield International, that aims to foster, promote, and disseminate … Continue reading →

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Andrea Ballestero, A Future History of Water – Duke University Press, June 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by stuartelden

Andrea Ballestero, A Future History of Water – Duke University Press, June 2019 Based on fieldwork among state officials, NGOs, politicians, and activists in Costa Rica and Brazil, A Future History of Water traces the unspectacular work necessary to make … Continue reading →

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L’aventure Althusser – 1 hour documentary with interviews with Macherey, Balibar, Rancière, etc, available until 7 July 2019

Posted on July 5, 2019 by stuartelden

L’aventure Althusser – 1 hour documentary with interviews with Macherey, Balibar, Rancière, etc, available until 7 July 2019. Thanks to Nadim Khoury for sending the link. Le portrait passionnant du philosophe marxiste Louis Althusser qui, avant de sombrer dans la … Continue reading →

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John Agnew awarded the 2019 Prix Vautrin-Lud

Posted on July 5, 2019 by stuartelden

John Agnew has been awarded the 2019 Prix Vautrin-Lud – the highest award in Geography and sometimes called the equivalent of the discipline’s Nobel prize. There is a news report in French here. Thanks to Sally Hardy for the alert.

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“Discourse and Truth” and “Parresia” (2019)

Posted on July 5, 2019 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault, “Discourse and Truth” and “Parresia”, Chicago University Press, 2019 Edited by Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini With an Introduction by Frédéric Gros English edition established by Nancy Luxon The Chicago Foucault Project This…

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