Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Delaporte, Lecourt, Ginestier, Eribon, Lichnerowicz, Perroux and Gadoffre

Posted on March 23, 2018 by stuartelden

Some second-hand books for the Canguilhem and Foucault work

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Three really interesting looking books from Routledge – but three completely obscene prices

Posted on March 22, 2018 by stuartelden

Three really interesting looking books from Routledge – but three completely obscene prices. Karen Morin, Carceral Space, Prisoners and Animals – £105 or £76.50 e-book Carceral Space, Prisoners and Animals explores resonances across human and nonhuman carceral geographies. The work … Continue reading →

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Louis Althusser, Écrits sur l’histoire – now out with PUF

Posted on March 22, 2018 by stuartelden

Louis Althusser, Écrits sur l’histoire (1963-1985) – now out with PUF Quatrième volume de l’entreprise de publication systématique des livres et textes inédits de Louis Althusser, établie par G. M. Goshgarian sur la base des manuscrits du fonds Althusser recueilli à … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Light: Seeing and Being on the Battlefield

Posted on March 22, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on pip thornton art & research:
I haven’t always written about algorithms and digital capitalism, but I have previously used poetry as a lens through which to expose the politics and asymmetries of technology and space. The Meaning…

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Interactive visualization of Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas (1656)

Posted on March 21, 2018 by stuartelden

Interactive visualization of Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas (1656) The painting is in the Prado in Madrid – I was there just last week. The Prado website has some more information. Thanks to Melissa Pawelski for the link.  

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Chris Barrett, Early Modern English Literature and the Poetics of Cartographic Anxiety – OUP

Posted on March 21, 2018 by stuartelden

Chris Barrett, Early Modern English Literature and the Poetics of Cartographic Anxiety – now published by Oxford University Press in their Early Modern Literary Geographies series. The Cartographic Revolution in the Renaissance made maps newly precise, newly affordable, and newly … Continue reading →

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David Bissell, Transit Life: How Commuting Is Transforming Our Cities – now out with MIT Press

Posted on March 21, 2018 by stuartelden

David Bissell, Transit Life: How Commuting Is Transforming Our Cities – now out with MIT Press We spend much of our lives in transit to and from work. Although we might dismiss our daily commute as a wearying slog, we … Continue reading →

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David Allison Memorial at Stony Brook University

Posted on March 21, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
This week there is a memorial for the work and life of David Allison at SBU. I had David as an undergraduate and he was something of a legend with students…

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CFP/Appel: L’œuvre de jeunesse de Michel Foucault : psychopathologie, phénoménologie et anthropologie

Posted on March 21, 2018 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
L’œuvre de jeunesse de Michel Foucault : psychopathologie, phénoménologie et anthropologie Appel à participation à un atelier doctoral sur l’œuvre de Michel Foucault Université de Lübeck, 12-14.07.2018 PDF of call for Papers. French and German…

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Gastón Gordillo, Terrain as insurgent weapon: An affective geometry of warfare in the mountains of Afghanistan

Posted on March 20, 2018 by stuartelden

Gastón Gordillo, “Terrain as insurgent weapon: An affective geometry of warfare in the mountains of Afghanistan“, Political Geography (requires subscription – first page available to preview or click on the image). No abstract, so I’ve taken this summary from Derek Gregory’s Geographical … Continue reading →

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