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Bruce Robbins in The Nation reviews Foucault’s Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power

Posted on November 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Bruce Robbins in The Nation reviews my two books Foucault’s Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power. It’s a generous and thoughtful review, and while I wouldn’t agree with all of it, I’m very grateful for the review and the … Continue reading →

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Antonio Gramsci, The Prison Notebooks – exhibition in London

Posted on November 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Antonio Gramsci, The Prison Notebooks – exhibition in London Exhibition curated by Silvio Pons and Francesco Giasi Italian Cultural Institute 39 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8NX 30 October – 10 November 2017 Monday to Friday…

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New Book: The Priority of Injustice

Posted on November 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
Published today, The Priority of Injustice: Locating Democracy in Critical Theory. You can read more about the book here. My book is available from most booksellers. If your local store doesn’t have a copy in stock,…

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Building Ruptures, Architectural History, UCL 27 Oct 2017 – audio of my talk on Terrain

Posted on November 2, 2017 by stuartelden

On 27 October 2017 I had the pleasure of speaking at Building Ruptures, an Architectural History Symposium and Exhibition, at the Bartlett School of University College London. Most of the day was devoted to graduating student presentations, which were of extremely … Continue reading →

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Marijn Nieuwenhuis and David Crouch (eds), The Question of Space: Interrogating the Spatial Turn between Disciplines

Posted on November 1, 2017 by stuartelden

Marijn Nieuwenhuis and David Crouch (eds), The Question of Space: Interrogating the Spatial Turn between Disciplines – now out with Rowman and Littlefield International. The spatial turn has been deeply influential across the humanities and social sciences for several decades. … Continue reading →

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Key Thinkers on Cities (Sage, Oxford)

Posted on November 1, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on urbanculturalstudies:
A new addition to the Sage’s Key Thinkers range focuses on Cities and thinkers who are at the vanguard of contemporary scholarship that helps to shape our understanding of what city life is like. Key Thinkers…

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Now online – the 2017 Antipode RGS-IBG Lecture, “Retelling Stories, Disrupting ‘the Social’, Relearning the World” by Richa Nagar

Posted on November 1, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The 2017 Antipode RGS-IBG Lecture Retelling Stories, Disrupting “the Social”, Relearning the World Richa Nagar (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) The 2017 Antipode RGS-IBG Lecture took place on August 30th at the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) in London. Those who…

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CFP: Urban Planning and the Spatial Ideas of Henri Lefebvre

Posted on October 31, 2017 by stuartelden

Details of a theme issue devoted to Lefebvre’s work. Do check the journal’s open access policy and article processing charges (see also here). CFP: Urban Planning and the Spatial Ideas of Henri LefebvreEditor: Michael Leary-Owhin (London South Bank University, UK) Deadline … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lefebvre, Althusser, Connolly, Heron, the Ellen West case and Sword

Posted on October 30, 2017 by stuartelden

The Turkish translation of Henri Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis, which includes my introduction to the English edition; Althusser’s How to be a Marxist in Philosophy, William E. Connolly’s Facing the Planetary, Nicolas Heron’s Liturgical Power: Between Economic and Political Theology, a collection of … Continue reading →

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Roland Boer – Marx on the State, Proletarian Dictatorship and the Commune

Posted on October 30, 2017 by stuartelden

Roland Boer – Marx on the State, Proletarian Dictatorship and the Commune This engagement with Marx is part of a much longer study of what happens to the state under socialism in power. Initially, I did not give so much … Continue reading →

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