Author Archives: stuartelden

Best of Luck with the Wall, Donald

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

A stunning film of the US-Mexico border – ‘Best of Luck with the Wall’, from 2o16. A great insight into the interactions of the geopolitical and the geophysical landscape. Thanks to Natalie Oswin for the link.

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Eyal Weizman video interview on ‘Forensic Architecture – Investigating the Blueprint of War Crimes’ on Russia Today

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Eyal Weizman video interview on ‘Forensic Architecture – Investigating the Blueprint of War Crimes’ on Russia Today. A fascinating discussion of what his Goldsmiths research agency Forensic Architecture does, and a robust response to hostile questioning. Eyal writes: A few … Continue reading →

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Environment and Planning C relaunched as ‘Politics and Space’ – new manifesto

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Society and Space is part of the Environment and Planning family of journals, now published by Sage. Environment and Planning C – formerly ‘Government and Policy’ is being relaunched as ‘Politics and Space’. New editors Patrica Daley, Eugene McCann, Alison Mountz and Joe Painter have … Continue reading →

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Deborah Cowen on ‘Infrastructures of Empire and Resistance’ at the Verso site

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Deborah Cowen on ‘Infrastructures of Empire and Resistance‘ at the Verso site.

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Two reviews of Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Two reviews of Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights – Andrew Dilts at NDPR (open access) and Marcelo Hoffman in New Political Science (requires access).

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Books received – Canguilhem, Lefebvre, Farge and Foucault, Nail, Weber, Repo, Pasnau

Posted on January 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Four books from OUP in recompense for review work (Thomas Nail, Theory of the Border; Cynthia Weber, Queer International Relations; Jemina Repo, The Biopolitics of Gender and Robert Pasnau, Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671), the long-awaited English translation of Arlette Farge and Michel … Continue reading →

Posted in Arlette Farge, Boundaries, Georges Canguilhem, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Politics, The Early Foucault | Leave a comment

Francisco Klauser, Surveillance and Space – the second book in the Society and Space series

Posted on January 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Series editor copies of Francisco Klauser, Surveillance and Space have arrived. This is the  second book in the Society and Space series, closely following Dan Bulley’s  Migration, Ethics and Power: Spaces Of Hospitality In International Politics. Here’s the description of … Continue reading →

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Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure – a film by Bruno Oliviero

Posted on January 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure – a film by Bruno Oliviero. I missed seeing this in Paris last week, and hope other screenings will take place. Philosopher, Marxist, professor, murderer. More than a quarter century after his death, Louis Althusser, one … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, Key Writings to be reissued in Bloomsbury’s Revelations series

Posted on January 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre, Key Writings is to be reissued in Bloomsbury’s Revelations series. It’s not out until October, but the previous version is still in print. There are no changes to the new version – in fact I wasn’t even told … Continue reading →

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Books received – Brenner, Foucault, Macauley, Binswanger

Posted on January 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner’s Critique of Urbanization, the translation of Foucault’s Mental Illness and Psychology (for the intro by Hubert Dreyfus); David Macauley’s Elemental Philosophy and Ludwig Binswanger’s Ausgewählte Werke. Neil kindly sent me a copy of his book, the Macauley was recompense for review work, and … Continue reading →

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