Author Archives: stuartelden

Volume 33 Issue 4 out now – currently open access

Posted on September 8, 2015 by stuartelden

New issue of Society and Space published, all currently open access.

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Boris Porchnev/Porshnev on feudalism – were any of his works translated from Russian?

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

I mentioned Boris Porchnev/Porshnev in a previous post today, looking at the two editions of his work on peasant uprisings in seventeenth century France. Foucault uses his work in his reading of the Nu-Pieds revolts in Théories et institutions pénales. In Claude-Oliver … Continue reading →

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The Barbican’s production of Hamlet, with Benedict Cumberbatch

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Last Friday I went to see the Barbican’s production of Hamlet, directed by Lyndsey Turner, and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds, Anastasia Hille, and Siân Brooke. Tickets sold out very quickly, but occasionally returns become available and a bit of … Continue reading →

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Books received – Tawney, The ‘Katrina Effect’, La politique de l’espace parisien, Shakespeare

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

A couple of recent Penguin Shakespeare plays, the reissue of Tawney, Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (in recompense for review work), The ‘Katrina Effect’ (from the publisher), a couple of journal issues, and a copy of La politique de l’espace parisien. The … Continue reading →

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The World Post interview with Peter Sloterdijk – ‘Man And Machine Will Fuse Into One Being’

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

The World Post interview with Peter Sloterdijk – ‘Man And Machine Will Fuse Into One Being‘.

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Governmentality, Neoliberalism, Economy: strategies for critiques of power (7 – 9 December 2015) | CBS – Copenhagen Business School

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Governmentality, Neoliberalism, Economy: strategies for critiques of power (7 – 9 December 2015) CBS – Copenhagen Business School, Denmark PhD School Doctoral School of Organisation and Management Studies Department of Management, Politics and Philosophy Faculty…

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Boris Porshnev – the two editions of Les soulèvements populaires en France: a book by one of Foucault’s key sources in Théories et institutions pénales

Posted on September 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Russian historian Boris Porshnev is one of Foucault’s key sources for the discussion of the Nu-Pieds revolts of 1639-40 in Théories et institutions pénales. Following my regular practice of reading Foucault’s sources as well as his own work using them, I bought a copy of … Continue reading →

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on September 6, 2015 by stuartelden

My sabbatical rules for writing 10 Steps to PhD Success – a response to the THE post on ‘failure’ 7 critical theory books that came out in August from critical-theory.com – Critchley, Thacker, Alcoff, Krell, et. al. Explorations of Style – … Continue reading →

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Review forum on The Birth of Territory with Legg, Heffernan, McDonagh, Cohen, Sassen, Elden in Journal of Historical Geography (o/a link)

Posted on September 4, 2015 by stuartelden

A review forum on The Birth of Territory is forthcoming in Journal of Historical Geography – Stephen Legg, Mike Heffernan, Briony McDonagh, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Saskia Sassen and a response by me. Steve has posted the preprint on academia.edu Lots of nice things … Continue reading →

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Explorations of Style – a really useful writing resource, now with ‘how to use this blog’ page

Posted on September 3, 2015 by stuartelden

Explorations of Style is a really useful writing resource, and now has a comprehensive ‘how to use this blog‘ page which serves as a kind of table of contents or index.

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