Author Archives: stuartelden

Open Letter to Meric Gertler, University of Toronto from Geography and Planning Community

Posted on March 25, 2015 by stuartelden

Open Letter to Meric Gertler, president of University of Toronto from Geography and Planning Community. If you would like to add your signature to this letter, please email geogforcupe@gmail.com Signatories are in alphabetical order, and more are being added.

Posted in Politics, Universities | 1 Comment

Books received – Foucault in Actes and Revue Rodeo

Posted on March 25, 2015 by stuartelden

Three issues of the journal Actes – all relating to Foucault: Nos 24-25, 54 and 73; along with the issue of Revue Rodéo from 2013 which has the previously largely-unknown 1979 interview between Foucault and Farès Sassine. That interview, originally published in … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault | 1 Comment

Lefebvre, Rhythmanalysis – in Persian

Posted on March 24, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve been sent copies of Henri Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis, which has been translated into Persian by Aidin Torkameh. As I understand it, it’s a translation of the English edition which Gerald Moore and I translated, rather than directly from the French, … Continue reading →

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Tom Sparrow, Plastic Bodies – with preface by Catherine Malabou – in print or open access e-book

Posted on March 24, 2015 by stuartelden

Tom Sparrow’s Plastic Bodies: Rebuilding Sensation After Phenomenology, with a preface by Catherine Malabou, is available in print or as an open access e-book (via Object-Orientated Philosophy). Sensation is a concept with a conflicted philosophical history. It has found as many allies as … Continue reading →

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In the Meantime reviewed

Posted on March 24, 2015 by stuartelden

Sharma’s In the Meantime reviewed.

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Umberto Eco, How to Write a Thesis – reviewed in Times Higher Education

Posted on March 23, 2015 by stuartelden

As previously mentioned, Umberto Eco’s 1977 book How to Write a Thesis now out in translation from MIT Press – it is reviewed in The Times Higher Education by Robert Eaglestone – thanks to Dean Bond for the link. Here’s the concluding … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Publishing, teaching, Umberto Eco, Universities, Writing | 1 Comment

Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on March 22, 2015 by stuartelden

University of Surrey’s Politics department under threat Boğaziçi Chronicles, Interview with Michael Hardt: Empire, Sovereignty and New Struggles New Series at Edinburgh: New Perspectives in Ontology Beyond Discipline and Punish: Is it time for a new translation of Foucault’s Surveiller … Continue reading →

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Seven upgrade strategies for a problematic article or chapter

Posted on March 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Some interesting writing and publishing advice here. Here’s the heavily compressed version: Do one thing well. Flatten the structure. Say it once, say it right. Try paragraph re-planning. Make the motivation clearer. Strengthen the argument tokens. Improve the data and … Continue reading →

Posted in Publishing, Writing | 4 Comments

Greece and Europe: A First Account of a Radical Government – recordings of Douzinas, Mason and Žižek

Posted on March 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Greece and Europe: A First Account of a Radical Government – recordings of Costas Douzinas, Paul Mason and Slavoj Žižek. Also includes a link to this short film:

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Plastic Materialities: Politics, Legality, and Metamorphosis in the Work of Catherine Malabou

Posted on March 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Plastic Materialities: Politics, Legality, and Metamorphosis in the Work of Catherine Malabou, edited by Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller. Catherine Malabou’s concept of plasticity has influenced and inspired scholars from across disciplines. The contributors to Plastic Materialities—whose fields include political philosophy, critical legal studies, social … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberto Toscano, Books, Catherine Malabou | 1 Comment