Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received 3 – books from publishers or authors

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

Complementary copies from publishers or authors. Mark Salter’s Making Things International 1, Christopher Roth’s Let’s Split! – a guide to secessionist states; Oli Mould’s Urban Subversion and the Creative City; Hughes Lethierry’s Agir avec Henri Lefebvre and Shannon Mattern’s Deep Mapping the Media City. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Books received 2 – various things for the Foucault projects

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

Books received – various things for the Foucault projects, including the new lecture course, background on May 68 and the abortion rights struggle in France, one of Foucault’s major sources on the revolt of the Nu-pieds, and a book about his … Continue reading →

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Books received – review work for Routledge: Marcuse, Pugliese, Valverde, Barry and Born, and Parker

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

Books received in recompense for review work for Routledge: Marcuse, Pugliese, Valverde, Barry and Born, and Parker.

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Wilderness Group Tour: PhD dissertations and writing/support/accountablity groups

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The page “Newfoundland Literature” does not exist:
I was recently asked to make a brief presentation about dissertation writing/support groups. I was one of four presenters at a workshop hosted by the University of Toronto’s School of…

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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? – reading guide updated with news of forthcoming translations Foucault and Neoliberalism – a few thoughts in response to the Zamora piece in Jacobin The Philosopher’s Jumper – apparently modelled by Beckett, Foucault and … Continue reading →

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How Do We Write? Two reflections on ‘dysfunctional academic writing’

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

How Do We Write? Two very interesting reflections on ‘dysfunctional academic writing’ at In the Middle. A conversation has unfolded on Facebook over the last week on the topic of How We Write. Two of us who were involved in … Continue reading →

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The challenge of open plan offices and the importance of quiet

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Two interesting pieces in blogs I follow. First, Clare O’Farrell’s extended discussion of open-plan offices at her personal blog Refracted Input; and then Mark Carrigan asking ‘were universities ever quiet?‘ at The Sociological Imagination. I too would be horrified by … Continue reading →

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Critical Theory’s eight books that came out in May – including Balibar, Luxemburg, Lotringer and Foucault

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Critical Theory’s eight books that came out in May – including Balibar, Luxemburg, Lotringer and Foucault (though not sure the Foucault is actually out just yet).

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Alberto Toscano and Jeff Klinke, Cartographies of the Absolute – now out from Zero books

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

While I’d linked to some preparatory material, I hadn’t realised this was now out. Thanks to Adam David Morton for the link. Alberto Toscano and Jeff Klinke, Cartographies of the Absolute from Zero books. Can capital be seen? Cartographies of the … Continue reading →

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Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism

Posted on May 30, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Now out, an intriguing new book on capitalism – Martijn Konings, The Emotional Logic of Capitalism. The capitalist market, progressives bemoan, is a cold monster: it disrupts social bonds, erodes emotional attachments, and imposes an abstract…

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