Author Archives: stuartelden

How to get published in an academic journal: top tips from editors

Posted on January 3, 2015 by stuartelden

The Guardian has a good piece on ‘How to get published in an academic journal: top tips from editors‘. There are also pieces on overcoming writer’s block and other topics.

Posted in Publishing, Writing | 1 Comment

Another Liberty Canon: Foucault

Posted on January 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Notes On Liberty:
Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French writer on various but related topics of power, knowledge, discourse, history of thought, ethics, politics, and so on. His name to some summons negative associations of French intellectual…

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

‘Law, Space and the Political’, University of Wrocław, Poland, 3-5 September 2015

Posted on January 2, 2015 by stuartelden

‘Law, Space and the Political‘, University of Wrocław, Poland, 3-5 September 2015: The choice of this year’s theme – ‘Law, Space and the Political’ – is a concious move aimed at linking the troubled history of our region of Europe … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences | Leave a comment

Foucault on the State in 1975 – a previously untranslated comment

Posted on January 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault was interviewed in 1975 for a Brazilian paper: Q: In your work, the State seems to occupy a privileged place. And the State represents a privileged instance for understanding historical-cultural formations. Could you specify the conditions of possibility which … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Politics | 4 Comments

RGS-IBG CfP: Under the Sea: Geographies of the deep

Posted on January 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Interesting call for papers for the next RGS-IBG conference, building on some ideas discussed at the Warwick political geography conference last year.

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Antonio Gramsci, ‘I Hate New Year’s Day’ – translation online

Posted on January 1, 2015 by stuartelden

This text was first pub­lished in Avanti!, Turin edi­tion, from his col­umn “Sotto la Mole,” Jan­u­ary 1, 1916. Translated by Alberto Toscano for Viewpoint.   Every morn­ing, when I wake again under the pall of the sky, I feel that for me … Continue reading →

Posted in Antonio Gramsci | 4 Comments

David Harvey and Leo Panitch on the contradictions of capitalism (video)

Posted on January 1, 2015 by stuartelden

David Harvey and Leo Panitch in a spirited conversation for Jacobin, they discuss Harvey’s new book, 17 Contradictions and the End of Capitalism; capital’s relationship to nature; and how to build visionary movements that go beyond just localism. And clash … Continue reading →

Posted in David Harvey, Politics | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Thomas Piketty refuses la Légion d’honneur

Posted on January 1, 2015 by stuartelden

Thomas Piketty refuses la Légion d’honneur – story in Le Monde. Je refuse cette nomination car je ne pense pas que ce soit le rôle d’un gouvernement de décider qui est honorable », a-t-il justifié, estimant que l’Etat « ferait bien de se consacrer à la relance de … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | 2 Comments

2014 in review – talks, publications and writing

Posted on December 31, 2014 by stuartelden

I gave 22 talks of various kinds outside of regular teaching in 2014. These talks were in Australia, the United States, Switzerland, Holland and the UK. Some of these were on the Foucault project, some were related to The Birth of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Conferences, Foucault's Last Decade, Kostas Axelos, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, Territory, Universities, urban/urbanisation | 3 Comments

The most important academic books to me from 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by stuartelden

A non-systematic, alphabetically ordered list of the academic books published this year I read and most liked – the photo is of some that were to hand. Louis Althusser, On the Reproduction of Capitalism (Verso) Ben Anderson, Encountering Affect: Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions (Ashgate) Étienne Balibar, Equaliberty: … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, David N. Livingstone, Deborah Cowen, Etienne Balibar, Gaston Gordillo, Grégoire Chamayou, Henri Lefebvre, Jenny Edkins, Mark Neocleous, Michel Foucault, Neil Brenner, Politics, Publishing, Quentin Skinnner, Territory, Theory, William Shakespeare, Writing | 14 Comments