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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 15

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

In the past few weeks I have continued working on Subjectivité et vérité and took a very full set of notes, far more than can be contained in this chapter. I gave a talk on this lecture course at Nottingham … Continue reading →

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Audio recording of ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’ – New Developments in Theory lecture at the University of Basel, 2014

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

You can listen to the audio recording of my New Developments in Theory lecture at the University of Basel, ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’, here. The introduction is by Ridvan Askin. I should say that this is very similar to lectures previously … Continue reading →

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Peter J Taylor, Extraordinary Cities – now in paperback

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter J Taylor’s major book Extraordinary Cities is now available in paperback. What following is the official blurb, but the endorsements on the webpage are worth a read too. Accepting that cities are extraordinary, this book provides an original city-centred narrative … Continue reading →

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The legal, the material, and the geophysical: a few reflections on the Warwick postgraduate political geography conference

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Rachael Squire discusses the Warwick workshop held last week. We’re hoping to post the audio recording of Alex Jeffrey’s talk and the closing roundtable on the department blog later this week.

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How much censorship has there been in Heidegger’s Gesamtausgabe?

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Die Zeit has a powerful piece discussing the involvement of the Heidegger family in the production of the Gesamtausgabe, the collected edition of his works. Theodore Kisiel has long called the editorial practices an ‘international scandal of scholarship‘, but this suggests … Continue reading →

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

The Structure of Hegel’s Logic – in visual form Foucault’s Last Decade Forthcoming (updated, with some more preprints) Alison Ross, Walter Benjamin’s Concept of the Image Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Social Research and Architecture – now published Graham Burchell … Continue reading →

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Geographical Magazine – adding a territorial perspective to ‘The Winter of Middle East discontent’

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

I am one of four featured academics in a piece in Geographical Magazine on ‘The Winter of Middle East discontent’ – adding a territorial perspective to issues. I relate the challenges to boundaries by Islamic State to what is happening in … Continue reading →

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Critical Theory on my Foucault, Subjectivity, Truth lecture

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Also on critical-theory.com, a nice discussion of my recent ‘Foucault, Subjectivity, Truth’ lecture at Nottingham Contemporary gallery. I’m pleased, but surprised, by the nearly 5,000 views this lecture has had on youtube.

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11 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in November

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Critical-Theory has a list of eleven interesting books that came out in November.

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Books received – Ling, Michel, Kurki, Bridoux & Kurki

Posted on November 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Michel’s Ricoeur and the Post-Structuralists, in recompense for review work; and three books in the excellent Interventions series, from one of the editors, Nick Vaughan-Williams.

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