Author Archives: stuartelden

Bruno Latour – Some advantages of the notion of “Critical Zone” for Geopolitics

Posted on July 26, 2014 by stuartelden

An intriguing short piece by Bruno Latour – ‘Some advantages of the notion of “Critical Zone” for Geopolitics’ – available to download from his website. Abstract: The relatively new concept of “critical zones”, much like that of the “Anthropocene”, signals … Continue reading →

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Atlases of disease

Posted on July 26, 2014 by stuartelden

Atlas of Epidemic Britain: A Twentieth Century Picture reviewed by Tom Koch at the Society and Space open site.

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Books received – Foucault Lexicon, Lefebvre on Architecture, etc.

Posted on July 25, 2014 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre’s Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment; Alberto Manguel’s The Library at Night; Janet Ruane’s Essentials of Research Methods; Bernard Pivot, Ecrire, Lire et en Parler (which contains the French version of a Foucault interview that is not in Dits et Écrits); the new issues of Theory, … Continue reading →

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Open access report on Drone Strikes in Afghanistan

Posted on July 25, 2014 by stuartelden

A new report published finds that despite Afghanistan being the most heavily drone-bombed country in the world, the reporting of air strikes is far less comprehensive than in other theatres. Commissioned by Remote Control, a project hosted by Oxford Research Group, The … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 12

Posted on July 24, 2014 by stuartelden

After what has felt like a long break from working on this book, I’ve begun writing again. Some of this was during a recent trip to Ghana. The first part of Chapter Six looks at the collaborative projects Foucault was involved … Continue reading →

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Special Issue on Ranciere

Posted on July 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Path to the Possible:
Just out: a new special issue of Space & Polity on the thought of Jacques Ranciere and how it might be useful for political action today. I edited the special issue, which includes…

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Geographies of peace

Posted on July 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
News today from I.B. Tauris of a new collection edited by Fiona McConnell, Nick Megoran and Philippa Williams, Geographies of peace: From handshakes on the White House lawn to Picasso’s iconic dove of peace, the…

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What is neoliberalism?

Posted on July 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
robinjames (@doctaj) on neoliberalism: I want to hone in on one tiny aspect of neoliberalism’s epistemology. As Foucault explains in Birth of Biopolitics, “the essential epistemological transformation of these neoliberal analyses is their claim to change…

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Guattari, Felix 2012 Schizoanalytic Cartographies, reviewed by Thomas Jellis

Posted on July 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Thomas Jellis reviews Felix Guattari’s book Schizoanalytic cartographies at the Society and Space open site.

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Peter Sloterdijk, You Must Change Your Life reviewed by Eduardo Mendieta

Posted on July 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Sloterdijk, You Must Change Your Life reviewed by Eduardo Mendieta at NDPR.

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