Author Archives: stuartelden

The politics of speed

Posted on November 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Politics Reconsidered:
By Philippe Blanchard The territory of the University of Warwick should be split in a few years by the HS2, a High speed train that will join London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. Political, economic…

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Interview with Ian Bogost

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

Ian Bogost is interviewed at Dismagazine (via Graham Harman).

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Searching for the sublime in everyday life: Ryan on Quinney

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

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Critical review of Grégoire Chamayou, Théorie du drone

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

A very critical review of Grégoire Chamayou, Théorie du drone by Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer has been translated at booksandideas.net (original here). This book is forthcoming next year in English translation with Penguin as Drone Theory. For other takes on Chamayou’s work, see … Continue reading →

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New Antipode papers available now

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The first two issues of Antipode 47 have now been sent to the publishers. They’ll be available in Wiley Online Library in early 2015; the papers, though, can be read now. There are great essays…

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“Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth”, University of Nottingham Centre for Critical Theory lecture, Nottingham Contemporary, 12 November 2014

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
On 12 November 2014, I’ll be giving a University of Nottingham Centre for Critical Theory lecture at Nottingham Contemporary gallery. The title is “Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth”, and I’ll be speaking about the most recently…

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Review essay of Branch, Sassen, Scott and Vigneswaran on historical and political understandings of territory, forthcoming in Society and Space

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stuartelden

I have a review essay of four books coming out in Society and Space in issue 1 next year. The books are Jordan Branch, The Cartographic State; Saskia Sassen, Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy; Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600 and Darshan Vigneswaran, Territory, Migration, … Continue reading →

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Gastón Gordillo – ‘Passion for Terrain’; Léopold Lambert – ‘Spinozist Body/Terrain’

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stuartelden

There is an interesting piece by Gastón Gordillo on ‘Passion for Terrain’ at his Space and Politics blog. It’s mainly about wingsuit flying, but indicates some of the arguments of his book in progress Opaque Planet: Outline of a Theory … Continue reading →

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Henning Schmidgen’s Bruno Latour in Pieces

Posted on November 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Translated by Gloria Custance, I was disappointed by this work, which I hoped would be the necessary background for providing links among Latour’s disparate works, from his PhD in philosophy of religion…

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Foucault Resources – page on this blog now updated

Posted on November 10, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve made some additions and amendments to the Foucault Resources page on this blog. Among other things, the two contributions from Graham Burchell are linked; I’ve updated the table of Foucault’s various plans for The History of Sexuality, with a list of … Continue reading →

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