Author Archives: stuartelden

Ben Anderson, Encountering Affect now published

Posted on August 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Ben Anderson’s Encountering Affect: Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions has now been published. Unfortunately it’s an expensive hardback only, but Chapter One is available open access. Since the mid-1990s, affect has become central to the social sciences and humanities. Debates abound over how … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn’s Gentrification

Posted on August 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Before and after pictures of Brooklyn’s rapid gentrification, using Google Maps time-machine street view. Of course, the pictures don’t show what happened to the displaced populations.

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Assessing the Damage and Destruction in Gaza – NYT map

Posted on August 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Click on the map to go to the New York Times interactive maps.

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Top ten posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on August 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Some links on the situation in Gaza – and Verso’s The Case for Sanctions Against Israel free to download What is neoliberalism? Articles and Chapters Peter Hall (1932-2014) Judith Butler 2012 Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism reviewed … Continue reading →

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Heidegger’s Black Notebooks: Philosophy, Politics, Anti-Semitism

Posted on August 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Heidegger’s Black Notebooks: Philosophy, Politics, Anti-Semitism, Emory University, September 5-6, 2014 Speakers: Peter Trawny (Bergische Universität Gesamthochschule Wuppertal) Bettina Bergo (Université de Montréal) Robert Bernasconi (Pennsylvania State University) Martin Gessmann (Hochschule für Gestaltung, Offenbach am Main) Sander Gilman (Emory University) Peter E. … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory reviewed in Croatian International Relations Review

Posted on August 1, 2014 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory has been reviewed in Croatian International Relations Review by Daniel Šaric (open access). Here’s the first paragraph: Stuart Elden’s new book The Birth of Territory is a magisterial and in parts almost encyclopedic work. The book covers … Continue reading →

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Rob Kitchin’s updated website

Posted on August 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Fully updated at kitchin.org

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Judith Butler 2012 Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism reviewed by Lisa Bhungalia

Posted on August 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Lisa Bhungalia reviews Judith Butler’s Parting Ways at the Society and Space open site.

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Peter Hall (1932-2014)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Urbanist and geographer Peter Hall died two days ago. There is an obituary in The Guardian and one at Building Design.

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Joshua Hagen reviews The Birth of Territory in Geographical Review

Posted on July 29, 2014 by stuartelden

A nice review of The Birth of Territory in Geographical Review, by Joshua Hagen (requires subscription). Here’s the concluding paragraph: Elden is to be commended for his keen analysis that tackles rather complex issues of meaning and translation while remaining eminently readable. … Continue reading →

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