Author Archives: stuartelden

disClosure 23 now available

Posted on May 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Last spring (2013) I had the honor and privilege to co-teach the annual Social Theory seminar, with three colleagues, Jenny Rice, Jeff Peters, and Susan Larson. The seminar is a long-standing feature of the Committee…

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Nuclear Topographies: a review of Krupar’s Hot Spotter’s Report by Peter van Wyck

Posted on May 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A review of Shiloh Krupar’s excellent Hot Spotter’s Report at the Society and Space open site – plus a link to the interview I conducted with Shiloh.

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Marc Crépon, The Thought of Death and the Memory of War – reviewed at NDPR

Posted on May 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Marc Crépon, The Thought of Death and the Memory of War is reviewed at NDPR. I didn’t know about this translation before, but it sounds important and interesting: The first English translation of one of the foremost voices of contemporary moral and … Continue reading →

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Through the Lens: Sights and Sites of War – a screening and discussion of Dirty Wars, London, 27 May 2014

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

A rearranged date for this screening and discussion of Jeremy Scahill’s Dirty Wars, organised by Royal Holloway Geopolitics & Security- 27 May 2014, London. Full details including booking (free, but required) here. Join us for an evening of film and discussion … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Povinelli – ‘The Four Figures of the Anthropocene’

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Elizabeth Povinelli – lecture and a reminder of the Society and Space open site interview.

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Foucault’s 1980-81 course Subjectivité et vérité is published today

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 lecture course Subjectivité et vérité has now been published. Amazon.fr have copies in stock. « L’hypothèse de travail est celle-ci : il est vrai que la sexualité comme expérience n’est évidemment pas indépendante des codes et du système des interdits, … Continue reading →

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Richard Sennett on the Open City – lecture at Durham

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

thanks again to dmfant for this one.

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David Harvey and Andy Merrifield in conversation at Birkbeck

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to dmfant for the link in comments to a previous post. [David Harvey doesn’t begin talking until 48 minutes in.]

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The Actuality of the Theologico-Political – Conference in London May 23-24

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

The Actuality of the Theologico-Political – Conference in London May 23-24, 2014 Today’s (post) political thought has been turned into an ethics and a legal philosophy. The business of politics is supposed to promote moral values and ethical policies which … Continue reading →

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Ryan Brading on Ernesto Laclau as Theorist of Populism

Posted on May 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Another nice tribute to Ernesto Laclau, this time by Ryan Brading on his work as a theorist of populism at Adam David Morton’s For the Desk Drawer blog.

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