Author Archives: stuartelden

Amador Fernández-Savater, “Notes for a Non-​Statocentric Politics”

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Amador Fernández-Savater, “Notes for a Non-​Statocentric Politics” at Critical Legal Thinking.

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Shakespeare’s annotated dictionary?

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

An interesting story from the Folger Shakespeare Library about the claimed discovery of Shakespeare’s dictionary – an annotated copy of John Baret’s Alvearie. The claim is not just that Shakespeare used the dictionary, which is well-known, but that this was his personal copy. … Continue reading →

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WMD V: Warwick Manuscript Development Sessions 2014

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

A good opportunity for book publishing advice – contact Leonard Seabrooke: ls.dbp@cbs.dk for more information. In 2009 the Centre for the Study for Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) at the University of Warwick held its first Warwick Manuscript Development (WMD) workshop with first-time authors, … Continue reading →

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The Geography of Poverty – Images, Maps and Text

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

A beautifully designed website, blending images, maps and text – The Geography of Poverty. Thanks to David Campbell for the link.

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Capital in the Twenty-First Century: A Reading List

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Ship's (B)log:
Were you hoping to read Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty, but weren’t able to get a copy before we sold out of our first batch? Rest assured, we expect more…

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Red Velvet at St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Last night Susan and I went to see the remarkable play Red Velvet at St Ann’s Warehouse, Brooklyn. It’s the story of Ira Aldridge, the first African-American actor to play Othello in London, among a host of other roles. Steve … Continue reading →

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Japhy Wilson’s critical study of Jeffrey Sachs from Verso

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Another book picked up in the Verso sale, Japhy Wilson’s Jeffrey Sachs: The Strange Case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid. [Update: An abridged version of Chapter Five is available here.] It’s a powerful and nuanced critique of his work and involvement in … Continue reading →

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Ernesto Laclau, The Rhetorical Foundations of Society – forthcoming collection from Verso

Posted on April 20, 2014 by stuartelden

  Laclau’s The Rhetorical Foundations of Society – forthcoming in May from Verso. Sad this is, now, a posthumous collection… Coauthor of Hegemony and Socialist Strategy shows how rhetoric constitutes the social order The essays collected in this volume develop the … Continue reading →

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Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism reviewed

Posted on April 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism is reviewed at Review 31.

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Stefano Liberti, Land-Grabbing: Journeys in the New Colonialism

Posted on April 19, 2014 by stuartelden

Interesting read from Verso – Stefano Liberti, Land-Grabbing: Journeys in the New Colonialism. I ordered this as paper copy, and a bunch more in the Verso sale, but because of the bundled e-books was able to read this while on the road. A … Continue reading →

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