Author Archives: stuartelden

The problem with Facebook for pages like Progressive Geographies

Posted on March 11, 2014 by stuartelden

There is a fundamental problem with Facebook for pages like Progressive Geographies. Almost 2,000 people have liked the page that is fed directly from the blog. That’s great. Presumably those people want to see the things I post here. And … Continue reading →

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Peggy Kamuf interviewed on Jacques Derrida’s Death Penalty Seminars

Posted on March 11, 2014 by stuartelden

At the Los Angeles Review of Books, translator Peggy Kamuf is interviewed about Jacques Derrida’s The Death Penalty Volume I. This is a companion piece to the review by Jan Mieszkowski I linked to a few days ago.

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Bruno Latour, An Inquiry into Modes of Existence reviewed at NDPR

Posted on March 11, 2014 by stuartelden

Bruno Latour, An Inquiry into Modes of Existence: An Anthropology of the Moderns is reviewed at NDPR.

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Gouvernementalité et biopolitique : les historiens et Michel Foucault (2013)

Posted on March 11, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Gouvernementalité et biopolitique : les historiens et Michel Foucault Revue d’histoire moderne et contemporaine, 2013/4-5 (n° 60-4/4 bis). 208 pages. Further info Sommaire Foucault historien ? Michael C. Behrent Penser le XXe siècle avec Michel…

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Onto-Cartography Now Available

Posted on March 11, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Larval Subjects .:
I’m pleased to announce that Onto-Cartography:  An Ontology of Machines and Media is now available.  Here’s the blurb: Onto-Cartography gives an unapologetic defense of naturalism and materialism, transforming these familiar positions and showing how culture…

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Helen Tartar, Editorial Director, Fordham University Press, 1951-2014

Posted on March 11, 2014 by stuartelden

Several friends have shared stories of working with Helen Tartar, editor with Stanford University Press and Fordham University Press. I never met nor worked with Helen, but it’s clear I’ve read several books she worked on with authors, editors and … Continue reading →

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Andy Doolen, Territories of Empire – forthcoming OUP book

Posted on March 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Andy Doolen’s Territories of Empire: U.S. Writing from the Louisiana Purchase to Mexican Independence is forthcoming later this year. I read the book in manuscript for the press to write an endorsement. It’s a really interesting work that looks at the interrelation … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Tenth update

Posted on March 9, 2014 by stuartelden

I’m now about to leave Melbourne. Since the last update on this book, I’ve completed a draft of Chapter Five – which now includes the material from the old Chapter Six – and as a consequence is much too long. … Continue reading →

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Bradley Garrett interview on writing and publishing his book Explore Everything

Posted on March 9, 2014 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Bradley Garrett on writing and publishing his book Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City.

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Some good advice for academic interviews

Posted on March 9, 2014 by stuartelden

Some good advice for academic interviews in The Guardian.

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