Author Archives: stuartelden

Mapping the songs of Tom Waits

Posted on January 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Interactive map of locations in the songs of Tom Waits.

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A Geology of Media

Posted on January 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Machinology:
I am pleased to announce that I have signed a contract with University of Minnesota Press for a new book tentatively called A Geology of Media. Planned for 2015, A Geology of Media forms the third,…

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Peter Trawny on Heidegger’s ‘black notebooks’ in Le Monde

Posted on January 28, 2014 by stuartelden

In Le Monde, Peter Trawny discusses Heidegger’s ‘black notebooks’ – thanks to enowning for the link.

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Two questions on Heidegger translation conventions

Posted on January 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Two questions, and some interesting discussion in the comments, about Heidegger translations. I think Dasein should be kept, and all the nuances teased out in a translator note; and I dislike the capitalisation of nouns in English since it tends … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Boomerang: the New Military Urbanism (2013)

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Stephen Graham, Foucault’s Boomerang: the New Military Urbanism OpenDemocracy, 14 February 2013. According to Stephen Graham, a new set of ‘Foucauldian boomerang effects’ are shaping how states apply ‘tactics of control’ over everyday urban life.…

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Making Human Geography: New book by Kevin Cox

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
I have just read Kevin Cox’s new book, Making Human Geography. It tells the story, as he sees it, of how over the last 50 years or so, human geography has become a field of sophisticated…

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‘Territory and Transgression: A Conversation with Stuart Elden’ @thepolisblog

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

A long interview with me, conducted by Peter Sigrist, has just been published at Polis. It covers most of my current and past interests, including territory, Lefebvre, Foucault, Sloterdijk, Heidegger, politics,  my time in Israel/Palestine, publishing, literature and film… Many … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Latour, Foucault's Last Decade, Mapping the Present, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Ray Brassier, Society and Space, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Travel, Universities, urban/urbanisation, Writing | 1 Comment

State, Power, Freedom: European Political Theory – outline for teaching next year

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

One of the things I was looking forward to, now back in a Politics department, was to teach some political theory. So, this is the outline of a planned module for either final year undergraduates or MA students. It revolves … Continue reading →

Posted in Giorgio Agamben, Henri Lefebvre, Jean-Paul Sartre, Louis Althusser, Michel Foucault, teaching | 1 Comment

Goldsmiths’ Sociology and Warwick’s Politics departments discuss books

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Goldsmiths’ Sociology on the books they’re reading – plus Warwick’s Politics as linked from here before.

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Peter Adey lectures at Durham – IAS and Geography

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Adey of Royal Holloway is a fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Durham this term – these are his lectures during his time there (via rhulgeopolitics). First, on Monday 27 January, there’s ‘Light and Levitation: Vertical Critique‘. … Continue reading →

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