Author Archives: stuartelden

Foucault – ‘Power, Moral Values, and the Intellectual’ 1980 interview online

Posted on January 6, 2014 by stuartelden

The Foucault interview entitled ‘Power, Moral Values, and the Intellectual’ was conducted on 3 November 1980, and first published in History of the Present 4 (Spring 1988), 1-2, 11-13, although some excerpts appeared in the Berkeley student newspaper in 1980. Because it … Continue reading →

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Shakespearean Territories – planned book now has a dedicated page

Posted on January 6, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve consolidated all the links to audio recordings and other pieces on a dedicated page for the Shakespearean Territories planned book project. This project has slipped a bit recently, as I’ve been concentrating on the Foucault’s Last Decade book, but I … Continue reading →

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Kyle McGee – Bruno Latour: The Normativity of Networks

Posted on January 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Kyle McGee’s Bruno Latour: The Normativity of Networks was published late last year. Looks interesting, with an examination of Latour’s legal theory. It comes with two very positive endorsements, including one from Latour himself. Great shame about the price though.

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Geography and visual culture: South American voices

Posted on January 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Geografía y cultura visual reviewed at the Society and Space open site.

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Heidegger, race, calculation – more comments on the notebooks (in German)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Some interesting discussion in Die Zeit in German (see also my previous post with links to discussion in France). Especially interesting how it links the racial thought to calculation – a major theme of his work, but especially of the posthumous writings. … Continue reading →

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LSE’s Impact of Social Sciences – ‘top five posts on how to write’

Posted on January 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Some interesting advice at the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog.

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On saying ‘no’, Edmund Wilson style

Posted on January 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Edmund Wilson, writer and critic, provides a list of things that he would not do… (list made more legible at Dangerous Minds).

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Beautiful Bookstores – some stunning photographs

Posted on January 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A series of pictures of beautiful bookstores across the world (thanks to Ben Rosamond for the link).

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Disused Tube Stations Mapped – London Underground’s Ghost Stations

Posted on January 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Dylan Maryk has made a Google Map of London Underground’s abandoned or relocated stations; usvsth3m has turned this into a map based on the standard Underground map.  

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Books received – From Above, Intolérable, The Politics of Ourselves…

Posted on January 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Philippe Artières (ed.), Intolérable: Groupe d’information sur les prisons; Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead and Alison Williams (eds.), From Above: War, Violence and Verticality; Amy Allen, The Politics of Ourselves; the Theory, Culture & Society annual review; and the latest Society and Space.

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