Author Archives: stuartelden

The United States that never was

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

The Washington Post has a map of the United States with borders redrawn as if secessionist states had succeeded. Thanks to Michael Brown for the link.  

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James Meek in the LRB on the UK housing crisis

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

A very interesting piece in the LRB on the housing crisis – stemming from the sale of council houses in the 1980s. Here’s one especially damning part: Right to Buy thus created an astonishing leak of state money – taxpayers’ … Continue reading →

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Caesar Must Die – trailer and brief comments

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire) is a very powerful piece of cinema, now on dvd release, showing the rehearsals for a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The performers are all inmates of a high-security prison in Rome, and while they do … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s ‘About the Concept of the Dangerous Individual’ lecture in Toronto in 1977 – three minor questions

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

In 1977 Foucault gave a lecture in Toronto entitled ‘About the Concept of the ‘Dangerous Individual’ in 19th Century Legal Psychiatry’. It was published first in English in International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Vol 1 No 1, pp, 1-18. It … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Bratton on the problem with TED talks

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Very good critique of TED talks from Benjamin Bratton (and reprinted in The Guardian): In our culture, talking about the future is sometimes a polite way of saying things about the present that would otherwise be rude or risky. But … Continue reading →

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Radical Philosophy 183 out – includes Gregory on drones and Power on Sloterdijk

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

The new issue of Radical Philosophy is out – includes Derek Gregory on ‘Drone Geographies‘ and a critical review of Sloterdijk by Nina Power (both open access).

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Books I’m looking forward to in 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Some of the books I’m looking forward to this year include Henri Lefebvre, Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment (edited by Łukasz Stanek and previously unpublished in any language); Neil Brenner’s epic edited collection Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization; Mick Dillon’s Biopolitics of Security in the 21st … Continue reading →

Posted in Bob Jessop, Books, Derek Gregory, Etienne Balibar, Grégoire Chamayou, Henri Lefebvre, Jenny Edkins, Louis Althusser, Mark Neocleous, Michael Dillon, Michel Foucault, Neil Brenner, Politics, Publishing | 5 Comments

50 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in 2013 – Updated

Posted on January 1, 2014 by stuartelden

critical-theory.com’s 40 books that came out in 2013 has been updated to 50 books – including reader suggestions and December publications.

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From Biopower to Infopower?: A Genealogy of One Aspect of Contemporary Politics

Posted on January 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Colin Koopman, From Biopower to Infopower?: A Genealogy of One Aspect of Contemporary Politics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTGvaG6T_G4 Text on youtube Colin Koopman, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, spoke at Oregon State University…

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My favourite albums of 2013

Posted on January 1, 2014 by stuartelden

People seemed to like last year’s list, so here’s another one. I picked up a few 2012 albums early in the year, some from other people’s lists of their favourite albums. Notable among these were Thomas Koner, Novaya Zemiya; Shearwater, Animal Joy; Kreng, Works for Abattoir Fermé … Continue reading →

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