Author Archives: stuartelden

Politics Special Issue on ‘Security and the Politics of Resilience’

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

An open access issue of Politics, edited by three of my Warwick colleagues. The journal Politics has just published a Special Issue on ‘Security and the Politics of Resilience’. The Special Issue is edited by James Brassett, Stuart Croft, and Nick Vaughan-Williams … Continue reading →

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Teach It, And They Will Come

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
As another term approaches its zenith, we at The Disorder engage in a novel public service: making available a range of our module reading lists. Ready-made bibliographies, crib-sheets, self-help guides, or just objects…

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Irish Left Review interview with David Harvey

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting out-takes from an interview with David Harvey, at Irish Left Review. The full print interview is longer, though excerpts are available in Red Pepper. The latter discusses his next book, The Seventeen Contradictions of Capitalism, due out next year.

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David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2 – a brief review

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve previously posted about David Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2 being published. I’ve now had a chance to read it, and to my mind it’s even better than the first volume A Companion to Marx’s Capital which appeared in 2010. … Continue reading →

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London in the 17th century

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

17th century London, before the great fire, imaginatively recreated by six de Montfort University students (via Open Culture).

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The stupidity of bulk requests – ask the author for their article!

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Why do so many people feel a need to email large lists, such as crit-geog-forum, with a request for the pdf of an article their library doesn’t get? Surely the auto-reply that says ‘your message has been delivered to 3,808 … Continue reading →

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A good piece on the reasons for last week’s strike

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

A good piece on the reasons for last week’s strike at New Left Project. Thanks to Phoebe Moore for the link.

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Books received

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Two books for the Althusser project; Marcelo Hoffman’s Foucault and Power; Michael Dear’s Why Walls Won’t Work; and the latest Society and Space.

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Historical Materialism 10th annual conference – programme and registration details

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

London, 7th-10th November, ‘Making the World Working Class’ – full details here.

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Derek Gregory, Juan Cole and China Miéville on Israel/Palestine

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

In Feedly this morning, a powerful juxtaposition – Derek Gregory on the West Bank wall, and Juan Cole on Israel’s new settlements in the West Bank. Derek links to a new photo essay by China Miéville presented at the Palestinian Literary … Continue reading →

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