Author Archives: stuartelden

Ordinary/Everyday/Quotidian – conference in York, September 2013

The ordinary and the everyday are intuitively self-evident, yet notoriously elusive. Efforts to define “ordinary language” or “everyday practice” have preoccupied thinkers across many disciplines: philosophers, historians, sociologists, political theorists, geographers and critics of literature and the visual arts. And … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – initial work

I thought I’d begin writing something each week or so on what I’ve done on this project. I know that this book is going to take some time to come together, and that I may need to set it aside … Continue reading →

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How Machiavellian was Machiavelli? Quentin Skinner answers

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
This is an interesting lecture some 500 years after Machiavelli wrote The Prince.

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Marx Reloaded film

The whole thing, with English subtitles – thanks to Marijn Nieuwenhuis for the link.

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Sassen on Territory and Land grabs

‘Land Grabs Today: Feeding the Disassembling of National Territory’- open access in Globalisations.

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Sloterdijk reviewed

In the New Republic and Reviews in Cultural Theory.

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Fellow of the British Academy

Yesterday I was elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. It’s a huge honour and I’m very grateful. The BA’s announcement is here.

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Two Teaching Fellows in International Relations / International Security at Warwick

Vacancy Type/Job category – Teaching Only Department – Politics & International Studies Salary – £27,854 – £36,298 pa Location – University of Warwick Fixed Term Contract (Post 1 – 1 September 2013 to 31 August 2015)  (Post 2 – 1 September 2013 to 31 … Continue reading →

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Kirsch on Lefebvre’s State, Space, World

Scott Kirsch’s thorough review of Lefebvre’s State, Space, World in Antipode is now available open access here.

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Review of Arts of the Political by Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
My review of Ash Amin and Nigel Thrift’s Arts of the Political: New Openings for the Left has just been published on Antipode’s online Book Review page.  There is also a (shorter) review of the same book…

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