Author Archives: stuartelden

MANCEPT workshop on Methods in Political Theory

Posted on June 1, 2013 by stuartelden

A call for papers for a workshop as part of the Tenth MANCEPT Annual Conference: 4th – 6th September 2013. During the 1960s and 70s the methodological orthodoxy of enquiries into the study of political thought became the target of historical critique. Dissatisfied with … Continue reading →

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All geotagged Tweets ever–North America

Posted on June 1, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Amazing visualizations out of Twitter labs. All geotagged tweets since the beginning for various places around the world. North America (click image for more):

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Nietzsche – Beyond Good and Evil / On the Genealogy of Morality

Posted on June 1, 2013 by stuartelden

The next volume of the Stanford University Press Nietzsche translations will be Volume 8, Beyond Good and Evil / On the Genealogy of Morality, translated by Adrian del Caro. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for the link. Read the full Preface … Continue reading →

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Kant, Natural Science reviewed at NDPR

Posted on May 31, 2013 by stuartelden

Immanuel Kant, Natural Science, edited by Eric Watkins, is reviewed at NDPR. This is the volume that contains the Rink edition of Kant’s lectures on physical geography. This review says nothing about that part of the volume, instead pointing to the … Continue reading →

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Public geography/sociology and social media

Posted on May 29, 2013 by stuartelden

A forum on geography and social media in Dialogues in Human Geography.

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Teaching Political Geography

Posted on May 29, 2013 by stuartelden

The latest issue of Political Geography includes an interesting discussion of teaching the sub-discipline. Written by Alison J. Williams, Alex Jeffrey, Fiona McConnell, Nick Megoran, Kye Askins, Nick Gill, Catherine Nash and Raksha Pande, it discusses actual classroom practices and gives … Continue reading →

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Machiavelli’s The Prince: Five Centuries of History, Conflict and Politics

Posted on May 28, 2013 by stuartelden

Only just heard about this major conference on Machiavelli, with a host of interesting speakers including Balibar, Lezra, Montag and Vatter. Niccolò Machiavelli (1469-1527) is the most important and influential political thinker of the early modern age. Every single political … Continue reading →

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Global Flight Paths

Posted on May 28, 2013 by stuartelden

This and more at the BBC News site. Thanks to Ben Rosamond for the link.

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Duke University Press political theory sale

Posted on May 28, 2013 by stuartelden

Some good political theory books at 20% off – details here.

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Books received

Posted on May 28, 2013 by stuartelden

The Korean translation of Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis (including my introduction from the English translation); Jacob Taubes, To Carl Schmitt; Richard J. Bernstein’s Violence; and the 2013 diary from Passia, with a wealth of maps, information and data on Palestine, along with … Continue reading →

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