Author Archives: stuartelden

The National Curriculum in History

Posted on February 26, 2013 by stuartelden

History Workshop Online have an interesting discussion of the proposed new UK National Curriculum in history. Here’s the first paragraph: The response to the latest proposals for the National Curriculum in History (February 2013) can justifiably be described as historic (or … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 26, 2013 by stuartelden

An interesting piece (with a link to the longer discussion), and a striking infographic, of what ‘peace’ looks like in the Occupied Territories.

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Posted on February 26, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Funambulist:
Do not let the fancy renderings of the winning entry for the new American Embassy in London mislead you, what you see is nothing else than the contemporaneous version of the Middle Age castle. The…

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Books received

Posted on February 25, 2013 by stuartelden

Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth (really wanted this to re-read Sartre’s preface); Michael Mack’s How Literature Changes the Way we Think; Judith Butler and Athena Athanasiou’s Disposession; David Chandler’s Freedom vs Necessity in International Relations; an old New Left … Continue reading →

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Radical Philosophy 178 now out

Posted on February 25, 2013 by stuartelden

 Commentary: Resisting Resilience, Mark Neocleous Article: Extraction, logistics, finance Global crisis and the politics of operations – Sandro Mezzadra  and Brett Neilson Article: An introduction to Françoise Collin’s ‘Name of the father’, Penelope Deutscher Article: Name of the Father, ‘One’ of … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 25, 2013 by stuartelden

An interview with Jenny Edkins at the Society and Space open site.

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The Political Bodies of Coriolanus

Posted on February 25, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my Politics, Philosophy and International Thought lecture at Aberystwyth University is available here. It’s a part of the planned Shakespearean Territories book, and this time I talked about Coriolanus – mainly the play but also the … Continue reading →

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Mark Purcell, The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy

Posted on February 24, 2013 by stuartelden

Mark Purcell’s new book, The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy, is now available to pre-order. It has very positive endorsements from Peter Marcuse and Susan Fainstein. The book uses Lefebvre, among others, to think about politics, the urban and democracy. Mark … Continue reading →

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Nur Masalha – The Palestine Nakba reviewed

Posted on February 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Nur Masalha’s The Palestine Nakba is reviewed at Warscapes. Here’s the first paragraph The ongoing dispossession of the Palestinian people has rarely been given the moral weight more readily accorded to European historical traumas. The colonized status of Palestinians and … Continue reading →

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Foucault, ‘Stultifera Navis’ – a hybrid translation

Posted on February 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Michael Bibby has produced a hybrid translation of the ‘Stultifera Navis’ chapter of Foucault’s History of Madness. It draws on both the existing English translations, and comes with various texts as an introduction and a selection of images.

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