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Posted on February 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
New transcript released of his 1974 prison visit. This should be of interest to those working on the late Sartre and his thoughts on violence (though this article itself is almost…

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Posted on February 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Michael Dear on the US-Mexico border.

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“there’s no geographic line” – Obama and assassination

Posted on February 6, 2013 by stuartelden

The leaked US memo on drone strikes is available here. Craig Jones has a good analysis at War, Law & Space. Informed Comment points to this story The Obama administration’s internal legal justification for assassinating U.S. citizens without charge has … Continue reading →

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Tom Engelhardt on the American Lockdown state

Posted on February 6, 2013 by stuartelden

At TomDispatch, a piece on the security around the Obama inauguration. Here’s the beginning: Consider Inauguration Day, more than two weeks gone and already part of our distant past.  In its wake, President Obama was hailed (or reviled) for his “liberal” second inaugural address.  … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Angus Cameron discusses encountering Richard III, academic publicity and impact, along with the question of peer review – all in a single post.

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Anti-Security – A Declaration

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Finally got round to looking at a copy of Anti-Security, edited by Mark Neocleous and George S. Rigakos, which came out in 2011. After a brief introduction, there is a powerful ‘declaration’ which sets out the academic and political rationale … Continue reading →

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Two more links on Brooklyn College

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Corey Robin writes at Crooked Timber, and the Verso blog has the story.

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Brooklyn College, Butler, Arendt and Academic Freedom

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Judith Butler continues to be criticised for her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions program, most recently for the debate due to be hosted at Brooklyn College on 7th February. Various people including Alan Dershowitz have said such an event … Continue reading →

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Simon Dalby – The Geopolitics of Climate Change

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Simon Dalby’s Political Geography plenary lecture at the AAG in Los Angeles in early 2013 looks very interesting. It picks up some of the concluding comments to my own Political Geography lecture from the Royal Geographical Society conference last year. (I’ve just … Continue reading →

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Jussi Parikka and Tony Sampson discuss Tarde, networks and Virality

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

At the Theory, Culture and Society blog Jussi Parikka and Tony Sampson discuss Gabriel Tarde and networks – the discussion is based around Sampson’s recently published Virality: Contagion Theory in the Age of Networks.

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