Author Archives: stuartelden

Call for Papers: Global/Urban/Politics

Posted on May 23, 2012 by stuartelden

Call for Papers – session at the ISA, San Francisco, April 3-6, 2013 Global/Urban/Politics: A Contemporary Condition, but not a New One? Arguably one of the most important techniques of diffusion is the process of urbanization, whether thought geographically (Harvey) … Continue reading →

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Slavoj Žižek interview on Less Than Nothing

Posted on May 23, 2012 by stuartelden

Brief interview on the publication of Less Than Nothing  – and excerpt from the book – via the Verso blog.

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Georges Canguilhem – Writings on Medicine

Posted on May 22, 2012 by stuartelden

Listed with Fordham University Press, who published his Knowledge of Life a few years back. (Thanks to Chathan for the link.) I mentioned the French publication of volume 1 of his Œuvres complètes in an earlier post (here).

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Heterotopian Studies

Posted on May 22, 2012 by stuartelden

New site exploring Foucault’s notion of the heterotopia and uses made of it.

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Observer editorial on British economy policy

Posted on May 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Powerful piece here: The economic conditions through which Britain is living reflect a disgraceful abdication of responsibility by a government that has consigned millions of lives to unnecessary and avoidable hardship and great anxiety about their future prospects. It is … Continue reading →

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Alexandra Hall – Border Watch

Posted on May 20, 2012 by stuartelden

And via Carceral Geography (also mentioned by Peter), news that my former Durham colleague Alex Hall’s new book Border Watch is listed on the Pluto website – due out in July. Questions over immigration and asylum face almost all Western countries. … Continue reading →

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Carceral Geographies

Posted on May 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Fairly new blog – Carceral Geography, run by Dominique Moran. As the name suggests it is about incarceration, prisons, confinement, immigration and detention etc. Thanks to Pete Adey for the link.

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Alain Badiou – A life in writing

Posted on May 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Piece in The Guardian on his new book on love and on his work generally.

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Tracy B. Strong – Politics Without Vision reviewed

Posted on May 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Very positive review in THES. The book – full details at the University of Chicago Press page and press release – discusses Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Weber, Sigmund Freud, Vladimir Lenin, Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. Strong’s book Friedrich … Continue reading →

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C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary – 50th Anniversary Conference

Posted on May 18, 2012 by stuartelden

First Call for Papers C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary. 50th Anniversary Conference. University of Glasgow. Friday 10th and Saturday 11th May, 2013. Regularly cited as one of the great sports books of the twentieth century, C.L.R. James’ Beyond a Boundary … Continue reading →

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