Author Archives: stuartelden

Giorgio Agamben – Homo Sacer structure

Posted on January 31, 2012 by stuartelden

Update: a graphic of the structure is available here. Thanks to André Dias for the Italian information – this is the structure of Giorgio Agamben’s Homo Sacer series, with English titles where available: I:  Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life [Homo … Continue reading →

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King’s College London talk

Posted on January 31, 2012 by stuartelden

Wednesday 1st February, 12 noon, “How should we do the history of territory?” Pyramid Room, Geography Department, King’s College London, 4th floor King’s Building.  

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On peer review

Posted on January 30, 2012 by stuartelden

A post on the difficulty of getting reports, here; and a post on how it’s not really a huge amount of work, with interesting comments, here. Another post raises the issue of who is asked to referee. And finally, a proposal … Continue reading →

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Agamben, Opus Dei in French

Posted on January 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Agamben’s Opus Dei – volume II, 5 of the Homo Sacer project – has been translated into French. Why is it the French seem to always be quicker at translations than the English or American presses? I can’t find an … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem, Complete Works

Posted on January 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Volume 1 of Georges Canguilhem’s Œuvres complètes was published late last year. Given it is over 1,000 pages, the price of €38 is not too steep. There are projected to be six volumes. This has been promised for some time. … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare cartoons

Posted on January 29, 2012 by stuartelden

Cliffs Notes have cartoon versions of six of Shakespeare’s plays, here. Currently Othello, Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Julius Caesar. Not to be taken too seriously… (Via Julia Reinhard Lupton’s Thinking with Shakespeare blog.)

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Henry Miller’s advice for writers

Posted on January 29, 2012 by stuartelden

This has been doing the rounds, I got it from Biblioklept.

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The Epic Mode and Territory

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

This is a question I received that I can’t answer – anyone reading this have a sense of whether this has been done, is possible, or plausible? The request comes from Joel Gladd (jgladd@wisc.edu) but do please reply through comments. … Continue reading →

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The History of Cartography – now free online

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

The University of Chicago Press have made volume 1 and the three books of volume 2 of the magisterial History of Cartography freely available online. The homepage for the project as a whole is here.

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Harvey on Capital, Vol II

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

The first lecture is now up, here. There is a brief interview at the beginning, and then something of an overview to follow.

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