Author Archives: stuartelden

Chris Philo on the ‘new Foucault’

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Chris Philo discusses the Foucault lecture courses, and their potential for human geography, in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (requires subscription). This paper argues that we may now speak of a ‘new Foucault’ with more to say to … Continue reading →

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Anthology Chapters and Editing Books

Posted on January 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Graham Harman has an interesting post on problems with writing anthology chapters. His problems can be summarised as lack of citation relative to journal articles, and hence a perceived lack of readership; and the long delays from submission to publication. No … Continue reading →

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The Waste of the World exhibition

Posted on January 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Some of my Durham colleagues have been involved in a large ESRC-funded project, The Waste of the World. The project has come to an end, and an exhibition is being held in London at the Bargehouse on the South Bank, … Continue reading →

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Antipode new website

Posted on January 14, 2012 by stuartelden

here

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Moving house, unpacking my library

Posted on January 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Right after the holiday, I moved house. This explains the irregular posts here, and the backlog of emails, especially for the journal. No matter how clear I made it on the phone to the removal company, they still didn’t seem … Continue reading →

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Pierre Macherey – where to start?

Posted on January 13, 2012 by stuartelden

I was sent the following query as a followup to the recent post on the review of Macherey’s Hegel or Spinoza: With all the recent notices over the new translation of Pierre Macherey’s Hegel or Spinoza, I was thinking of … Continue reading →

Posted in Etienne Balibar, Jacques Rancière, Louis Althusser, Pierre Macherey | 5 Comments

The Territorial Trap of the Territorial Trap

Posted on January 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Nisha Shah‘s important paper “The Territorial Trap of the Territorial Trap: Global Transformation and the Problem of the State’s Two Territories” has recently been published in International Political Sociology (requires subscription). Here’s the abstract: This paper argues that attempts by theories … Continue reading →

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Jason Read on Pierre Macherey, Hegel or Spinoza

Posted on January 13, 2012 by stuartelden

This is a good, detailed review of the recently published translation of Pierre Macherey, Hegel or Spinoza. You can read a brief interview I did with the translator, Susan Ruddick, here. Society and Space published a version of the introduction and … Continue reading →

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On referees

Posted on January 9, 2012 by stuartelden

Over at the Society and Space open site I offer some thoughts on referees and the refereeing process, building on an editorial by Felix Driver in Journal of Historical Geography.

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A roundup

Posted on January 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Here are lots of interesting things I came across while catching up with my Google reader feeds… Some interesting advice on the PhD application process (for the UK) – here (think I got this via New APPS). Also advice – Graham … Continue reading →

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