Author Archives: stuartelden

Louden’s Kant’s Human Being reviewed

Posted on September 20, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Robert B. Louden’s Kant’s Human Being: Essays on His Theory of Human Nature before. It reprints his piece from the Reading Kant’s Geography collection, and is reviewed by NDPR here.

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Berkeley and Tucson

Posted on September 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Now back in the UK. Both visits were a lot of fun, and it was great to visit Berkeley for the first time – a lovely campus and great walks in the hills behind it – and Tucson again for … Continue reading →

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Thus Bakes Zarathustra on finishing a PhD

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

The brilliantly named ‘Thus Bakes Zarathustra’ (academic stuff meets cooking) has a really helpful advice post on finishing a PhD. Definitely worth a look if you are anywhere in that process, and also helpful for planning and completing any large … Continue reading →

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Translation, discuss

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting post, and developing discussion, about translation of philosophical texts, here.

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Territorial Masquerades on Spatiality and Power

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion here.

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‘How should we do the history of territory?’ – Berkeley audio

Posted on September 16, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my Berkeley talk is now available. Many thanks to Ilaria Giglioli for making the recording. “How should we do the history of territory”, University of California, Berkeley, 14 September 2011.

Posted in Conferences, Giovanni Botero, Gottfried Leibniz, Michel Foucault, Niccolò Machiavelli, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, Territory, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

Society and Space – supplementary website and book reviews

Posted on September 14, 2011 by stuartelden

The Society and Space supplementary website is now much more than a blog. It will include book reviews and other pieces additional to those in the print and online journal. The editors hope that the book review forum will become a major … Continue reading →

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Foucault sculpture in a nursing home

Posted on September 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Okay, this is odd. A Dutch nursing home, built in the form of a panopticon, has a sculpture of Foucault’s head and one forearm in the foyer. Brief video clip below, and story here. Thanks to Mark Kelly for the … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – Writing its History

Posted on September 13, 2011 by stuartelden

(Cross posted from Society and Space) I’ve recently completed work as the managing editor of a five volume compilation of papers from the four Environment and Planning journals. This is a collaborative venture between Pion, who publish the journals, and … Continue reading →

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Stuart Hall on neoliberalism

Posted on September 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in The Guardian. [Update longer versionin Soundings here – thanks to Peter Gratton, via Paul Gilroy, for the link]

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