Author Archives: stuartelden

Society and Space – interviews

Posted on August 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Over the years the journal has run a number of interviews with prominent theorists and philosophers. Some of these include Anthony Giddens, Raymond Williams, Henri Lefebvre, Edward Said, Alain Badiou, Michael Goodchild (1999 and 2009), and John Urry. There have also … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – 28 volumes

Posted on August 16, 2010 by stuartelden

The journal I edit, Society and Space, is in its 28th volume. It’s published a very large number of papers in that time. I previously gave some figures about this. I’m now beginning to create a long list of papers … Continue reading →

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Locke, land and coercion

Posted on August 15, 2010 by stuartelden

From Crooked Timber The standard Lockean case for (propertarian) libertarianism rests on the (universally false) assumption that an appropriation of land leaves “enough and as good” for anyone else. As long as land can be stolen from people who are … Continue reading →

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Postgraduate Research Associate post

Posted on August 15, 2010 by stuartelden

Three year post to work with Joe Painter at Durham, in “political geography with particular reference to  the geography of the state and citizenship, urban political economy, and socio-spatial theory”. Details here

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Heidegger and Cassirer

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

An interesting looking book on Heidegger and Cassirer just out, beginning with their 1929 encounter in Davos, but it looks like it goes a way beyond this. Details here. Great cover photo too.

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Terms of Debate

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Speaking about Locke, and the way that in constructing his argument as a refutation of Filmer he was able to set the terms of debate in a way that favoured his position, but the general point is worth making: A … Continue reading →

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Zizek documentary film

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

(from the Verso blog)

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Accelerationism

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

K-Punk has news of an intriguing event on the 14th September, in London. Among others, Ray Brassier (author of Nihil Unbound) and Robin Mackay (editor of Collapse) are speaking. K-Punk links to two intriguing forthcoming books: the Nick Land anthology Fanged … Continue reading →

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Gratton on Heidegger, and the Beiträge

Posted on August 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton’s response to the Heidegger posts is thoughtful and balanced. He is surely right that any book on the 30s would have to deal with the Nazi question in a way that would dominate the rest of the story. … Continue reading →

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More on Heidegger in the 20s and 30s

Posted on August 11, 2010 by stuartelden

Graham responds to my earlier post on Heidegger here. I don’t think it’s as much of a disagreement as he thinks. Basically there seem to be three issues. – Graham wants a biography for that period, and says that the … Continue reading →

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