Author Archives: stuartelden

Terror and Territory reviewed in Choice

Posted on July 13, 2010 by stuartelden

Terror and Territory is reviewed in the July edition of Choice by Matthew O’Gara. The book is described as a “highly welcome work” that “interrogates the seemingly contradictory nature of state sovereignty”. It’s praised for refuting the claim that “the … Continue reading →

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China Mieville – Kraken

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

Crooked Timber has an interesting post that mentions the novelist China Mieville and his new novel Kraken. I first came across Mieville when he edited a special issue of the journal Historical Materialism on Marxism and fantasy. I had a piece on Lefebvre’s … Continue reading →

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Graham Harman interview

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

A new and detailed Graham Harman interview can be found here. Well worth a read.

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Jean Bodin

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

I think I may finally have finished with Jean Bodin. Bodin’s Six Livres de la République is probably more talked about than read, and there is no modern English translation of the complete work. (There is an abridged edition from … Continue reading →

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Taaffe Human Geography lecture

Posted on July 12, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been asked to give the Taaffe Human Geography lecture at Ohio State University later this year, probably in November. The lectures are named after Edward J. (‘Ned’) Taaffe. Taaffe himself gave the first lecture, and John Agnew, Brian Berry, Mike … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Family – Cambridge conference

Posted on July 10, 2010 by stuartelden

This looks interesting – unfortunately can’t make it but may be of interest to some. Details below and poster here. Foucault, the Family and Politics Friday, 12 November 2010, Kings College, Keynes Hall, Cambridge Attendance free – but please register. … Continue reading →

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Medieval Geographies

Posted on July 10, 2010 by stuartelden

With Keith Lilley and Veronica della Dora I’m organising four sessions on Medieval Geographies at the annual conference of the Royal Geographical Society in London in early September. The sessions are currently scheduled for 1 Sept. The abstracts and other … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Zizek, Harvey, Tour de France

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

You can watch a video of Zizek on Newsnight here You can download the first chapter of David Harvey’s Companion to Marx’s Capital here Tour de France – Mark Cavendish won again!

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Initial thoughts on Andreas Knichen

Posted on July 9, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been slowly struggling my way through Andreas Knichen’s 1600 book, De sublimi et regio territorii iure synoptica tractatio. Knichen was a German jurist and political advisor. Some thoughts:- – Knichen explicitly links the notion of Landeshoheit with superioritas territorialis. … Continue reading →

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The return of Aaaarg

Posted on July 8, 2010 by stuartelden

A new website, but it’s back – http://aaaaarg.org/login Thanks to Critical Animal for the news. I remain ambivalent about the site, as I said here when it closed this time.

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