Category Archives: Books

When Greenblatt met Clinton

Posted on March 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Good story in Stephen Greenblatt, Shakespeare’s Freedom (pp. 74-75). Greenblatt says how he was invited to the the White House for a poetry evening, and President Clinton gave a speech which mentioned Macbeth. This was, he remarked wryly, not the most … Continue reading →

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Alex Loftus – Everyday Environmentalism

Posted on March 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting new book out by Alex Loftus – Everyday Environmentalism: Creating an Urban Political Ecology with University of Minnesota Press. UMP kindly sent me a publicity copy, and the timing was good – I read it immediately after Matthew Gandy’s … Continue reading →

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Biking in the City

Posted on March 17, 2012 by stuartelden

Only just got round to reading David Byrne’s Bicycle Diaries, which isn’t quite what I expected. There is stuff on cycling, but of a very particular kind, which is resolutely urban, definitely not about speed or exercise, but as a … Continue reading →

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Review of Terror and Territory

Posted on March 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Bit late noticing this one – nice review of Terror and Territory in The Canadian Geographer by Jeremy Kowalski (requires subscription). Interesting to see the take on the book proposed here, which is not how I would have put it, … Continue reading →

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Territory and Geopolitics

Posted on March 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Yesterday was the last lecture of new material on my level 3 module Territory and Geopolitics (handbook/reading list here). There is a revision lecture after the Easter break. Obviously it’s for those who took the class to say how it … Continue reading →

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Review of Jenny Edkins, Missing: Persons and Politics

Posted on March 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Over at the Society and Space open site you can find my review of Jenny Edkins’s new book from Cornell University Press, Missing: Persons and Politics.

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Heidegger’s handwriting

Posted on March 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Came across this again (it’s mentioned in Speaking Against Number). Something very interesting in seeing the handwriting of people you’d only before read in print. With Foucault and Lefebvre I’ve seen originals in the archives; with Heidegger at the Heidegger museum … Continue reading →

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Matt Hannah – Dark Territory Review forum

Posted on March 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Review forum on Matthew Hannah’s book Dark Territory in the Information Age – here (requires subscription). Pieces by Neil Smith, Stephen Legg, Bernd Beliner, Patricia Ehrkamp and Jeremy Crampton, with a reply by Hannah. Such a shame about the prohibitive … Continue reading →

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More free papers

Posted on February 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Another five papers I have uploaded to this site: Elden, S. Heidegger’s Animals. Continental Philosophy Review. 2006;39:273-91. Elden, S. Kostas Axelos and the World of the Arguments Circle. In: Bourg, J. After the Deluge: New Perspectives on Postwar French Intellectual … Continue reading →

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Is your packaging really necessary?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by stuartelden
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