Category Archives: Books

Cambridge discussion audio

Posted on February 20, 2012 by stuartelden

The audio recording of the discussion on 16 February 2012 with Adam Ramadan is now available. Many thanks to Adam for asking the questions and John Mason and the Cambridge University Geographical Society for inviting me and organising the event. Apart from a … Continue reading →

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Security and Geopolitical Space – readings

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

My visit to the University of Kentucky for the Committee on Social Theory is part of a class on ‘Security’. The idea is that the four visiting speakers give public lectures and then have a discussion session with the students taking … Continue reading →

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Discussion with Adam Ramadan, Cambridge, 16 February 2012

Posted on February 10, 2012 by stuartelden

The talk for the 16 February 2012, 7pm, at the Cambridge University Geographical Society will be in the form of a discussion with Adam Ramadan. We will be talking about my political work on territory in Terror and Territory; the more recent historical … Continue reading →

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Leeds talk on territory – this week

Posted on February 6, 2012 by stuartelden

This week I make the short trip to the University of Leeds to give the lecture ‘How should we do the history of territory?” This is the same talk I gave at KCL last week. Full details here.

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Five free downloads

Posted on February 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I’ve uploaded the pdfs of these five papers. I’ll put another five up when I have the chance. This page has the complete list of all the things I know are available free online. Elden, S. Another sense of Demos: … Continue reading →

Posted in Henri Lefebvre, Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

King’s College London talk

Posted on January 31, 2012 by stuartelden

Wednesday 1st February, 12 noon, “How should we do the history of territory?” Pyramid Room, Geography Department, King’s College London, 4th floor King’s Building.  

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The Epic Mode and Territory

Posted on January 28, 2012 by stuartelden

This is a question I received that I can’t answer – anyone reading this have a sense of whether this has been done, is possible, or plausible? The request comes from Joel Gladd (jgladd@wisc.edu) but do please reply through comments. … Continue reading →

Posted in Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Territory, The Birth of Territory | 4 Comments

Air-Target and the Politics of Verticality

Posted on January 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Some very interesting looking pieces in a recent issue of Theory, Culture and Society – thanks to Oliver Belcher for the link. Will be good reading for my ‘volume’ work. Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, and Alison J. Williams, “Introduction: Air-target: Distance, … 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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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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