Category Archives: Books

Heidegger’s handwriting

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

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

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?

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Cambridge discussion audio

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

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

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

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

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 →

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King’s College London talk

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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