Category Archives: Books

Books/Publishing

Posted on August 30, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at Brian Leiter’s blog, there is a discussion about publishing books. The initial questions are asked by a philosopher, but they are fairly generic for humanities/social sciences. My response to the questions would be something like this. I’ve included … Continue reading →

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Book Series news

Posted on August 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Speculative Heresy has news of a book series on biopolitics and community with Fordham University Press. It is edited by Timothy Campbell, and looks like it will mainly comprise translations, with forthcoming titles including ones by Jean-Luc Nancy and Roberto Esposito. … Continue reading →

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Perry Anderson on the historical novel

Posted on August 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Fairly interesting piece in the London Review of Books – discussing the differences between Lukács and Jameson’s Marxist accounts of the historical novel and examples such as Tolstoy, Scott, Lampedusa and Dumas.

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Tyneside Stop the War events

Posted on August 22, 2011 by stuartelden

From the Tyneside Stop the War coalition: The tenth anniversary of the invasion of Afghanistan on October 6th 2001 is fast approaching… …and Tyneside Stop the War is organising/supporting two events in early October 1. Wednesday 5th October – public … Continue reading →

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Colin McFarlane, Learning the City: Knowledge and Translocal Assemblage

Posted on August 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Colin McFarlane’s Learning the City: Knowledge and Translocal Assemblage is now out. From the publisher website: Learning the City: Translocal Assemblage and Urban Politics critically examines the relationship between knowledge, learning, and urban politics, arguing both for the centrality of learning … Continue reading →

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“Sovereignty, Territory and the Imperium” – review essay by Karena Shaw

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting review essay of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz’s The Constitution of Imperium has just appeared in Geopolitics (subscription required). Written by Karena Shaw of the School of Environmental Studies at the … Continue reading →

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RGS-IBG Medals and Awards ceremony proceedings published

Posted on August 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Michael Palin’s introduction, individual commendations and the speeches in response are now available, open access, here. Palin, M., Earle, S., Livingstone, D, Elden, S., Lowe, J. and Owen, L. Honouring geographers and contemporary exploration: from the archive to the ocean … Continue reading →

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Speaking Against Number price reduction

Posted on August 4, 2011 by stuartelden

My 2006 book on Heidegger, Speaking Against Number, has been reduced in price at last. It has been over £50 since publication, and a paperback, though initially promised, never appeared. It is now available, in the UK at least, for … Continue reading →

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What I’ve done so far this summer…

Posted on July 30, 2011 by stuartelden

I posted my list of things to do this summer some weeks ago. I don’t feel I’ve been at my most productive by a long way, due to a whole range of things, but… The two introductions to the Sage … Continue reading →

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Berkeley and Arizona lectures on territory

Posted on July 16, 2011 by stuartelden

The flight for my Berkeley and University of Arizona lectures in September is now booked. The lectures will be under the title ‘How should we do the history of territory?’ – which some may spot is a tribute to the piece Ian … Continue reading →

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