Category Archives: Books

Terror and Territory response

Posted on January 25, 2011 by stuartelden

The most enjoyable task of the day was drafting a response to four engagements with my Terror and Territory book. The pieces – by Katharyne Mitchell, Gunnar Olsson, Adam Ramadan and Michael Smith – were originally presented at the Association of … Continue reading →

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Bartolus consilia found

Posted on January 13, 2011 by stuartelden

A week ago I discussed the last few references I’ve been trying to find for The Birth of Territory. I’m back at the British Library today, and thought I would just check one more time. And I found the Bartolus … Continue reading →

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Die Entstehung des Territorium

Posted on January 12, 2011 by stuartelden

The text of my Erlangen lecture ‘The Emergence of Territory’ has now been translated into German and is available as a working paper here. My sincere thanks to Henning Füller, Georg Glasz and their colleagues for this work. It must … Continue reading →

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Book lovers

Posted on January 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Another one for the bibliophiles…

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Michael Eldred e-book

Posted on January 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Michael Eldred, Social Ontology : Recasting Political Philosophy Through a Phenomenology of Whoness, second edition, is now available as a free e-book here.

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Heidegger Among the Sculptors

Posted on January 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Just finished reading Andrew Mitchell, Heidegger Among the Sculptors: Body, Space, and the Art of Dwelling. It’s an interesting read, discussing four places where Heidegger engages with sculpture and/or sculptors. This includes the best known piece ‘Art and Space’, inspired … Continue reading →

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Bookshelves

Posted on January 8, 2011 by stuartelden

This site is bound to please the bibliophiles out there…

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Graham Harman on Open Access Publishing

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Some interesting thoughts here, based on his experience with The Speculative Turn, and Prince of Networks. Much of this is undoubtedly right, and I think there is a lot of potential for these kinds of publishing outlets. 4-5,000 downloads of … Continue reading →

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Triptych, not a Trilogy

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

On one the interesting things in the Wu Ming interview comes in the third section of the audio, where they describe their Manituana book as the first in a triptych, not a trilogy. The second is on the French Revolution. … Continue reading →

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Four out of six

Posted on January 4, 2011 by stuartelden

I should have noted in the earlier message that these were not just any six references, but included three or four of the most problematic in the book, which I’d not left to last through choice or neglect, but because … Continue reading →

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