Category Archives: Books

Chapter Eight

Posted on November 29, 2010 by stuartelden

Chapter Eight is now done. It needed work in two main areas – expanding and developing the treatment of Luther; and dramatically cutting down the discussion of King Lear. The Lear material might make a journal article in its expanded … Continue reading →

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Sidaway on Terror and Territory

Posted on November 28, 2010 by stuartelden

James Sidaway’s very generous review of my Terror and Territory in the Annals of the Association of American Geographers is now available here. This is a compact and sharp book. It is also one that, as a geographer, I am … Continue reading →

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Chapter Seven

Posted on November 26, 2010 by stuartelden

The work on Chapter Seven in this redraft was minor. This is largely because of the amount of work I’d already put into this chapter; a chapter which caused me more textual difficulties than any other. The chapter discusses Roman law, … Continue reading →

Posted in Baldus de Ubaldis, Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Francisco de Vitoria, Hugo Grotius, Irnerius, Medieval Studies, The Birth of Territory | 1 Comment

Chapter Four

Posted on November 26, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve now finally completed the work on Chapter Four, which required the most extensive work in this redraft. The chapter begins with a discussion of the Donation of Constantine, which claimed to be a text from the fourth century, was forged … Continue reading →

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A busy week

Posted on November 19, 2010 by stuartelden

Gave a workshop on publishing with graduate students in geography at University of Washington on Monday, plus a few follow-up meetings. I was invited to come to a class in the Geopolitics course at UW, where the students had been … Continue reading →

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Brenner and Elden on Lefebvre, now in Italian

Posted on November 16, 2010 by stuartelden

The piece Neil Brenner and I wrote on Lefebvre – “Henri Lefebvre on State, Space, Territory”, International Political Sociology, Vol 3 No 4, 2009, pp. 353–377 – has now been translated into Italian – “Stato, Spazio e Territorio”, translated by Pasquale Alferj, … Continue reading →

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Oregon – geography talk and the RPA

Posted on November 14, 2010 by stuartelden

I gave a version of ‘The Birth of Territory’ talk to the dept of geography at the University of Oregon. Some good discussion and some very nice meetings with faculty and grad students. It’s a strong department with some interesting … Continue reading →

Posted in Bill Martin, Conferences, Enrique Dussel, Marie-Eve Morin, Peter Gratton, The Birth of Territory, Travel | 1 Comment

Chapter Six

Posted on November 11, 2010 by stuartelden

I’m still chipping away at Chapter Four. It requires some new reading so is taking a while. But Chapter Six is now done. It begins with a discussion of the struggle between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip the Fair … Continue reading →

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Chapter Five

Posted on November 9, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve not yet finished work on Chapter Four, but I have completed the redraft of Chapter Five. Chapter Five begins with a reading of John of Salisbury, particularly his Policraticus, but also some discussion of his Metalogicon and other writings. … Continue reading →

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Books – availability

Posted on November 7, 2010 by stuartelden

Terror and Territory has now been out for a year, and is into its second printing. Despite how the Continuum website portrays my Mapping the Present and Understanding Henri Lefebvre, the books are not out of print, but out of … Continue reading →

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