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Marc Lombardo, Critique of Sovereignty, Book I – forthcoming from Punctum Books

Posted on July 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Critique of Sovereignty, Book I: Contemporary Theories of Sovereignty by Marc Lombardo – forthcoming from Punctum books Using the Western tradition of metaphysical and political thought as a backdrop, Critique of Sovereignty (a work in 4 volumes) re-examines the concept of sovereignty in order … Continue reading →

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Nine critical theory books from June

Posted on June 30, 2014 by stuartelden

critical-theory.com has a round-up of recently published books – Foucault, Lefebvre, Balso, Crary, etc.

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Leon Niemoczynski and Stephanie Theodorou (eds.) Animal Experience – open access book

Posted on June 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Leon Niemoczynski and Stephanie Theodorou (eds.) Animal Experience – open access book. An interesting, multi-media project. Details here. This “living” book about life explores the nature and meaning of the emotional lives of nonhuman animals, focusing on how those lives … Continue reading →

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Balibar, Equaliberty and Rancière Now reviewed at NDPR

Posted on June 29, 2014 by stuartelden

            Two interesting reviews at NDPR: Étienne Balibar, Equaliberty: Political Essays reviewed by Jonathan Joseph; and Oliver Davis (ed.), Rancière Now reviewed by Samuel A. Chambers.

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A Conversation between Stuart Elden and Babette Babich – Fordham University video

Posted on June 26, 2014 by stuartelden

A Conversation between Stuart Elden and Babette Babich A long discussion at the Fordham University television studios – ranges across my work and lots of topics, including territory today and historically, Lefebvre, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Shakespeare… Many thanks to Babette … Continue reading →

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Books received – Avila, Axelos, Bleiker, Branch, Tribe

Posted on June 25, 2014 by stuartelden

A few books received – Kostas Axelos’s final two books; Keith Tribe’s classic Land, Labour and Economic Discourse; Eric Avila, The Folklore of the Freeway; Roland Bleiker’s Aesthetics and World Politics; Jordan Branch’s The Cartographic State – and a pile of … Continue reading →

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Comments on territory for the Ice-Law workshop at Durham – audio recording

Posted on June 23, 2014 by stuartelden

I spent the second half of last week back in Durham at a workshop organised by Phil Steinberg on Ice Law or, to give it its full title – The IBRU Workshop on International Law, State Sovereignty, and the Ice-Land-Water Interface. I used … Continue reading →

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Sean Carter and Klaus Dodds – International Politics and Film: Space, Vision, Power

Posted on June 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Sean Carter and Klaus Dodds, International Politics and Film: Space, Vision, Power. International Politics and Film introduces readers to the representational qualities of film but also draws attention to how the relationship between the visual and the spatial is constitutive of … Continue reading →

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Explaining ISIS/ISIL – a roundup of things to read

Posted on June 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Between the lead-up to the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and around 2008, I read extensively on what was happening in the country. I wrote several articles and chapters on the territorial, legal and constitutional issues, many of which were … Continue reading →

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To Pass On a Good Earth: The Life and Work of Carl O. Sauer

Posted on June 14, 2014 by stuartelden

To Pass On a Good Earth: The Life and Work of Carl O. Sauer – Michael Williams with David Lowenthal and William M. Denevan, recently published by University of Virgina Press. To Pass On a Good Earth is the candid and compelling … Continue reading →

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