Category Archives: Books

Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600 – now in paperback

Posted on May 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600: Hinterland, Territory, Region is now available in paperback. No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-states and … Continue reading →

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Talking about Publishing, Urban Territory, and lots else

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

I was involved in three events this week. The first was the most wide-ranging – a filmed conversation with Babette Babich at Fordham University, that ranged from contemporary territorial issues to Kant, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Lefebvre; Greek geography to … Continue reading →

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Books received – Foucault, Babich & Ginev, Chevallier

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve been trying not to accumulate books while in New York – despite living opposite Strand Books – to keep luggage weight down for the trip home. I am sure there is a small post mountain waiting for me back … Continue reading →

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Red Quill Books new website

Posted on May 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Red Quill Books, the radical publisher, have a new website.

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‘This is not a cover image’ – bad covers of books on Foucault

Posted on May 9, 2014 by stuartelden

A set of images of covers of books on Foucault… and their problems. I actually like the Lois McNay cover, but there are some hideous ones here… Something to bear in mind for Foucault’s Last Decade, though I continue to like … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s 1980-81 course Subjectivité et vérité is published today

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 lecture course Subjectivité et vérité has now been published. Amazon.fr have copies in stock. « L’hypothèse de travail est celle-ci : il est vrai que la sexualité comme expérience n’est évidemment pas indépendante des codes et du système des interdits, … Continue reading →

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E.P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left

Posted on April 30, 2014 by stuartelden

  E.P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left: Essays and Polemics by E. P. Thompson; edited by Cal Winslow – out in June with Monthly Review Press. More details and endorsements at the site – here’s the blurb. E. P. Thompson … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory – a short piece at the Politics@Warwick blog

Posted on April 28, 2014 by stuartelden

There is a short piece on The Birth of Territory at the Politics@Warwick blog.

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Christopher Pierson, Just Property: A History in the Latin West, Volume One – reviewed at NDPR

Posted on April 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Christopher Pierson, Just Property: A History in the Latin West, Volume One is reviewed at NDPR. This looks a fascinating study, which covers a similar time-period to my own The Birth of Territory, and a related, though distinct, concept. But what a shame … Continue reading →

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King Lear with Michael Pennington at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Posted on April 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Last night I went to see Michael Pennington in King Lear by the Theatre for a New Audience at the Polonsky Shakespeare Centre in Brooklyn. There are good reviews in The New York Times and NY Daily Times. As the reviews suggest, this is less … Continue reading →

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