Category Archives: Books

David Tennant as Richard II @TheRSC – some thoughts

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

I went to see Shakespeare’s Richard II in Stratford yesterday. David (Dr Who) Tennant was King Richard, but a very strong cast generally – Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke of York, Michael Pennington as John of Gaunt, Nigel Lindsay … Continue reading →

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David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2 – a brief review

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve previously posted about David Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2 being published. I’ve now had a chance to read it, and to my mind it’s even better than the first volume A Companion to Marx’s Capital which appeared in 2010. … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Two books for the Althusser project; Marcelo Hoffman’s Foucault and Power; Michael Dear’s Why Walls Won’t Work; and the latest Society and Space.

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Critical-Theory.com’s five books that came out in October – Balibar, Spanos, Morton, Jameson, Hancox

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

List and details here.

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More books received

Posted on October 30, 2013 by stuartelden

All from University of Chicago Press in recompense for some review work – some interesting books from Eric Santner, Cary Wolfe, Derrida, Tracy B. Strong, and a couple on political theology and/or Shakespeare.

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Foucault’s Last Decade – fourth update

Posted on October 25, 2013 by stuartelden

It has been a long time since the third update on the book I’m writing entitled Foucault’s Last Decade, under contract with Polity Press. Since that last update I’ve moved house and started a new job – both of which have … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Miles Davis, Ghanaian sunshine…

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stuartelden
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Shakespeare, Politics, Territory – a talk for prospective Warwick students

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stuartelden

On 21st October I gave a short talk to prospective students at the University of Warwick. These were students between the ages of 15 and 18. The topic, which was suggested for me, was ‘Shakespeare, Politics, Territory’. It’s pitched at … Continue reading →

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Ian Gregory talk at Warwick – reflections on GIS and historical and literary texts

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Earlier this week I attended a talk by Ian Gregory of the University of Lancaster, on the way GIS and the digital humanities more generally can be useful in reading historical and literary texts. Gregory has a background in Geography … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on October 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Mainly in recompense for review work – Matthew Farish, The Contours of America’s Cold War; Braun & Whatmore, Political Matter; Sampson, Virality; Goldberg, Tempest in the Caribbean; Rutherford, Governing the Wild; Reece Jones, Border Walls and the latest issue of … Continue reading →

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