Category Archives: Books

In defence of edited collections

Posted on July 23, 2013 by stuartelden

At the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog, three people offer defences of edited collections.

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Foucault’s Last Decade – initial work

Posted on July 22, 2013 by stuartelden

I thought I’d begin writing something each week or so on what I’ve done on this project. I know that this book is going to take some time to come together, and that I may need to set it aside … Continue reading →

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Kirsch on Lefebvre’s State, Space, World

Posted on July 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Scott Kirsch’s thorough review of Lefebvre’s State, Space, World in Antipode is now available open access here.

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Foucault’s Last Decade

Posted on July 15, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve just signed a contract with Polity for a book entitled Foucault’s Last Decade. I had a really good experience with Polity for the Sloterdijk Now edited volume, and am very pleased to be working with them and the philosophy editor Emma … Continue reading →

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Foucault, La société punitive

Posted on July 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1972-73 Collège de France course, La société punitive, appears on amazon.fr with an October a late November 2013 publication date. It doesn’t yet appear on the Seuil page.

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Books received

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Amin and Thrift’s Arts of the Political; two old books by Elizabeth Grosz; the latest Sloterdijk books in English and German; the new Foucault lecture course; John Protevi’s Life, War, Earth (which I wrote an endorsement for); and the new … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory cover

Posted on July 1, 2013 by stuartelden

The book will be out in August – University of Chicago Press page here. Here’s what I say about the subject of the picture in the book: Irnerius (c.1050-c.1130) is a largely unknown figure, but he founded the school known … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on June 28, 2013 by stuartelden

The two new books by Franco Moretti; two on Palestine; the new edition of Lacoste’s classic, an interesting looking book for the Earth project, and the new issues of RIPE and Transactions.

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David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2

Posted on June 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Forthcoming in September from Verso, David Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2. The first volume A Companion to Marx’s Capital appeared in 2010. Videos of the lectures on which these books are based are available at http://davidharvey.org/reading-capital/

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Nigeria at Fifty reviewed

Posted on June 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Nigeria at Fifty: The Nation in Narration, edited by Ebenezer Obadare and Wale Adebanwi, is reviewed at E-IR.

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