Category Archives: Books

Nietzsche – Beyond Good and Evil / On the Genealogy of Morality

Posted on June 1, 2013 by stuartelden

The next volume of the Stanford University Press Nietzsche translations will be Volume 8, Beyond Good and Evil / On the Genealogy of Morality, translated by Adrian del Caro. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for the link. Read the full Preface … Continue reading →

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Duke University Press political theory sale

Posted on May 28, 2013 by stuartelden

Some good political theory books at 20% off – details here.

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Books received

Posted on May 28, 2013 by stuartelden

The Korean translation of Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis (including my introduction from the English translation); Jacob Taubes, To Carl Schmitt; Richard J. Bernstein’s Violence; and the 2013 diary from Passia, with a wealth of maps, information and data on Palestine, along with … Continue reading →

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The Funambulist Pamphlets

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

One of my favourite blogs, The Funambulist, teams up with one of the most interesting and challenging new publishing outlets, Punctum Books, to produce a series of little books on themes covered on the blog. The twelve first volumes are … Continue reading →

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Writing for readers

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Short comment piece in The Chronicle on writing, readers and changes to publishing. Thanks to Annick Wibben for the link.

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The Dimensions of Territory – audio of talk at Al Quds Bard Honors College

Posted on May 20, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my talk earlier this month at Al Quds Bard Honors College, “The Dimensions of Territory”, is available here. For people who know my work on territory it doesn’t have much new, but it tries to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Eyal Weizman, Michel Foucault, Paul Virilio, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Stephen Graham, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, urban/urbanisation | 1 Comment

Authors’ annotations to their novels

Posted on May 19, 2013 by stuartelden

The Guardian has some interesting annotations from authors to their own books.

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The Birth of Territory endorsements

Posted on May 16, 2013 by stuartelden

As The Birth of Territory inches towards publication, the University of Chicago Press page now has three endorsements for the book. Neil Brenner, Harvard University “Stuart Elden has written a pathbreaking book on a foundational concept in modern political and … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on May 14, 2013 by stuartelden

A lot of books arrived while I was away. Many of these are background reading on Israel/Palestine, a couple of which I’d read before, but Maha Samman’s Trans-Colonial Urban Space in Palestine is to review; the new issues of Society … Continue reading →

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David Morris, A Sense of Space – now in paperback

Posted on May 3, 2013 by stuartelden

David Morris’s book A Sense of Space, in the excellent SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy, is now available in paperback. A phenomenological account of spatial perception in relation to the lived body. The Sense of Space brings together space … Continue reading →

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