Category Archives: Books

Timothy Mitchell, Carbon Democracy – paperback due in July

Posted on April 30, 2013 by stuartelden

I missed the hardback of this a while back, but the paperback is due in July. Carbon Democracy provides a unique examination of the relationship between oil and democracy. Interweaving the history of energy, political analysis, and economic theory, Mitchell … Continue reading →

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Mark Blyth on the Austerity Delusion

Posted on April 29, 2013 by stuartelden

Mark Blyth’s Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea has just come out; there is a summary of the argument in Foreign Affairs (open access). Thanks to Ben Rosamond for the link.

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On the shelf

Posted on April 28, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
Just came across this little essay by Francesca Mari on shelving books….

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Deleuze, Lefebvre, Gadamer, Dworkin, Gandhi, Churchill

Posted on April 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Some interesting company in the Bloomsbury Revelations series…

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Books received

Posted on April 25, 2013 by stuartelden

The new Oxford Dictionary of Human Geography, and the latest issues of Transactions and Annals. Rob Kitchin, one of the authors of the dictionary, reflects briefly on it here, and provides the text of the preface.

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Verso World History

Posted on April 25, 2013 by stuartelden

A number of books reissued as a series, including classic works by Robin Blackburn, Perry Anderson, Ernest Mandel, Lucian Febvre and Max Weber.

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After Neoliberalism? The Kilburn Manifesto

Posted on April 24, 2013 by stuartelden

Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey and Michael Rustin launch the Kilburn Manifesto. Stuart Hall explains the purpose in The Guardian; and the first chapter can be downloaded here. Although the neoliberal economic settlement is unravelling, its  political underpinning remains largely unchallenged. … Continue reading →

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On writing books

Posted on April 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Yesterday I reblogged Graham Harman’s post about his forthcoming Latour book Prince of Nodes (a sequel to Prince of Networks). In that post he reflects on how this means he is contracted to write three books simultaneously.  He suggests that … Continue reading →

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Louise Amoore, The Politics of Possibility

Posted on April 19, 2013 by stuartelden

My friend and Durham colleague Louise Amoore’s forthcoming book, The Politics of Possibility: Risk and Security Beyond Probability, now has a page up at Duke University Press site. It looks great: Since September 11, 2001, the imagination of “low probability, … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on April 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Rosi Bradotti, The Posthuman; Mark Purcell, The Down-Deep Delight of Democracy (to review); Laurence Hemming’s Heidegger and Marx (which I endorsed); Neve Gordon’s Israel’s Occupation; the launch issue of Territory, Politics, Governance (which has an essay from me in it); … Continue reading →

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