Category Archives: Terror and Territory

100 years since the Locarno Treaties and territorial integrity today

Posted on November 30, 2025 by stuartelden

On 1 December 1925, the Locarno Treaties were signed by Germany, France, Great Britain, Belgium and Italy, with some of the additional treaties also including Poland and Czechoslovakia as signatories. Negotiated in Switzerland in October, the final signing was in … Continue reading →

Posted in Jean Gottmann, Politics, Sunday Histories, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

The Territory of the Vocabulary and the Vocabulary of Territory: Emile Benveniste 

Posted on March 30, 2025 by stuartelden

If I was writing The Birth of Territory again, I would certainly have found a little space for a brief discussion of Émile Benveniste and his Le Vocabulaire des institutions indo-européennes, now available in English again as the Dictionary of Indo-European Concepts and Society and open access … Continue reading →

Posted in Antoine Meillet, Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Reinhart Koselleck, Sunday Histories, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory | 6 Comments

Stuart Elden and Morteza Hajizadeh – New Books Network discussion of The Birth of Territory

Posted on August 20, 2024 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden and Morteza Hajizadeh – New Books discussion of The Birth of Territory Although I’ve done quite a few interviews for the New Books Network with Dave O’Brien, these were on the Foucault books and Shakespearean Territories. So I … Continue reading →

Posted in Shakespearean Territories, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

Shifting Territory and Sovereignty: People, Place and Power – interview on Radio Northern Beaches

Posted on December 14, 2021 by stuartelden

Shifting Territory and Sovereignty: People, Place and Power – interview on Radio Northern Beaches with Michael Lester, Not a great recording of my voice, but hopefully listenable. in conversation with stuart elden, professor, political theory and geography, warwick university, uk, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Michel Foucault, Shakespearean Territories, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Gavin Hollis reviews Shakespearean Territories in Renaissance Quarterly (open access)

Posted on July 6, 2021 by stuartelden

Gavin Hollis generously reviews my 2018 book Shakespearean Territories in Renaissance Quarterly (open access). The work of the prolific political theorist and geographer Stuart Elden merits further engagement by literary historians of early modernity, in particular anyone interested in matters … Continue reading →

Posted in Shakespearean Territories, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

Terrains and Territories – Stuart Elden and Nico Buitendag discussion at Undisciplined

Posted on May 4, 2020 by stuartelden

Terrains and Territories – Stuart Elden and Nico Buitendag discussion at Undisciplined Many thanks to Nico for this invitation, and for a wide-ranging discussion that touches on nearly everything I’ve worked on. This is part of a series of discussions … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Carl Schmitt, Daniel Defert, Edward Soja, Foucault's Last Decade, Foucault: The Birth of Power, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gaston Gordillo, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping the Present, Martin Heidegger, Matthew Hannah, Michel Foucault, Politics, Shakespearean Territories, Slavoj Zizek, Speaking Against Number, terrain, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Birth of Territory, The Early Foucault, Theory, Uncategorized, Understanding Henri Lefebvre, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Pod Save Austria – English version of talk and discussion on ‘Terror and the State of Territory’

Posted on June 15, 2018 by stuartelden

I shared the German version of this last week, but the English version is now available online. Pod Save Austria – ‘Terror and the State of Territory’ It begins with a 15 minute talk by me, and then a discussion … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, Territory, Terror and Territory, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Terror und Territorium – podcast with Stuart Elden, Gudrun Harrer and Saskia Stachowitsch (in German)

Posted on June 6, 2018 by stuartelden

Terror und Territorium – podcast with me (dubbed in German), Gudrun Harrer and Saskia Stachowitsch. The rest of the series is here. https://soundcloud.com/user-962332806/episode-6-terror-und-territorium Die Verbindung von Staat und Territorium galt lange als fixiert, die Welt geteilt durch Grenzen, die klar … Continue reading →

Posted in terrain, Territory, Terror and Territory, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Pod save Austria: Addresses on the State of the Nation(s), 14-20 May 2018

Posted on May 8, 2018 by stuartelden

I’ll be speaking at this event, with my talk on 19 May on the topic of ‘Terror and the State of Territory’. Gudrun Harrer and Saskia Stachowitsch will be responding. My talk will draw on previous work on territory, both … Continue reading →

Posted in terrain, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Stuart Elden, Speaking Against Number (EUP 2006) now available at reduced price

Posted on July 3, 2017 by stuartelden

My 2006 book Speaking Against Number: Heidegger, Language and the Politics of Calculation is now available at reduced price from Edinburgh University Press. It was only ever published in hardback, and previously available only at a very high price. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Martin Heidegger, Politics, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Uncategorized | Leave a comment