Category Archives: My Publications

Some more free downloads

I’ve been posting up old papers here for a while, but haven’t done any recently. Here are a few more: Elden, S. & Williams, A. The Territorial Integrity of Iraq, 2003-2007: Invocation, Violation, Viability. Geoforum. 2009;40:407-417. Elden, S. The War … Continue reading

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Thomas Meyer’s Beowulf

The latest book from Punctum is Thomas Meyer’s translation of Beowulf. No ordinary translation – typographically and linguistically this is very different and this is a beautifully produced edition. It’s available free online or for a small price. You can … Continue reading

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2013 publications

There will be three journal articles out in 2013, along with The Birth of Territory. Two of the articles are related to that book, but take arguments in different directions and link to future projects on Shakespeare and Foucault. The third links … Continue reading

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Global Politics: A New Introduction – second edition

Routledge now have a page up for the second edition of this textbook – 696 pages. It is due out in December. There are a number of new chapters, and revisions to the others. I have a chapter in here … Continue reading

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Back from Edinburgh

Good few days in Edinburgh, with a chance to catch up with old friends, though the rotten weather didn’t show the city at its finest. The ‘Bodies in Movement’ seminar on Coriolanus went well, with some really excellent responses from Paul … Continue reading

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Self-publishing articles

Graham Harman has an interesting series of posts on self-publishing articles (or open-access publishing). Initial thoughts here; a second-thought here; and a response and his thoughts on that. Part of this is, as he acknowledges, the security that being a … Continue reading

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Next things to do

The manuscript for The Birth of Territory, the image files and all the permissions paperwork went to University of Chicago Press yesterday. Of course, there are still copy-editing queries, proofs, index, cover discussions, marketing questionnaires and so on to come, but … Continue reading

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Mayhew on Historical Geography and Intellectual History

Robert Mayhew’s review essay of some books on these topics has just appeared in Journal of Historical Geography (requires subscription). Among the books discussed is Reading Kant’s Geography. Here are a couple of excerpts discussing that book: For the present reviewer, per … Continue reading

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The Birth of Territory – final revisions

Over the past several weeks I’ve been working hard on the final stages of revision of The Birth of Territory manuscript. Some of this has been responding to referee reports; some to my own thoughts on returning to the manuscript … Continue reading

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More downloads

It’s been a while since I put a few papers up online. Here are five more – Elden, S. Reassessing Kant’s Geography. Journal of Historical Geography. 2009;35:3-25. Elden, S. Taking the measure of the Beiträge: Heidegger, National Socialism and the … Continue reading

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