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Claudio Minca and Rory Rowan, On Schmitt and Space – now published with Routledge

Posted on July 31, 2015 by stuartelden

Claudio Minca and Rory Rowan, On Schmitt and Space – now published with Routledge. Currently only in expensive hardback, but paperback to follow. This book represents the first comprehensive study of the influential German legal and political thinker Carl Schmitt’s spatial … Continue reading →

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Kostas Axelos, Introduction to a Future Way of Thought: On Marx and Heidegger – now available in print and open-access pdf

Posted on July 29, 2015 by stuartelden

Kostas Axelos, Introduction to a Future Way of Thought: On Marx and Heidegger, translated by Kenneth Mills, and edited and introduced by Stuart Elden. I’ve just received hard-copies of this book. It is now available to buy in print from Amazon as well as … Continue reading →

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Two posts on writing at The Sociological Imagination and An und für sich

Posted on July 24, 2015 by stuartelden

Two posts on writing at The Sociological Imagination and An und für sich. The first talks about writing being disconnected from the internet, and whether this works for different writers or not. It’s written by David Beer, reflecting on the … Continue reading →

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David Harvey discusses his recent work at Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi (May 2015 video)

Posted on July 24, 2015 by stuartelden

Via a comment on a post commenting on my post on writing after completing a book ms.

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How to make our cities open and democratic – Bradley Garrett TEDx talk (video)

Posted on July 23, 2015 by stuartelden

How to make our cities open and democratic – Bradley Garrett TEDxSouthamptonUniversity

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Active Intolerance: Michel Foucault, the Prisons Information Group, and the Future of Abolition – forthcoming in December 2015

Posted on July 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Perry Zurn and Andrew Dilts (eds.), Active Intolerance: Michel Foucault, the Prisons Information Group, and the Future of Abolition – forthcoming in December 2015 from Palgrave. I was one of the readers of the manuscript to provide an endorsement – it’s a very good and interesting … Continue reading →

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The week after completing a book – initial new work on Shakespeare and Foucault

Posted on July 17, 2015 by stuartelden

When I finished my first book, Mapping the Present, I remember asking a much more senior academic friend ‘what do I do now?’ His response was clear: ‘Write another one!’ This came back to me this week as I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, ‘The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology’ – translation and introduction now out in Antipode open access

Posted on July 17, 2015 by stuartelden

A new translation of a piece by Lefebvre, along with an introduction, is now available in Antipode early view – both open access: Henri Lefebvre, The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology : Contribution to the International Congress of Sociology, … Continue reading →

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How We Write: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blank Page – edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari, forthcoming from Punctum

Posted on July 16, 2015 by stuartelden

How We Write: Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blank Page – edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari, forthcoming from Punctum. This little book arose spontaneously, in the late spring of 2015, when a series of conversations emerged — first in … Continue reading →

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Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance: Uncollected Interviews – edited by Richard G. Smith and David B. Clarke

Posted on July 14, 2015 by stuartelden

A chance encounter with Richard Smith at the British Library alerted me to this new collection: Jean Baudrillard: From Hyperreality to Disappearance: Uncollected Interviews – edited by Richard G. Smith and David B. Clarke. This new collection gathers 23 highly insightful … Continue reading →

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