Category Archives: People

Rousseau – Property, Land, Territory

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Mark Purcell points to Rousseau’s ‘denunciation of property’ in the second discourse: The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough to believe him, … Continue reading →

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David Tennant as Richard II @TheRSC – some thoughts

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

I went to see Shakespeare’s Richard II in Stratford yesterday. David (Dr Who) Tennant was King Richard, but a very strong cast generally – Oliver Ford Davies as the Duke of York, Michael Pennington as John of Gaunt, Nigel Lindsay … Continue reading →

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Irish Left Review interview with David Harvey

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting out-takes from an interview with David Harvey, at Irish Left Review. The full print interview is longer, though excerpts are available in Red Pepper. The latter discusses his next book, The Seventeen Contradictions of Capitalism, due out next year.

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David Harvey, A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2 – a brief review

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve previously posted about David Harvey’s A Companion to Marx’s Capital: Volume 2 being published. I’ve now had a chance to read it, and to my mind it’s even better than the first volume A Companion to Marx’s Capital which appeared in 2010. … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Two books for the Althusser project; Marcelo Hoffman’s Foucault and Power; Michael Dear’s Why Walls Won’t Work; and the latest Society and Space.

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Derek Gregory, Juan Cole and China Miéville on Israel/Palestine

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

In Feedly this morning, a powerful juxtaposition – Derek Gregory on the West Bank wall, and Juan Cole on Israel’s new settlements in the West Bank. Derek links to a new photo essay by China Miéville presented at the Palestinian Literary … Continue reading →

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Louise Amoore, The Politics of Possibility – preview available

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

You can read the introduction to Louise Amoore’s The Politics of Possibility here. Duke’s own site says the book is in stock, though online book stores don’t seem to have it yet.

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Shakespeare Aloud! – Macbeth in Stratford

Posted on November 3, 2013 by stuartelden

I went to an interesting version of Macbeth in Stratford last night, performed by the Shakespeare Aloud! group, with only six actors. It was heavily cut, with most of the more political discussion scenes missing, but it kept the core of … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner video on Place, Capitalism and the Right to the City

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

Impressive twenty minute presentation via @urbantheorylab

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China Miéville video on Marxism and Halloween

Posted on November 1, 2013 by stuartelden

via the Pluto Press blog.

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