Category Archives: People

Keith Ansell-Pearson reviews Sloterdijk

Posted on July 15, 2013 by stuartelden

Keith Ansell-Pearson reviews Sloterdijk’s The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice and You Must Change your Life in the LA Review of Books – thanks to Rory Rowan for the link.

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Foucault, La société punitive

Posted on July 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1972-73 Collège de France course, La société punitive, appears on amazon.fr with an October a late November 2013 publication date. It doesn’t yet appear on the Seuil page.

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Henri Lefebvre and Education

Posted on July 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Sue Middleton’s book Henri Lefebvre and Education: Space, Theory, History is forthcoming in November with Routledge. During his lifetime Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991) was renowned in France as a philosopher, sociologist and activist. Although he published more than 70 books, few were … Continue reading →

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Thinkers’ Corner – Jean Gottmann, The Significance of Territory in Geographica Helvetica

Posted on July 11, 2013 by stuartelden

The first 2013 issue of Geographica Helvetica included my assessment of Jean Gottmann’s The Significance of Territory, forty years since it was published. The piece is now available open access here.

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Roberto Esposito, Living Thought reviewed at NDPR

Posted on July 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Roberto Esposito’s book Living Thought is reviewed at NDPR.

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In Search of UIQ – Guattari and science-fiction

Posted on July 11, 2013 by stuartelden

A documentary about Guattari’s unrealised science-fiction movie, In Search of UIQ, has recently been released. It is discussed here. Thanks to Slawek Krolak for the link.

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Books received

Posted on July 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Amin and Thrift’s Arts of the Political; two old books by Elizabeth Grosz; the latest Sloterdijk books in English and German; the new Foucault lecture course; John Protevi’s Life, War, Earth (which I wrote an endorsement for); and the new … Continue reading →

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Gordillo – ‘Opaque Zones of Empire’ and the concept of terrain

Posted on July 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Gastón Gordillo recently posted the text of his AAG presentation, ‘Opaque Zones of Empire‘ to his Space and Politics blog. Derek Gregory picks up the discussion with a piece entitled ‘Terror and Terrain‘ at Geographical Imaginations. What is especially interesting … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory cover

Posted on July 1, 2013 by stuartelden

The book will be out in August – University of Chicago Press page here. Here’s what I say about the subject of the picture in the book: Irnerius (c.1050-c.1130) is a largely unknown figure, but he founded the school known … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on June 28, 2013 by stuartelden

The two new books by Franco Moretti; two on Palestine; the new edition of Lacoste’s classic, an interesting looking book for the Earth project, and the new issues of RIPE and Transactions.

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