Category Archives: People

Terricide – Lefebvre, Geopolitics and the Killing of the Earth

Posted on February 8, 2013 by stuartelden

This is my abstract for the August 2013 Royal Geographical Society (with Institute of British Geographers) annual conference. It will be part of the sessions organised by Nigel Clark, Kathryn Yusoff and Arun Saldanha on ‘Geo-Social Formations: Capitalism and the … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler’s remarks at Brooklyn College

Posted on February 8, 2013 by stuartelden

The Nation has published Judith Butler’s talk to the event at Brooklyn College on the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement.

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Exhuming Mackinder

Posted on February 8, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Robert Kaplan’s The Revenge of Geography before, along with some critical reviews, but I’ve now read the damn thing. One of the most peculiar elements is the attempt to exhume Mackinder, as if this is the cutting edge … Continue reading →

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Secure the Volume – Political Geography paper available

Posted on February 7, 2013 by stuartelden

My paper “Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power” has now been published by Political Geography in their ‘articles in press’ section [open access here]. They’ve not yet posted the responses by Peter Adey and Gavin Bridge … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre, autogestion, Mexico and Turkey

Posted on February 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Ertan Erol, one of Adam David Morton’s PhD students, discusses how Lefebvre’s notion of autogestion, especially in the State, Space, World collection is helpful in understanding spaces of difference and capitalist space in Mexico and Turkey at For the Desk … Continue reading →

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Anti-Security – A Declaration

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Finally got round to looking at a copy of Anti-Security, edited by Mark Neocleous and George S. Rigakos, which came out in 2011. After a brief introduction, there is a powerful ‘declaration’ which sets out the academic and political rationale … Continue reading →

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Brooklyn College, Butler, Arendt and Academic Freedom

Posted on February 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Judith Butler continues to be criticised for her support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions program, most recently for the debate due to be hosted at Brooklyn College on 7th February. Various people including Alan Dershowitz have said such an event … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on February 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Mainly as recompense for review work, a good mix of old and new books, including Esposito’s Terms of the Political, Beatrice Hanssen’s Critique of Violence, Brad Evans, Liberal Terror, and a number of books by Sartre.

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Judith Butler at the American Academy of Religion

Posted on February 4, 2013 by stuartelden

A20-402 Plenary Address: Judith Butler from American Academy of Religion on Vimeo. (via Berfrois)

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Chomsky on the decline of US power

Posted on February 4, 2013 by stuartelden

At Informed Comment, an excerpt from a chapter in Power Systems: Conversations on Global Democratic Uprisings and the New Challenges to U.S. Empire, Noam Chomsky’s new interview book with David Barsamian.  

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