Category Archives: People

Urban Geopolitics

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

At the Antipode blog, Marijn Nieuwenhuis has an interesting post on Urban Geopolitics in the wake of the London Olympics. He mentions the Territorial Support Group’s ‘Total Policing’ map I linked to a few weeks back. Marijn discusses Foucault and … Continue reading →

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Ben Anderson on ‘rapid response’

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

Ben Anderson has a piece on ‘Rapid Response’ at the Berfrois website, which begins with the shooting at the cinema in Aurora, but draws out more general issues about states of emergency. Phil Steinberg and Derek Gregory have both written … Continue reading →

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Peter Gratton – Spinoza and the Biopolitical Roots of Modernity audio available

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

The audio recording of Peter Gratton’s talk ‘Spinoza and the Biopolitical Roots of Modernity’ at UWS is now available (from here, via’s Peter’s blog). Abstract: Much has been written about bio-political sovereignty in the wake of Giorgio Agamben’s work, which relies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Baruch Spinoza, Carl Schmitt, Conferences, Giorgio Agamben, Hannah Arendt, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Society and Space | 2 Comments

Leibniz and Geography references

Posted on August 16, 2012 by stuartelden

Thanks for the comments on the previous post on this. As a couple of people asked, I’ve uploaded the bibliography for the paper. It’s not a reading list on the topic, because there are things referenced that are not directly … Continue reading →

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Harman, Morton and Bennett papers now available

Posted on August 14, 2012 by stuartelden

The Harman, Morton and Bennett papers I mentioned yesterday on Object-Orientated literary criticism have been uploaded here.

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Geographers on Leibniz – a question

Posted on August 14, 2012 by stuartelden
Posted in Clarence J. Glacken, David Harvey, David N. Livingstone, Doreen Massey, Gilles Deleuze, Gottfried Leibniz | 9 Comments

Object-Orientated Literary Criticism

Posted on August 13, 2012 by stuartelden

In the latest issue of New Literary History, Graham Harman, Timothy Morton and Jane Bennett discuss object-orientated literary criticism. Harman’s piece begins with an overview of his approach, which is a useful starter for those unfamiliar, but moves into criticism … Continue reading →

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Łukasz Stanek – Henri Lefebvre on Space

Posted on August 13, 2012 by stuartelden

I finally got round to reading Łukasz Stanek, Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory, which has been out for a little while. The book is extremely well researched, and filled with interesting discoveries from … Continue reading →

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Heidegger and Schmitt correspondence (again)

Posted on August 11, 2012 by stuartelden

Twenty-five years after they first published it, Telos are again highlighting the letter Martin Heidegger sent to Carl Schmitt in August 1933. The point of the letter was to thank Schmitt for sending a copy of The Concept of the … Continue reading →

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More books received

Posted on August 10, 2012 by stuartelden

The Pluto ones are for review work, and a couple of others are review copies. More interesting reading here.

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