Category Archives: People

Tracy B. Strong – Politics Without Vision reviewed

Posted on May 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Very positive review in THES. The book – full details at the University of Chicago Press page and press release – discusses Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Weber, Sigmund Freud, Vladimir Lenin, Carl Schmitt, Martin Heidegger and Hannah Arendt. Strong’s book Friedrich … Continue reading →

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Folger Shakespeare e-texts

Posted on May 18, 2012 by stuartelden

The Folger Shakespeare Library, in co-operation with Simon & Schuster, is pleased to announce the release of the texts of its celebrated Folger Shakespeare Editions. The texts of the plays themselves, minus glosses, notes and interpretive material, will be available … Continue reading →

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David Harvey talks

Posted on May 17, 2012 by stuartelden

with David Graeber   And at the LSE talking about Rebel Cities.

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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects

Posted on May 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting edited collection now available in print or free download. Details here. Animal, Mineral, Vegetable examines what happens when we cease to assume that only humans exert agency. Through a careful examination of medieval, early modern and contemporary lifeworlds, these … Continue reading →

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GO: On the Geographies of Gunnar Olsson

Posted on May 12, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting looking (though expensive) collection on the work of Gunnar Olsson – one of geography’s most original voices. Since the early 1960s, the internationally acclaimed and highly distinguished Swedish geographer Gunnar Olsson has made substantial contributions to his own discipline. … Continue reading →

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Scott Kirsch on State, Space, World

Posted on May 12, 2012 by stuartelden

Another detailed review – in Antipode by Scott Kirsch. The whole review appears to be available free. Here’s two paragraphs – the second and the last: Of course, it is not surprising that Lefebvre’s opus on space became the touchstone … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 12, 2012 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Path to the Possible:
I recently did a book review of State, Space, World, a collection of Henri Lefebvre’s work edited by Neil Brenner and Stuart Elden (who blogs at Progressive Geographies).  The review is in Social…

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Eric Santner – The Royal Remains

Posted on May 11, 2012 by stuartelden

I previously knew Santner’s work from his study of Sebald, On Creaturely Life. This more recent book covers similar ground to the Manow book I mentioned a few days ago – the persistence of the ‘two bodies’ idea explored by … Continue reading →

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Posted on May 9, 2012 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
For full details and the conference poster please visit the Conference website Colloque international MICHEL FOUCAULT DU GOUVERNEMENT DES VIVANTS AU COURAGE DE LA VÉRITÉ Université Paris-Est Créteil/Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne    21-22 juin 2012…

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Philip Manow, In the King’s Shadow

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

I picked up this 2010 book from Polity as part of the recompense for a reader report. I’m glad I did – it’s a very interesting examination of the political body after the end of the medieval King’s Two Bodies … Continue reading →

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