Category Archives: People

Three New Books on Lefebvre

Posted on August 15, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Lukasz Stanek’s book Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research and the Production of Theory before, but it is now out. Benjamin Fraser’s Henri Lefebvre and the Spanish Urban Experience: Reading the Mobile City should be out shortly, and Chris … Continue reading →

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Territory, Communication, Speed

Posted on August 15, 2011 by stuartelden

In his 1982 interview ‘Space, Knowledge and Power’, Foucault and Paul Rabinow discuss architecture in some detail. It was originally published in the journal Skyline, so this is not surprising. There are some interesting passages, which I’m going over for … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Schmitt, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Neil Brenner, Territory | 7 Comments

Heidegger, Cassirer (& Fink) at Davos

Posted on August 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Finally got round to reading Peter E. Gordon’s Continental Divide: Heidegger, Cassirer, Davos. It’s an interesting book, on a key moment in European intellectual history. One thing thought was interesting was that Eugen Fink attended the debate – I knew … Continue reading →

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Fredric Jameson on The Wire

Posted on August 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Fredric Jameson, “Realism and Utopia in The Wire”, Criticism, Vol 52, No 3-4, Summer/Fall 2010, pp. 359-372 – find it here (and it appears to be freely available). Thanks to Oliver Belcher for the link.

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Buck-Morss, Hegel and Haiti

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Susan Buck-Morss, Hegel, Haiti, and Universal History is a remarkable book. The core of it originally appeared as ‘Hegel and Haiti’ in Critical Inquiry. (That link takes you directly to the piece, though I’m not sure it should.) The essay is, … Continue reading →

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Writing rhythm and summer reading

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

I have been getting into a good writing rhythm since I got back from Amsterdam, with a dedicated two hour slot each day when I write with no distractions, followed by the rest of the day on editorial work, other … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Soja, Fredric Jameson, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Giorgio Agamben, Karl Marx, Politics, Territory | 5 Comments

Foucault on lettres de cachet and their contemporary relevance

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting post from Jeremy Crampton here on Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault’s collection Le désordre des familles and the more recent National Security Letters in the US. He ends with a tantalising suggestion for a paper: “It would be very useful if someone … Continue reading →

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“Sovereignty, Territory and the Imperium” – review essay by Karena Shaw

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting review essay of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz’s The Constitution of Imperium has just appeared in Geopolitics (subscription required). Written by Karena Shaw of the School of Environmental Studies at the … Continue reading →

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Radical Foucault registration

Posted on August 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Radical Foucault – An International Conference September 8 & 9, 2011. 9.30am – 6.30pm University of East London The Centre for Cultural Studies Research at the University of East London is pleased to announce that registration is now open for … Continue reading →

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Toward Planetary Thinking

Posted on August 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting looking course by Ian Angus at Simon Fraser University – ‘Toward Planetary Thinking’, which takes its title and inspiration from Kostas Axelos. I can’t resist saying it’s an appropriate course for a University whose marketing slogan is ‘Thinking of … Continue reading →

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