Category Archives: People

Roundup – Cuts, Leaks and Harvey on Method

Posted on October 23, 2010 by stuartelden

K-Punk – Mark Fisher, author of the excellent Capitalist Realism -has an impassioned piece about the UK cuts here. Over at Open Geography, Jeremy Crampton discusses the new Wikileaks documents. And David Harvey’s lecture on Marx’s method is available here.

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Irnerius

Posted on October 22, 2010 by stuartelden

In the talk today I will use this image for the first time. It was one I stumbled upon in a book about Philipp Melanchthon (briefly mentioned here). To date this is the best version I have – a scan from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Baldus de Ubaldis, Bartolus of Sassoferrato, Francisco de Vitoria, Hugo Grotius, Irnerius, Philipp Melanchthon, The Birth of Territory | 1 Comment

China Miéville’s ‘Letter to a progressive Liberal Democrat’

Posted on October 21, 2010 by stuartelden

China Miéville reacts to the cuts, and particularly Liberal Democrat complicity. Strong stuff, and strong language, here.

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Governing Emergencies – workshop at Durham

Posted on October 20, 2010 by stuartelden

Governing Emergencies 9/10 December 2010 (Starting at 2.00 on the 9th) Two Day Workshop. Department of Geography, Durham University Papers include: Peter Adey (Keele University), Ben Anderson (Durham University) and Steve Graham (Newcastle): Event and Anticipation: Governing Emergencies in UK … Continue reading →

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The importance of small details

Posted on October 15, 2010 by stuartelden

As last week’s update on the book said, there were lots of minor things that I wanted to get resolved before I left London. Most of these presented relatively few problems. A few though caused me considerably more work. With Vitoria … Continue reading →

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Environment and Planning

Posted on October 15, 2010 by stuartelden

There will be a five volume compilation from the Environment and Planning series of journals coming out with Sage next year. It’s designed for library use.  There are four volumes devoted to the four journals – A, B, C and D … Continue reading →

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Badiou on Beckett

Posted on October 12, 2010 by stuartelden

At Infinite Thought, Nina Power has posted an announcement that the translation of Badiou’s book On Beckett is now freely available as a pdf here. here.

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Territory book update

Posted on October 9, 2010 by stuartelden

Last week felt like a really important step forward with The Birth of Territory manuscript. This week has been less dramatic, but good progress again. The discussion of Grotius and Selden now forms a brief coda to Chapter Seven which … Continue reading →

Posted in Hugo Grotius, John Locke, Martin Luther, Nicholas of Cusa, Robert Filmer, Territory, The Birth of Territory, Walter Benjamin | 2 Comments

Walter Benjamin on writing

Posted on October 7, 2010 by stuartelden

This is wonderful – Walter Benjamin’s writing rules, taken from Sean Sturm’s blog. I’ve read this before, but only now does it really resonate. I may say more about why in a bit. I. Anyone intending to embark on a … Continue reading →

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Reading Kant’s Geography – cover and endorsement

Posted on October 7, 2010 by stuartelden

It’s been a busy few days with the Reading Kant’s Geography book. Eduardo and I have been working on the copy-edited text, we have the cover design and a very generous endorsement from Chris Philo: This volume of impeccable scholarship and sustained critical inquiry performs … Continue reading →

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