Category Archives: People

Foucault, Territory, etc.

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stuartelden

Over at Philosophy in a Time of Error, Peter Gratton responds to my update on Chapter One from a couple of days ago. Peter mentions the piece I published on Foucault’s ‘Society Must Be Defended’ back in 2002. That piece, … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, My Publications, The Birth of Territory | 2 Comments

Wendy Brown lecture

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stuartelden

This happened a while ago, and I knew it was on You Tube, but the Vimeo is better as it is complete instead of in several parts. It’s a lecture by Wendy Brown at Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Territory, Wendy Brown | 1 Comment

Red Quill Books

Posted on October 24, 2010 by stuartelden

Early days, but Red Quill Books looks like an interesting publishing venture. Have a look at their mission statement, for instance. Consciousness Raising:  We are committed to disseminating critical academic works to a mass readership in formats that are accessible and … Continue reading →

Posted in Karl Marx, Publishing | 1 Comment

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.

Posted in China Mieville, Politics | 1 Comment

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 →

Posted in Nigel Thrift, Society and Space | 1 Comment

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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