Category Archives: Politics

Books received – Fourquet, Barret-Kriegel, Esposito, de Vries, de Beistegui & Sparks, Magnussen

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

A few books in recompense for review work – de Vries, Re-imaging a Politics of Life; the Philosophy and Tragedy collection; Magnusson’s Politics of Urbanism. Two books by two of Foucault’s collaborators – François Fourquet, Les comptes de la puissance and … Continue reading →

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Posted on November 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Tomorrow I fly to Zurich and then take the train to Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar at the University of Basel. The lecture will be the latest iteration of a paper I’ve given … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Michel Foucault, Politics, Territory, William Shakespeare | 2 Comments

Conversation on ‘Powerful Urban Territories’

Posted on November 19, 2014 by stuartelden

Yesterday I was part of a conversation on the theme of ‘Powerful Urban Territories‘, one of a sequence of five events  on Power and Space in the City, jointly organised by The Bartlett, University College London and the Open University’s Open Space. … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Politics, Territory, urban/urbanisation | 1 Comment

The Natures of War

Posted on November 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I have – at last – uploaded what I hope is the final version of ‘The Natures of War’ (DOWNLOADS tab).  It’s the long-form version of the first Neil Smith Lecture I gave at St Andrew’s…

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“The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria’s ‘war on terror’” – now published in The Geographical Journal

Posted on November 14, 2014 by stuartelden

My paper on Boko Haram is now published in The Geographical Journal. The paper requires subscription, but if you can’t get it another way, please feel free to ask me for a copy. Here’s the abstract. The April 2014 kidnapping of … Continue reading →

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Critical review of Grégoire Chamayou, Théorie du drone

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

A very critical review of Grégoire Chamayou, Théorie du drone by Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer has been translated at booksandideas.net (original here). This book is forthcoming next year in English translation with Penguin as Drone Theory. For other takes on Chamayou’s work, see … Continue reading →

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Review essay of Branch, Sassen, Scott and Vigneswaran on historical and political understandings of territory, forthcoming in Society and Space

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stuartelden

I have a review essay of four books coming out in Society and Space in issue 1 next year. The books are Jordan Branch, The Cartographic State; Saskia Sassen, Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy; Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600 and Darshan Vigneswaran, Territory, Migration, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Politics, Saskia Sassen, Society and Space, Territory | 3 Comments

Two sessions on ‘Terrain’ at the Chicago AAG – organised by Stuart Elden and Gastón Gordillo

Posted on November 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Despite the AAG website meltdown, Gastón Gordillo and I have organised two sessions on Terrain for the Chicago Association of American Geographers meeting in April 2015. These sessions seeks to think critically, theoretically, and politically about the question of terrain. This … Continue reading →

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Power and Space in the City – a series of conversations at UCL

Posted on November 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Power and Space in the City – a series of conversations at UCL. I’ll be part of the first conversation on Powerful Urban Territories on November 18th 2014, along with Wendy Pullan, Allan Cochrane and Janet Newman. Here’s the description for … Continue reading →

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A new project on Lefebvre’s rural writings with Adam David Morton

Posted on November 6, 2014 by stuartelden

At the Warwick Politics and International Studies blog, Politics Reconsidered, Adam David Morton and I have a short post introducing a new research project. Entitled ‘Why read a long dead French Marxist to think about land struggles today?‘ the post discusses Lefebvre’s … Continue reading →

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