Category Archives: Politics

My essay on Foucault’s La société punitive – forthcoming in Historical Materialism

Posted on September 24, 2014 by stuartelden

My substantial (c. 8,000 words) essay on Foucault’s La société punitive is forthcoming in Historical Materialism. Thanks to Sebastian Budgen for his invitation to write this, and Alberto Toscano for taking it through two rounds of review. My shorter review of this important … Continue reading →

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‘Exercises in the History of Ideas’: An interview with Stuart Elden by Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani

Posted on September 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Back in March I was interviewed by two graduate students at the University of Melbourne, Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani, about my writing, background and approach to work. It covers my work on territory, Heidegger, Foucault, Lefebvre, and Shakespeare and some future plans. … Continue reading →

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A week at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design – speaking about Iraq and Nigeria, urban territory and Lefebvre

Posted on September 22, 2014 by stuartelden

I’m now on my way home from a very interesting and enjoyable week at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. The invitation was to give one of the two keynote talks to a conference on the Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in … Continue reading →

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Patrick Dunleavy on the future prospects of British constitutional and political turmoil

Posted on September 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Patrick Dunleavy discusses future constitutional and political prospects in the UK following the Scotland ‘no’ vote at the LSE blog. Thanks to Ben Rosamond for the link.

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Danny Dorling, Inequality and the 1% – book published and short piece in The Guardian

Posted on September 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Danny Dorling’s Inequality and the 1% has just been published by Verso. He has a short piece in The Guardian discussing some of its themes.

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Books received – Querrien, Recherches, Gordillo, Piper, Lefebvre

Posted on September 12, 2014 by stuartelden

Three books linked to Michel Foucault’s collaborative work with CERFI; Gastón Gordillo’s Rubble (see my interview with Gastón at societyandspace.com); Karen Piper’s The Price of Thirst; a first edition of Henri Lefebvre’s study of the Pyrenees, and the new issues of … Continue reading →

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Journal of Genocide Research theme issue on the Nigerian Biafra war

Posted on September 10, 2014 by stuartelden

The Journal of Genocide Research has a theme issue on the Nigerian Biafra war – twelve papers on the topic.  

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The Birth of Territory – published one year ago

Posted on September 9, 2014 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory was published one year ago. In that time it’s been reviewed in six journals, sold enough to suggest it will become my best-selling book, been the object of two ‘author meets critics’ sessions, and won two awards – … Continue reading →

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Books received – Cowen, Doolen, Anderson, Boyd and Linehan, Foucault

Posted on September 8, 2014 by stuartelden

A pile of books received. Deborah Cowen’s The Deadly Life of Logistics (from the publisher); Andy Doolen’s Territories of Empire (which I endorsed); Ben Anderson’s Encountering Affect and Boyd &  Linehan’s Ordnance (in recompense for Ashgate review work); L’Herne’s 2011 volume … Continue reading →

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Stephen Legg, Prostitution and the Ends of Empire: Scale, Governmentalities, and Interwar India

Posted on September 8, 2014 by stuartelden

  Now out from Duke University Press – Stephen Legg’s Prostitution and the Ends of Empire: Scale, Governmentalities, and Interwar India. Officially confined to red-light districts, brothels in British India were tolerated until the 1920s. Yet, by this time, prostitution … Continue reading →

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