Category Archives: Politics

Radical Philosophy 185 out now

Posted on April 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Radical Philosophy No 185 is out now. It has obituaries of Stuart Hall, Alberto Toscano’s discussion of Etienne Balibar, Mark Neocleous on monsters and police, a non-nationalist argument for an independent Scotland, and some pieces on Auguste Blanqui by Jacques Rancière, Daniel Bensaïd … Continue reading →

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Bradley Garrett – Subterranean London, and Will Self on the Place-hacking trial

Posted on April 25, 2014 by stuartelden

Bradley Garrett’s next book, Subterranean London: Cracking the Capital is available to pre-order ahead of its September 2014 publication. If you don’t know Garrett’s earlier Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City you’re missing out on one of the most interesting and best-illustrated works of … Continue reading →

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Christopher Pierson, Just Property: A History in the Latin West, Volume One – reviewed at NDPR

Posted on April 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Christopher Pierson, Just Property: A History in the Latin West, Volume One is reviewed at NDPR. This looks a fascinating study, which covers a similar time-period to my own The Birth of Territory, and a related, though distinct, concept. But what a shame … Continue reading →

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Verso’s Reading List on Christianity

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

As a riposte to David Cameron’s comments about Christianity (or just to sell some books), Verso have put together a list of their studies of Christianity. Régis Debray, Slavoj Žižek, Simon Critchley, Ernst Bloch, Terry Eagleton, Wu Ming…

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Amador Fernández-Savater, “Notes for a Non-​Statocentric Politics”

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Amador Fernández-Savater, “Notes for a Non-​Statocentric Politics” at Critical Legal Thinking.

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The Geography of Poverty – Images, Maps and Text

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

A beautifully designed website, blending images, maps and text – The Geography of Poverty. Thanks to David Campbell for the link.

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Japhy Wilson’s critical study of Jeffrey Sachs from Verso

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Another book picked up in the Verso sale, Japhy Wilson’s Jeffrey Sachs: The Strange Case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid. [Update: An abridged version of Chapter Five is available here.] It’s a powerful and nuanced critique of his work and involvement in … Continue reading →

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Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism reviewed

Posted on April 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism is reviewed at Review 31.

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Interview with Gastón Gordillo by Stuart Elden in Society and Space

Posted on April 18, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few weeks I’ve been working on an interview with Gastón Gordillo, Professor of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia, and the author of several books including Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco and the forthcoming Rubble: … Continue reading →

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Where to start with reading Peter Sloterdijk?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

[The most recent version can be found here.] Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? I have previously done this with Henri Lefebvre, and Chathan Vemuri asked me the same question for Sloterdijk. This is my attempt at answering this, largely … Continue reading →

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