Category Archives: Politics

OCHA maps of the West Bank and Gaza access restrictions

Posted on February 2, 2014 by stuartelden

OCHA (U.N. Office for Coordination of Human Affairs) maps of West Bank and Gaza – especially focusing on access restrictions. Thanks to Léopold Lambert for the links.

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Álvaro Sevilla Buitrago – Hegemonía, gubernamentalidad, territorio

Posted on February 2, 2014 by stuartelden

If you read Spanish, this looks like a really interesting article linking Foucault, Gramsci and Lefebvre to the study of urban planning – ‘Hegemonía, gubernamentalidad, territorio. Apuntes metodológicos para una historia social de la planificación’ (via Álvaro’s blog – Multipliciudades).

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Saskia Sassen – Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy

Posted on February 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Saskia Sassen’s Expulsions is forthcoming in June 2014. Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today’s socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of … Continue reading →

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More on Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ and anti-semitism

Posted on January 31, 2014 by stuartelden

Another piece in Die Zeit, and an English discussion in Prospect by Jonathan Derbyshire. Thanks to Enowning and Peter Gratton for the links. This one is going to run and run…

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‘Territory and Transgression: A Conversation with Stuart Elden’ @thepolisblog

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

A long interview with me, conducted by Peter Sigrist, has just been published at Polis. It covers most of my current and past interests, including territory, Lefebvre, Foucault, Sloterdijk, Heidegger, politics,  my time in Israel/Palestine, publishing, literature and film… Many … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Latour, Foucault's Last Decade, Mapping the Present, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Ray Brassier, Society and Space, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, Travel, Universities, urban/urbanisation, Writing | 1 Comment

Peter Adey lectures at Durham – IAS and Geography

Posted on January 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Adey of Royal Holloway is a fellow of the Institute of Advanced Studies at Durham this term – these are his lectures during his time there (via rhulgeopolitics). First, on Monday 27 January, there’s ‘Light and Levitation: Vertical Critique‘. … Continue reading →

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CFP: Politics without Borders – Nottingham Postgraduate Conference

Posted on January 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Politics without Borders A cross-disciplinary exploration of the challenges facing a globalised world Second annual Nottingham Postgraduate Conference 12 June 2014, Engineering and Sciences Learning Centre, University Park, University of Nottingham The School of Politics and International Relations is hosting … Continue reading →

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An alternative map of Africa – reimagining the continent without colonisation

Posted on January 20, 2014 by stuartelden

An intriguing map of Africa, imaging how it might have looked had it not been colonised. This might be a good spur to class discussion, though one thing that should immediately be noted is that it’s not just that boundaries … Continue reading →

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Funambulist paper 46 – Grégoire Chamayou’s Manhunts: From Territory to Space? – by Stuart Elden

Posted on January 18, 2014 by stuartelden

A short article by me, entitled ‘Grégoire Chamayou’s Manhunts: From Territory to Space?’ has been posted as the 46th Funambulist paper (open access). In it I discuss Chamayou’s book Manhunts in relation to my own work on territory. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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The United States that never was

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

The Washington Post has a map of the United States with borders redrawn as if secessionist states had succeeded. Thanks to Michael Brown for the link.  

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