Category Archives: Politics

James Meek in the LRB on the UK housing crisis

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

A very interesting piece in the LRB on the housing crisis – stemming from the sale of council houses in the 1980s. Here’s one especially damning part: Right to Buy thus created an astonishing leak of state money – taxpayers’ … Continue reading →

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Books I’m looking forward to in 2014

Posted on January 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Some of the books I’m looking forward to this year include Henri Lefebvre, Toward an Architecture of Enjoyment (edited by Łukasz Stanek and previously unpublished in any language); Neil Brenner’s epic edited collection Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization; Mick Dillon’s Biopolitics of Security in the 21st … Continue reading →

Posted in Bob Jessop, Books, Derek Gregory, Etienne Balibar, Grégoire Chamayou, Henri Lefebvre, Jenny Edkins, Louis Althusser, Mark Neocleous, Michael Dillon, Michel Foucault, Neil Brenner, Politics, Publishing | 5 Comments

The twenty-five most important academic books to me from 2013

Posted on December 31, 2013 by stuartelden

Not ordered, not comprehensive, and I’m sure I’ve forgotten some – and of course there are those I’ve not yet read or am unaware of… These are all academic books published in 2013, not drawn from all the books I … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, David Farrell Krell, David Harvey, Grégoire Chamayou, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, John Protevi, Karl Marx, Louise Amoore, Michael Dillon, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Publishing, Universities, urban/urbanisation | 24 Comments

25 research talks in 2013 – with links to audio versions

Posted on December 31, 2013 by stuartelden

The talk in Halifax at ArcticNet was the 25th research talk in a really busy year. (Links in what follows are to audio recordings, where available). I gave talks on the Shakespearean territories project at the University of York, Aberystwyth University, Memorial University of Newfoundland … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Shakespearean Territories, Territory, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Althusser’s 1966 piece on the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Posted on December 29, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting piece from Althusser in 1966: “Cultural Revolution, Party, State and Conjuncture” The English translation was recently shared  by Decalages. Originally published (in French) in late 1966 it is a very early analysis of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution based entirely … Continue reading →

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Michael Byers on Stephen Harper and the North Pole

Posted on December 29, 2013 by stuartelden

Good commentary piece from Michael Byers about Canada and the supposed claim on the North Pole. I link to some other pieces on this topic here, in a brief report on my comments to the ArcticNet conference.

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Foucault’s La société punitive – some additional thoughts on the second half

Posted on December 24, 2013 by stuartelden

Following my thoughts on the first half, here are some additional comments on the second half of Foucault’s 1973 lecture course La société punitive. As mentioned, I’ll be writing a much more formal and thorough review for Berfrois. – Harcourt’s notes … Continue reading →

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Drone Survival Guide –

Posted on December 20, 2013 by stuartelden

The guide contains tactics for hiding from drones and interfering with the drones’ sensors, collected from various online sources. Health Ranger’s intelligence analysis of military drones: payloads, countermeasures and more’, by Mike Adams and‘The Al-Qaida Papers – Drones’, Associated Press, Feb 2013. … Continue reading →

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Territory, the continental shelf, and ice – my comments to the ArcticNet conference in Halifax

Posted on December 16, 2013 by stuartelden

On Thursday I gave my last talk of 2013, a brief contribution to a plenary session at the ArcticNet conference in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was a session on the law of the sea and the commission on the limits … Continue reading →

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The Politics of Land in the UK today

Posted on December 16, 2013 by stuartelden

The New Statesman has a good piece about land politics in the UK today, puncturing the myth of overcrowding and urban sprawl; indicating the enormous subsidies given to already-rich landowners; and effectively demonstrating the continuing importance of feudal relations. Here … Continue reading →

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