Category Archives: Politics

Albert Toscano on Fanaticism

Posted on April 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Alberto Toscano has a new piece at the Verso blog, which is the preface to the forthcoming Korean edition of his book Fanaticism: On the Uses of an Idea.

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The AAG meeting

Posted on April 13, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve spent the last week in Los Angeles for the Association of American Geographers annual meeting. It was mainly in the Westin Bonaventure hotel – made famous in the 1980s by the readings of Fredric Jameson and Edward Soja. I … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism, Crisis and the World System

Posted on April 9, 2013 by stuartelden

Neoliberalism, Crisis and the World System Tuesday 2-Wednesday 3 July 2013, University of York, UK Very interesting looking conference with excellent speakers: Plenary speakers include: Jodi Dean (Hobart and William Smith Colleges) Jamie Peck (UBC) Mark Fisher (Goldsmiths) John Holmwood … Continue reading →

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the Welfare State we’re In

Posted on April 5, 2013 by stuartelden

As the vile attacks of the Tory party and the right wing press against the Welfare state in Britain continue, Verso has put together a reading list of their books that offer alternative views.

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Warwick/RIPE Debate 2013

Posted on April 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Warwick/RIPE Debate 2013 From 2008 onwards, Warwick’s Politics and International Studies department (PAIS), in conjunction with the Review of International Political Economy (RIPE) has hosted an annual Warwick/RIPE debate in International Political Economy (IPE). The debates are the department’s flagship … Continue reading →

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BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights new website

Posted on April 3, 2013 by stuartelden

A new website by a really important NGO in Israel who have done a lot of work for Palestinian and Bedouin groups. BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights is an Israeli non-profit organization formed in 1999 by a group of … Continue reading →

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International Political Sociology virtual theme issue on Territorialities, Spaces, Geographies

Posted on March 31, 2013 by stuartelden

International Political Sociology has just put together an open access virtual theme issue on Territorialities, Spaces, Geographies – including papers by Nisha Shah, John Agnew, Neil Brenner and me, and Nick Vaughan-Williams: This special issue presents a selection of work at … Continue reading →

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‘V for Visibility’ in Interstitial journal

Posted on March 29, 2013 by stuartelden

A little piece by me on the Guy Fawkes/V for Vendetta masks used in the Occupy protests has been published in the open access journal Interstitial. A shorter version first appeared on the Society and Space open site in November … Continue reading →

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Toys for the State of Exception

Posted on March 28, 2013 by stuartelden

Agamben Toys – Apposite Baubles for the State of Exception (via Derek Gregory, who acknowledges Alex Vasudevan). Derek’s post at Geographical Imaginations is worth a look for the more sinister side of all this – though comedy as opposition and critique shouldn’t … Continue reading →

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A Latin Empire versus German Hegemony? Agamben on contemporary Europe

Posted on March 27, 2013 by stuartelden

A provocative piece by Giorgio Agamben, drawing on a 1945 essay by Alexandre Kojève. Thanks to Elliott Jarbe and Sebastian Budgen for the link.

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