Category Archives: Politics

Beyond Walls and Cages

Posted on May 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Important collection forthcoming later this year, edited by Jenna M. Loyd, Matt Mitchelson, and my Durham IBRU colleague Andrew Burridge. The crisis of borders and prisons can be seen starkly in statistics. In 2011 some 1,500 migrants died trying to … Continue reading →

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Eyal Weizman – The Least of All Possible Evils

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Out soon Now out with Verso: The principle of the “lesser evil”—the acceptability of pursuing one exceptional course of action in order to prevent a greater injustice—has long been a cornerstone of Western ethical philosophy. From its roots in classical … Continue reading →

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Posts at Durham

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Durham University has advertised a large number of senior level appointments across the university. Details here. Areas include conflict, security and borders; engaged humanities; visual culture; public policy and health; and medieval and renaissance studies.

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Judith Butler, Parting Ways

Posted on May 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Judith Butler’s long-awaited book on Jewish and Zionist thought is forthcoming in July. Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism will be published by Columbia University Press. Judith Butler follows Edward Said’s late suggestion that through a consideration of … Continue reading →

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Mark Purcell on Lefebvre, State, Space, World

Posted on May 5, 2012 by stuartelden

There is a very generous review of Lefebvre’s State, Space, World collection by Mark Purcell in the new issue of Social and Cultural Geography (requires subscription). [Update: Mark has posted the whole thing here] Let me say this plainly: this is … Continue reading →

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Deborah Cowen website

Posted on May 4, 2012 by stuartelden

My friend and co-editor of Society and Space, Deborah Cowen, has a nicely designed website about her work. My work is concerned with the politics of space and questions of citizenship. I am captivated by the ways groups claim space, … Continue reading →

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Development Dialogue new issue

Posted on April 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Special issue on The End of the Development-Security Nexus? The Rise of Global Disaster Management – freely available. Stephen Graham, David Chandler, Mark Duffield, Julian Reid et. al.

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Slavoj Zizek, David Horowitz, Julian Assange

Posted on April 27, 2012 by stuartelden

‘This was madness’. Indeed. Via the Verso blog.

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One World, Bordered Planet

Posted on April 24, 2012 by stuartelden

BBC podcast – with my colleague Martin Pratt.

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The Pepper-Spray Report

Posted on April 22, 2012 by stuartelden

The official UC Davis report into the pepper-spray incident of November 18, 2011 is now available here. It’s damning. Some good analysis here and here for those who don’t want to read the report. The report is 190 pages, but … Continue reading →

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