Category Archives: Territory

Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land – University of Chicago Press, January 2025

Posted on December 13, 2024 by stuartelden

Noam Leshem, Edges of Care: Living and Dying in No Man’s Land – University of Chicago Press, January 2025 A firsthand look at the lives of those who reside in no man’s land—the violence they endure and their immense resilience. “No man’s … Continue reading →

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Juliet Fall, Bornées: Une histoire illustrée de la frontière – Mētis, November 2024

Posted on December 9, 2024 by stuartelden

Juliet Fall, Bornées: Une histoire illustrée de la frontière – Mētis, November 2024 Bornées. Une histoire illustrée de la frontière raconte la frontière franco-suisse en bande dessinée. L’initiative de cette recherche s’enracine dans le contexte très particulier de la pandémie … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, “Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, online first in History of European Ideas (open access)

Posted on August 21, 2024 by stuartelden

My article “Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, is now available online first in History of European Ideas, and it’s open access. This article discusses an important moment in the career of Alexandre Koyré, and the history of philosophy in … Continue reading →

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“Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, forthcoming in History of European Ideas; and a talk on Canguilhem and Koyré in Bristol

Posted on August 11, 2024 by stuartelden

In some previous updates on my Indo-European thought project, I’d mentioned doing some research on Alexandre Koyré. In March and May. I said I’d been working on a piece about his unsuccessful attempt to get elected to a chair at … Continue reading →

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Books received – Sartre, Koyré, Meillet, Gilmartin, Hubbard, Kitchin and Roberts, and Foucault

Posted on June 25, 2024 by stuartelden

Jean-Paul Sartre’s Modern Times, older second-hand books by Alexandre Koyré and Antoine Meillet, the new edition of Key Thinkers on Space and Place, and Foucault, l’indiscipliné – Sciences Humaines, Les Essentiels hors-série 16, April-May 2024. I am one of the new … Continue reading →

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Books received – Chevallier, Behrent, Testa, Bloch & Febvre, Kadercan, Barthes, Koyré

Posted on April 27, 2024 by stuartelden

Some books I’ve mentioned here recently – Philippe Chevallier, Michel Foucault et le christianisme: Nouvelle édition revue et augmentée; Michael C. Behrent, Becoming Foucault: The Poitiers Years; Federico Testa (ed.), Canguilhem beyond Epistemology and the History of Science – a special issue of Revue … Continue reading →

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My favourite academic books of 2023

Posted on December 31, 2023 by stuartelden

At the end of each year I’ve posted a list of academic books I liked. The criteria was that they were published in that year, and that I read and liked them. This means that good books which came out … Continue reading →

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Luke Munn, Technical Territories: Data, Subjects, and Spaces in Infrastructural Asia – University of Michigan Press, 2023

Posted on December 28, 2023 by stuartelden

Luke Munn, Technical Territories: Data, Subjects, and Spaces in Infrastructural Asia – University of Michigan Press, 2023 Territory is shifting. No longer defined by the dotted line of the border or the national footprint of soil, today’s territories are enacted … Continue reading →

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Earthly volumes, voluminous materialities: Working with apprehension – special issue of Territory, Politics, Governance, edited by Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds (part open access)

Posted on December 17, 2023 by stuartelden

Earthly volumes, voluminous materialities: Working with apprehension – special issue of Territory, Politics, Governance, edited by Mia Bennett and Klaus Dodds (part open access) Earthly volumes, voluminous materialities: working with apprehensionMia M. Bennett & Klaus DoddsPages: 1-11 | DOI: 10.1080/21622671.2023.2242394 Data centres … Continue reading →

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Oscar Mazzoleni, Territory and Democratic Politics: A Critical Introduction – Palgrave Macmillan, 2024 (print and open access)

Posted on October 26, 2023 by stuartelden

Oscar Mazzoleni, Territory and Democratic Politics: A Critical Introduction – Palgrave Macmillan, 2024 (print and open access) Despite the publication date, the open access version is available now. The book provides a comprehensive and updated introduction to concept of territory … Continue reading →

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