Category Archives: Territory

Territory, Communication, Speed

Posted on August 15, 2011 by stuartelden

In his 1982 interview ‘Space, Knowledge and Power’, Foucault and Paul Rabinow discuss architecture in some detail. It was originally published in the journal Skyline, so this is not surprising. There are some interesting passages, which I’m going over for … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Schmitt, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Neil Brenner, Territory | 7 Comments

Writing rhythm and summer reading

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

I have been getting into a good writing rhythm since I got back from Amsterdam, with a dedicated two hour slot each day when I write with no distractions, followed by the rest of the day on editorial work, other … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Soja, Fredric Jameson, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Giorgio Agamben, Karl Marx, Politics, Territory | 5 Comments

“Sovereignty, Territory and the Imperium” – review essay by Karena Shaw

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting review essay of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz’s The Constitution of Imperium has just appeared in Geopolitics (subscription required). Written by Karena Shaw of the School of Environmental Studies at the … Continue reading →

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Global Politics – 2nd edition

Posted on July 28, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve just completed revising my chapter “Why is the world divided territorially?” for the second edition of Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss (eds.) Global Politics: A New Introduction. The book has an interesting approach – rather than teach international or … Continue reading →

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theory@buffalo theme issue on Territory and reviews of Terror and Territory

Posted on June 29, 2011 by stuartelden

The journal theory@buffalo has a new issue on ‘Territories of Thought’. Interesting mix of papers on the theme, including papers on Heidegger, Plato and the animal. It includes a very careful and generous review essay of my Terror and Territory by Guy Witzel. The … Continue reading →

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2012 Telos Conference – Space: Virtuality, Territoriality, and Relationality

Posted on June 14, 2011 by stuartelden

This conference looks really interesting – but not sure I can cope with three transatlantic flights in early 2012. CALL FOR PAPERS: The 2012 Telos Conference: Space: Virtuality, Territoriality, and Relationality January 14-15, 2012 New York City Every day we … Continue reading →

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Territory without borders

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

That’s the title of a piece I have forthcoming in the Harvard International Review. Some of the argument is rehearsed in other places, and I gave a keynote to the Global Studies Association in 2009 with this title. It’s an attempt to discuss … Continue reading →

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Territorial Masquerades

Posted on May 27, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting newish blog called Territorial Masquerades by an anonymous political geographer . Mainly notes from reading so far. There are discussions of Lefebvre’s State, Space, World and the Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography collection I co-edited, along with lots … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong

Posted on May 20, 2011 by stuartelden

My visit to Hong Kong overlapped with the last days of the visit of a few people that had attended the Urban Utopianism workshop, which was good. Met some interesting new people and some came along to my talk on ‘Territory’ to … Continue reading →

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Macau developments

Posted on May 16, 2011 by stuartelden

A small but interested audience today for the talk on fossils – final day of exams, so not good timing. In the questions I said a bit more about the thinking behind the book project. It’s also been good to have another … Continue reading →

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