Monthly Archives: February 2012

Unpublished Foucault interview

Posted on February 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Foucault News links to a previously unpublished interview with Foucault from 1977. Some interesting discussion of history, genealogy and archaeology; the question of strategy; politics, state, classes and state apparatuses; power, sexuality and the body… The beginning of the Présentation follows: … Continue reading →

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Bingo – Shakespeare

Posted on February 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Went to see Edward Bond’s play Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death last night at the Young Vic. Very good, and especially interesting for the playing out of the tensions with the Enclosures Act – perhaps even more so than … Continue reading →

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Three links to posts on publishing

Posted on February 17, 2012 by stuartelden

John Protevi reflects on the story that the University of Louisiana may lay claim to a part share of the royalties earned by members of faculty there. I particularly like this tangled metaphor from the Professor of English: “It’s sort … Continue reading →

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New APPS interview with Eduardo Mendieta

Posted on February 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Find it here. A fascinating story of his background and the huge range of things he works on.

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At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s Ocean

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Having done some review work for Continuum, one of the books I asked for was Steve Mentz, At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s Ocean. The book had been sitting on my desk for a few days before I took it with … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory – British Academy lecture

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Deadly Embrace: War, Distance and Intimacy Professor Derek Gregory FBA Wednesday 14 March, 2012, 6.00-7.15pm The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH It has become commonplace to claim that contemporary wars are fought from a distance: the … Continue reading →

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Security and Geopolitical Space – readings

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

My visit to the University of Kentucky for the Committee on Social Theory is part of a class on ‘Security’. The idea is that the four visiting speakers give public lectures and then have a discussion session with the students taking … Continue reading →

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Foucault on Truth, Knowledge and Publishing

Posted on February 13, 2012 by stuartelden

This will to truth, like other systems of exclusion, relies on institutional support: it is both reinforced and accompanied by whole strata of practices such as pedagogy, of course, such as the book-system, publishing, libraries, such as the learned societies … Continue reading →

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Political Concepts

Posted on February 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Political Concepts – new online resource/journal. This project appears to be linked to the Tel Aviv University project Mafte’akh: Lexical Review of Political Thought that has some English entries, and some Hebrew translations. (The latter was the group that translated … Continue reading →

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Climate Change and War

Posted on February 13, 2012 by stuartelden

A series of articles discussing the relation between climate change and war – in the Journal of Peace Research. Papers are open access until end of February 2012.

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