Monthly Archives: November 2013

Italo Calvino and Umberto Eco translator William Weaver has died

Posted on November 22, 2013 by stuartelden

Crooked Timber has the news here, and links to an obituary in The Guardian.

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A short previously untranslated comment by Foucault on religion, witches and madness – and the need for a structuralist study

Posted on November 22, 2013 by stuartelden

In a post earlier this week I discussed a text of Foucault’s from 1969 on doctors, judges and witches in the 17th century. In that discussion I mentioned a related piece on “Religious Deviations and Medical Knowledge”, translated in the Religion and … Continue reading →

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CFP: Michel Foucault: Ethnography and Critique (2014)

Posted on November 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Call for Papers Michel Foucault: Ethnography and Critique Convenors: Orazio Irrera & Martina Tazzioli Bergamo, June 5-7, 2014 Deadline: February 17, 2014 Conference Website and contact details Since the Sixties, Michel Foucault had described his…

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The first issue of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies [It’s Official]

Posted on November 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on urbanculturalstudies:
Very happy to announce that… the long awaited first issue of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies is now posted on Intellect’s website! click here to see its contents, [and remember to have your library subscribe…] The…

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Noel Castree: Representing the Anthropocene

Posted on November 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
Love the subtitle: Who will get to speak for everything and how?

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Philippe Artières, Intolérable – Groupe d’information sur les prisons

Posted on November 21, 2013 by stuartelden

A collection of the writings of the Groupe d’information sur les prisons, edited by Philippe Artières, was published earlier this year by Gallimard – full details here. I’m not sure how this text relates to an earlier collection Artières was … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, ‘Médecins, Juges et Sorciers au XVIIe Siècle’ – some thoughts on dating and content

Posted on November 20, 2013 by stuartelden

There is a curious text by Foucault, initially published as «Médecins, juges et sorciers au XVIIe siècle», Médecine de France, n°200, 1er trimestre 1969, pp.121-128; reprinted in Dits et écrits, text number 62 (Vol I, pp. 753-67 of the original edition); and available online here. … Continue reading →

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Heidegger – Nature, History, State: 1933-1934

Posted on November 20, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
[update: thanks to Harvey Shoolman for details – the hardback of this is now published; a paperback is due in 2015. The seminars were published in German in the Heidegger Jahrbuch vols 4 and 5].…

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