Monthly Archives: June 2015

Review essay of Michel Foucault, Théories et institutions pénales: Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972 at Berfrois

Posted on June 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. My review essay of Michel Foucault, Théories et institutions pénales: Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972, edited by … Continue reading →

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Stepping down as Society and Space: Environment and Planning D editor

Posted on June 2, 2015 by stuartelden

I have recently come to the end of my time as an editor of Society and Space: Environment and Planning D. I took over from Gerry Pratt in autumn 2006, officially becoming editor with the first issue of 2007. The continuing … Continue reading →

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Please donate to Punctum Books – open-access does not mean no production costs

Posted on June 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Sharing the appeal from Punctum Books. I’ve donated a little in the past, but it’s surprising how few people do. Books cannot be produced for zero cost. I’ve shared lots of links to their books in the past, have contributed … Continue reading →

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General bibliography on open-plan office design (2015)

Posted on June 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Refracted Input:
Still from Jacques Tati’s film Playtime (1967) I have put together a general – but still very select – bibliography of material on open-plan office design, which you can download as a PDF. All items…

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Two Uses of Michel Foucault in Political Theory: Concepts and Methods in Giorgio Agamben and Ian Hacking (2015)

Posted on June 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Colin Koopman, ‘Two Uses of Michel Foucault in Political Theory: Concepts and Methods in Giorgio Agamben and Ian Hacking’, Constellations (1), 0 Article first published online: 19 MAY 2015 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8675.12153 First paragraph in lieu…

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“Exercises in the History of Ideas”: An Interview with Stuart Elden by Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani at the Theory, Culture and Society website

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

“Exercises in the History of Ideas”: An Interview with Stuart Elden by Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani at the Theory, Culture and Society website – open access. This is an edited version of an interview conducted last year in Melbourne … Continue reading →

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Books received 4 – various: Meillassoux, Trawny, Eco, Butler, Krell, Naas, Funambulist papers, journals

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

And everything else that was in the pile of post as I returned from the US. Umberto Eco’s How to Write a Thesis; Quentin Meillassoux’s Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction; Peter Trawny’s Freedom to Fail: Heidegger’s Anarchy; The Funambulist Papers Volume 2 (in which … Continue reading →

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Books received 3 – books from publishers or authors

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

Complementary copies from publishers or authors. Mark Salter’s Making Things International 1, Christopher Roth’s Let’s Split! – a guide to secessionist states; Oli Mould’s Urban Subversion and the Creative City; Hughes Lethierry’s Agir avec Henri Lefebvre and Shannon Mattern’s Deep Mapping the Media City. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Books received 2 – various things for the Foucault projects

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

Books received – various things for the Foucault projects, including the new lecture course, background on May 68 and the abortion rights struggle in France, one of Foucault’s major sources on the revolt of the Nu-pieds, and a book about his … Continue reading →

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Books received – review work for Routledge: Marcuse, Pugliese, Valverde, Barry and Born, and Parker

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

Books received in recompense for review work for Routledge: Marcuse, Pugliese, Valverde, Barry and Born, and Parker.

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