Monthly Archives: May 2016

Books received 2 – Shakespeare and Heidegger

Posted on May 18, 2016 by stuartelden

Two (poor quality) second-hand Shakespeare books and the last of the Oxford sale books I’d ordered, plus the first volume of Heidegger’s lectures from the Gesamtausgabe.  

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Books received 1 – review work for Verso

Posted on May 18, 2016 by stuartelden

A number of recent and not-so-recent books from Verso after I wrote a report for them. 

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Graham Harman, Dante’s Broken Hammer

Posted on May 17, 2016 by stuartelden

Graham Harman, Dante’s Broken Hammer, forthcoming in October 2016 from Repeater Books. His Immaterialism: Objects and Social Theory recently appeared with Polity. In this book the founder of object-oriented philosophy transforms one of the classic poets of the Western canon, Dante … Continue reading →

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Christian-François de Kervran, Les dix et une nuits de Jean Barraqué et Michel Foucault à Trélévern

Posted on May 17, 2016 by stuartelden

This looks a curious new book on the very early Foucault – Christian-François de Kervran, Les dix et une nuits de Jean Barraqué et Michel Foucault à Trélévern. Au printemps 1952 le philosophe Michel Foucault et Jean Barraqué, compositeur de musique … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 15 – revision and resubmission of the manuscript, and table of contents

Posted on May 16, 2016 by stuartelden

While I had made some changes to the manuscript after submission, and again after receiving the reports, on Sunday evening I finished four long days of thoroughly revising the text and resubmitted it to the publisher. Just as I was beginning … Continue reading →

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Books received – Oxford Shakespeare volumes

Posted on May 16, 2016 by stuartelden

A pile of volumes in the Oxford Shakespeare series -there was a sale on, so I picked up a number of ones I didn’t already have that will inform work over the next few months.

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LA Review of Books section on Althusser – includes new translation of Althusser on Rousseau

Posted on May 16, 2016 by stuartelden

The LA Review of Books has a theme section on Althusser – which includes a new translation of a lecture on Rousseau from 1972, and six essays including ones by Nina Power, Jason Barker and Richard Seymour. The  whole Rousseau … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power resubmitted

Posted on May 15, 2016 by stuartelden

The revised manuscript of Foucault: The Birth of Power has been resubmitted. The desk is clear again… Full update tomorrow.

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The Arts of Logistics – Queen Mary, London, 3-4 June 2016

Posted on May 15, 2016 by stuartelden

The Arts of Logistics, 3 & 4 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London Keynotes: Deborah Cowen & Alberto Toscano “The Arts of Logistics” brings together scholars, activists, and artists from across the humanities and social sciences to interrogate how social … Continue reading →

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Another long day revising Foucault: The Birth of Power

Posted on May 14, 2016 by stuartelden

Another long day revising Foucault: The Birth of Power. Further work restructuring the introduction and some rewriting, and a bit more tweaking in the conclusion. Some of this is undoing the work done over the past couple of days and … Continue reading →

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