Monthly Archives: November 2016

Endorsements for Foucault: The Birth of Power from Caren Kaplan and Bernard Harcourt

Posted on November 11, 2016 by stuartelden

Two very generous endorsements for my next book Foucault: The Birth of Power, due out in early 2017. ‘Foucault: The Birth of Power opens an illuminating window into the process of political awakening and philosophical transformation as intellectual history. Drawing … Continue reading →

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New Historical Materialism website

Posted on November 11, 2016 by stuartelden

New Historical Materialism website – looks good.

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A great comment from a university press editor on publishing

Posted on November 10, 2016 by stuartelden

A great comment to Productive in Publishing (guest post by Jason Brennan) at the Daily Nous. Matt McAdam ·November 10, 2016 at 1:39 pm I think this is all very good advice, and I also think those who find it … Continue reading →

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Some of the best advice I’ve read on being productive in publishing

Posted on November 10, 2016 by stuartelden

Productive in Publishing (guest post by Jason Brennan) at the Daily Nous. Read the whole thing – it’s an outline, not a full article. But here are some especially good points: 1b: Publishing is not the price of being an … Continue reading →

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When did Foucault translate Leo Spitzer?

Posted on November 10, 2016 by stuartelden

One of the few translations made by Michel Foucault, and perhaps the most unusual, was an essay by literary theorist Leo Spitzer. It was published as “Arts du langage et linguistique”, in Leo Spitzer, Etudes de style, Paris: Gallimard, 1970, pp. 45-78. (There are … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Making of Subjects – book launch at Goldsmiths,28 Nov 2016, 6pm

Posted on November 10, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault and the Making of Subjects – book launch at Goldsmiths,28 Nov 2016, 6pm Michel Foucault’s account of the subject has a double meaning: it relates to both being a “subject of” and being “subject to” political forces. This book … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre, Politics – audio recording of Cambridge talk

Posted on November 10, 2016 by stuartelden

On 7 November 2016 I gave a talk to the Political Thought and Intellectual History seminar, University of Cambridge, entitled “Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre, Politics”. An audio recording is available here.

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Towards a Geography of Injustice

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
Just in time for anyone still wondering what they should pack to read by the beach this summer, here is a short paper by me entitled  Towards a Geography of Injustice, available open access at the Finnish…

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Carl Schmitt, Land and Sea – a new translation

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

In 2015 Telos Press published a new translation of Carl Schmitt, Land and Sea: A World-Historical Meditation. While in Cambridge earlier this week I was kindly given a copy by the translator, Samuel Garrett Zeitlin. Originally published in 1942, at … Continue reading →

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‘European Union and Disunion – videos from the British Academy seminar

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

Leading academics came together at the Academy on 4 November for a one day seminar examining some of the most crucial questions facing the UK in the wake of the EU referendum. ‘European Union and Disunion: What Has Held Europeans … Continue reading →

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