Monthly Archives: November 2017

Territory, Law and the Anthropocene, workshop at Warwick, 1 December 2017

Posted on November 14, 2017 by stuartelden

Update: this workshop will be held in room 1.006 of Warwick Business School. On 1 December 2017, the Territory subgroup of the ICE-LAW project will hold its second workshop, Territory, Law and the Anthropocene, in the Department of Politics and … Continue reading →

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Rancière interviewed at France Culture

Posted on November 14, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Here discussing his new book (Les Bords de la fiction [Seuil, 2017]) on literature, the sensible, and the notion of a common world. In French (though the pacing is easy enough for…

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Academics’ top tips for publishing success in The Times Higher Education

Posted on November 14, 2017 by stuartelden

Academics’ top tips for publishing success in The Times Higher Education. As long as you read with attention to different disciplines and academic systems, and treat all of this as advice, there are some useful suggestions here.

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Brad Evans interviews Brian Massumi on affect, power and violence

Posted on November 14, 2017 by stuartelden

Histories of Violence: Affect, Power, Violence — The Political Is Not Personal – Brad Evans speaks with Canadian philosopher and social theorist Brian Massumi. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series in the Los Angeles Review of Books.

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Michel Foucault’s acid trip in Death Valley: Interview with Simeon Wade with great archival photos (updated)

Posted on November 14, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
? Boom California has just published an interview with Simeon Wade, conducted by Heather Dundas. If you’ve read the Foucault biographies, you’ll probably know about the acid trip in Death Valley story. James Miller makes…

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The Struggle to Defend One of the Largest Universities of Brazil

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

‘The Struggle to Defend One of the Largest Universities of Brazil’ by Esther Arantes, Heliana Conde, and Estela Scheinvar – full statement here. Thanks to Marcelo Hoffman for sending me this.  

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Books received – Ryzinski, Jünger, Geroulanous, Lacan, Barraqué

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Remigiusz Ryzinski’s Foucault w Warszawie, Ernst Jünger, The Worker, Stefanos Geroulanous, Transparency in Postwar France: A Critical History of the Present, two volumes of Lacan’s seminar, and Jean Barraqué’s Écrits. Stefanos kindly sent a copy of his book, and the … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden’s Foucault books reviewed and discussed (PAIS News)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden’s Foucault books reviewed and discussed Stuart Elden’s two books Foucault’s Last Decade (Polity 2016) and Foucault: The Birth of Power (Polity 2017) have recently been reviewed and discussed in a number of places. A review of both books can be found in The … Continue reading →

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10 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in October (and Sept.)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by stuartelden

10 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in October (and Sept.) at Critical-Theory – Heidegger’s Black Notebooks, Lacan, Bourdieu, Derrida and more.

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Interview with François Ewald at LARB

Posted on November 10, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Here. A good overview of his own intellectual itinerary (the usual story of the ’68er who shifts right) and his relationship to Foucault.

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