Monthly Archives: June 2019

Foucault in Hamburg – commemorative plaque and translation of text

Posted on June 28, 2019 by stuartelden

Foucault’s time in Hamburg has been commemorated with a plaque on the building he worked in. It’s reproduced and discussed in this newsletter, sent to me by Melissa Pawelski. Melissa has also provided this translation of the plaque and the … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lacan, Edkins, Koopman, Farred, Knowles

Posted on June 28, 2019 by stuartelden

  Jacques Lacan, L’éthique de la psychanalyse (newly in the Points series); Jenny Edkins, Change and the Politics of Certainty; Colin Koopman, How We Became Our Data: A Genealogy of the Informational Person; Grant Farred, Entre Nous: Between the World Cup and Me and Adam Knowles, Heidegger’s Fascist Affinities: … Continue reading →

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Georges Canguilhem and the Problem of Error (2019)

Posted on June 27, 2019 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Samuel R. Talcott, Georges Canguilhem and the Problem of Error (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) About this book Examining Georges Canguilhem’s enduring attention to the problem of error, from his early writings to Michel Foucault’s first major…

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Adam Knowles, Heidegger’s Fascist Affinities: A Politics of Silence – Stanford University Press, 2019

Posted on June 26, 2019 by stuartelden

Adam Knowles, Heidegger’s Fascist Affinities: A Politics of Silence –  – Stanford University Press, 2019 Reexamining the case of one of the most famous intellectuals to embrace fascism, this book argues that Martin Heidegger’s politics and philosophy of language emerge … Continue reading →

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London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT), 5-6 July 2019, Goldsmiths, University of London

Posted on June 20, 2019 by stuartelden

London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT), Friday & Saturday 5-6 July 2019 Richard Hoggart Building Goldsmiths, University of London We are delighted to be able to invite you to the 8th annual London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT), hosted and supported … Continue reading →

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The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare and Political Theology, Hampton Court/Garrick’s Temple, June 21-22 2019

Posted on June 17, 2019 by stuartelden

The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare and Political Theology, Hampton Court/Garrick’s Temple, June 21-22 2019 The Hollow Crown: Shakespeare and Political Theology event consists of two related events, both of which highlight current thought on political theology in Shakespeare. The first day, held in … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem (Polity 2019) reviewed by David Beer at The Sociological Review

Posted on June 17, 2019 by stuartelden

My recent book Canguilhem (Polity, 2019) is reviewed by David Beer at The Sociological Review. In his new book, his ninth authored volume, Stuart Elden casts his laser vision on the frequently overlooked work of Georges Canguilhem. A keystone in … Continue reading →

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Books received – After Grenfell, Spatial Histories of Radical Geography, Shakespeare, Marlowe, Foucault

Posted on June 14, 2019 by stuartelden

A mixed bag of books recently bought, mainly for the Foucault and Shakespeare work, but also the recent collections After Grenfell: Violence, Resistance and Response and Spatial Histories of Radical Geography.  

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Boštjan Nedoh, Ontology and Perversion: Deleuze, Agamben, Lacan – Rowman International, June 2019

Posted on June 12, 2019 by stuartelden

Boštjan Nedoh, Ontology and Perversion: Deleuze, Agamben, Lacan – Rowman International, June 2019 This book examines the philosophical and political relevance of perversion in the works of three key representatives of contemporary philosophy and psychoanalysis: Gilles Deleuze, Giorgio Agamben and … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner, New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and the Scale Question – OUP, June 2019

Posted on June 11, 2019 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Neil Brenner, New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and the Scale Question – OUP, June 2019 The urban condition is today being radically transformed. Urban restructuring is accelerating, new urban spaces are being consolidated, and new…

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