Monthly Archives: February 2021

Simon Critchley on Finding Clarity in Philosophy and Comedy, interview by Andrew Zuckerman

Posted on February 3, 2021 by stuartelden

Simon Critchley on Finding Clarity in Philosophy and Comedy, interview by Andrew Zuckerman Simon Critchley has seen his share of accidents. In his younger years, he damaged his hands while working in manufacturing plants, and ruined his hearing by rehearsing with … Continue reading →

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Sylvie Lafleur (ed.), Foucault à Montréal: Réflexions pour une criminologie critique – Éditions de la rue Dorion, January 2021

Posted on February 3, 2021 by stuartelden

Sylvie Lafleur (ed.), Foucault à Montréal: Réflexions pour une criminologie critique – Éditions de la rue Dorion, January 2021 En 1976, Michel Foucault participe à une conférence organisée par l’Office des droits des détenus de concert avec l’École de criminologie … Continue reading →

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Arlette Farge, Instants de Vie, with Clémentine Vidal-Naquet, Éditions EHESS, February 2021 (and discussion with Luc Darieaux)

Posted on February 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Arlette Farge, Instants de Vie, presented by Clémentine Vidal-Naquet, Éditions EHESS, February 2021 Le XVIIIe siècle d’Arlette Farge est sonore, odorant, tactile, à la fois familier et exotique, attachant. Elle a rencontré le peuple de Paris dans les archives, bavardes et … Continue reading →

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Lucia Rubinelli, Constituent Power: A History – Cambridge University Press, April 2020 (and roundtable March 9 2021)

Posted on February 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Lucia Rubinelli, Constituent Power: A History – Cambridge University Press, April 2020 From the French Revolution onwards, constituent power has been a key concept for thinking about the principle of popular power, and how it should be realised through the … Continue reading →

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Robert von Friedeburg, Luther’s Legacy: The Thirty Years War and the Modern Notion of ‘State’ in the Empire, 1530s to 1790s – Cambridge University Press, 2016

Posted on February 1, 2021 by stuartelden

Robert von Friedeburg, Luther’s Legacy: The Thirty Years War and the Modern Notion of ‘State’ in the Empire, 1530s to 1790s – Cambridge University Press, 2016 In this new account of the emergence of a distinctive territorial state in early … Continue reading →

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Ziad Elmarsafy, Esoteric Islam in Modern French Thought: Massignon, Corbin, Jambet – Bloomsbury, January 2021

Posted on February 1, 2021 by stuartelden

Ziad Elmarsafy, Esoteric Islam in Modern French Thought: Massignon, Corbin, Jambet – Bloomsbury, January 2021 Why would a devout Catholic, a committed Protestant, and a Maoist atheist devote their lives and work to the study of esoteric aspects of Islam? … Continue reading →

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