Monthly Archives: October 2021

The Archaeology of Foucault update 11: A new term, work on Nietzsche and planning another archive trip

Posted on October 29, 2021 by stuartelden

While the start of term was as busy as ever, I have managed to keep a bit of time each week to work on this project. So far at least this term seems more manageable than the equivalent last year, and … Continue reading →

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Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Mattias Kärrholm (eds.), Territories, Environments, Politics, Explorations in Territoriology – Routledge, April 2022

Posted on October 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Andrea Mubi Brighenti and Mattias Kärrholm (eds.), Territories, Environments, Politics, Explorations in Territoriology – Routledge, April 2022 An interesting looking collection of essays, which also reprints one of my early pieces on territory, with a brief new afterword. A shame about the … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Phénoménologie et Psychologie 1953-1954, edited by Philippe Sabot, Gallimard/Seuil/EHESS, November 2021

Posted on October 28, 2021 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, Phénoménologie et Psychologie 1953-1954, edited by Philippe Sabot, Gallimard/Seuil/EHESS, November 2021 The next volume of the courses and manuscripts before the Collège de France is a really interesting one. I discuss this in The Early Foucault, but it … Continue reading →

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Reece Jones, White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall – Beacon 2021

Posted on October 23, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Reece Jones, White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall – Beacon, September 2021 The first book to show that racial exclusion was behind…

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Journal peer review is increasingly challenged – there are no easy solutions, but here’s a few thoughts

Posted on October 18, 2021 by stuartelden

Journal editors struggle to find reviewers; authors face unreasonable delays with their papers being reviewed. Reviewers receive a lot of requests. Peer review is particularly challenged in the present moment. But it has been creaking for a long time. Without … Continue reading →

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Books received – Dumézil, Brossat and Lorenzini, Bene and Deleuze, Kristeva, de Libera, Morton, Gramsci

Posted on October 18, 2021 by stuartelden

Some recently received books, including the English and Spanish versions of Adam David Morton, Revolution and State in Modern Mexico (sent by Adam), the new collection Foucault et… Les liaisons dangereuses de Michel Foucault, edited by Alain Brossat and Daniele … Continue reading →

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Jean-Marie Guyau, The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines, edited by Keith Ansell Pearson and Federico Testa – Bloomsbury, October 2021

Posted on October 18, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Jean-Marie Guyau, The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines, edited by Keith Ansell Pearson and Federico Testa – Bloomsbury, October 2021 This is the first English translation of a compelling and highly…

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Martin Jay, Genesis and Validity: The Theory and Practice of Intellectual History – University of Pennsylvania Press, November 2021

Posted on October 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Martin Jay, Genesis and Validity: The Theory and Practice of Intellectual History – University of Pennsylvania Press, November 2021 Update: the book is discussed at the New Books Network here. There is no more contentious and perennial issue in the … Continue reading →

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Thomas Nail, Theory of the Object – Edinburgh University Press, September 2021

Posted on October 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Thomas Nail, Theory of the Object – Edinburgh University Press, September 2021 Describes a new, systematic process philosophy of science and technology focused on the agency and mobility of objects Tells the first history of Western science and technology focused … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, “Literature and Madness: Madness in the Baroque Theatre and the Theatre of Artaud”, Theory, Culture and Society (requires subscription)

Posted on October 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, “Literature and Madness: Madness in the Baroque Theatre and the Theatre of Artaud”, Theory, Culture and Society (requires subscription) A translation of a piece by Foucault, online first in Theory, Culture and Society – part of the special issue on … Continue reading →

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