Monthly Archives: December 2021

Interview with Kevin Thompson and Perry Zurn, Intolerable. Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980) (2021)

Posted on December 31, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Interview podcast with Kevin Thompson and Perry Zurn, editors of Intolerable. Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980), UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS 2021, New Books Network, Dec 20, 2021 Intolerable: Writings from…

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Mario Damen and Kim Overlaet (eds.), Constructing and Representing Territory in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe – Amsterdam University Press, December 2021 (available open access)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Mario Damen and Kim Overlaet (eds.), Constructing and Representing Territory in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe – Amsterdam University Press, December 2021 The book is available open access In recent political and legal history, scholars seldom specify how and … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies 31 now published (open access)

Posted on December 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies 31 now published. As ever, all articles are open access. It includes a symposium on Richard Shusterman’s Ars Erotica and the collection of the Prison Information Group’s Intolerable, other articles and reviews. The entire issue can be downloaded … Continue reading →

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Books received – Kristeva, Santos, Moir, Puhvel

Posted on December 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Mainly bought second-hand for the new project, along with Milton Santos, For a New Geography, sent by University of Minnesota Press, and Cat Moir, Ernst Bloch’s Speculative Materialism.

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The Summer of Theory: History of a Rebellion, 1960-1990 (2021)

Posted on December 15, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Philipp Felsch, The Summer of Theory: History of a Rebellion, 1960-1990, (Translated by Tony Crawford), Polity, 2021 ‘Theory’ – a magical glow has emanated from this word since the sixties. Theory was more than just…

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Milton Santos, The Nature of Space and For a New Geography, with a commentary at Progress in Political Economy [and discussion at New Books Network]

Posted on December 15, 2021 by stuartelden

Milton Santos, The Nature of Space, translated by Brenda Baletti (Duke, 2021). In The Nature of Space, pioneering Afro-Brazilian geographer Milton Santos attends to globalization writ large and how local and global orders intersect in the construction of space. Santos offers a … Continue reading →

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Cat Moir, Ernst Bloch’s Speculative Materialism – discussion, 14 December 2021

Posted on December 14, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Cat Moir,?Ernst Bloch’s Speculative Materialism: Ontology, Epistemology, Politics?– hardback Brill 2019; paperback?Haymarket, 2020 Discussion 14 December 2021, 5pm – details and registration here Update: the stream of this discussion will be here Cat Moir’s 2020…

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Shifting Territory and Sovereignty: People, Place and Power – interview on Radio Northern Beaches

Posted on December 14, 2021 by stuartelden

Shifting Territory and Sovereignty: People, Place and Power – interview on Radio Northern Beaches with Michael Lester, Not a great recording of my voice, but hopefully listenable. in conversation with stuart elden, professor, political theory and geography, warwick university, uk, … Continue reading →

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Foucault in the Panopticon (2021)

Posted on December 14, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault in the Panopticon How Michel Foucault’s encounters in Poland’s heavily policed gay community informed his ideas GEOFF SHULLENBERGER | Reason, FROM THE DECEMBER 2021 ISSUE In 1958, the 32-year-old philosopher Michel Foucault arrived in…

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Angela Davis: An Autobiography – new edition, Haymarket, January 2022

Posted on December 13, 2021 by stuartelden

Angela Davis: An Autobiography – new edition, Haymarket, January 2022 Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements for more than 50 years. First published and edited … Continue reading →

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