Monthly Archives: March 2023

Excerpt from The Archaeology of Foucault at The Montreal Review (open access)

Posted on March 31, 2023 by stuartelden

A short excerpt from the coda of The Archaeology of Foucault is available open access at The Montréal Review. It discusses Foucault’s tributes to Jean Hyppolite and the visits to SUNY Buffalo in 1970 and 1972. Thanks to publicity staff … Continue reading →

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Books received – Surya, Foucault, Calvino, Blanchot, Artières, Eliade, Loyer, Bataille, Cunliffe

Posted on March 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Bought in Paris or second-hand, connecting to either the new Indo-European thought project or the earlier Foucault one. I’ll just mention a couple – La bibliothèque de Georges Bataille is the illustrated catalogue to the recent sale of a part of … Continue reading →

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Translation and the Archive in the Continental Tradition workshop, Senate House, London, 19 May 2023 – organised by Henry Somers-Hall with Julia Ng, Alan Schrift, Daniel Smith, Charles Stivale and Stuart Elden

Posted on March 31, 2023 by stuartelden

On 19 May 2023 I’ll speaking at a workshop on Translation and the Archive in the Continental Tradition, organised by Henry Somers-Hall for Royal Holloway, University of London. It will be held in central London at Senate House. Registration is … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, “What Is Critique?” and “The Culture of the Self” (2024)

Posted on March 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Now available for pre-order on the University of Chicago Press website. Michel Foucault, What Is Critique? & The Culture of the Self Edited by Henri-Paul Fruchaud, Daniele Lorenzini, and Arnold I. Davidson Translated by Clare…

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Sur les traces de Georges Canguilhem – CAPHÉS website with archive information, bibliographies, interviews, etc.

Posted on March 30, 2023 by stuartelden

The CAPHÉS archive in Paris, which houses Georges Canguilhem’s archive and his library, among other valuable resources, has produced an invaluable website about his work. Sur les traces de Georges Canguilhem Le philosophe Georges Canguilhem (1904-1995) est un ancien élève … Continue reading →

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Un inédit de Michel Foucault publié en mai (2023)

Posted on March 30, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Un inédit de Michel Foucault publié en mai AFP, 10 mars 2023 Un inédit de Michel Foucault, “Le Discours philosophique”, réflexion sur les rapports entre philosophie et actualité, sera publié le 12 mai, ont annoncé…

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Updates to forthcoming papers, and to list of published ones available open access

Posted on March 29, 2023 by stuartelden

I’ve updated the ‘forthcoming‘ page on this site – removing a few pieces that have now been published, and adding details of a couple of new ones in production or available online first. This page doesn’t include things under review … Continue reading →

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Carlo Ginzburg, in discussion with Raphaëlle Burns, Emmanuelle Saada, and Pierre Force, online April 3, 2023 (12-1pm New York; 6-7pm Paris)

Posted on March 28, 2023 by stuartelden

MONDAY, APRIL 3, 12:00-1:00 PM (New York) / 18:00-19:00 (Paris) Nevertheless: Machiavelli, Pascal  Carlo Ginzburg, in discussion with Raphaëlle Burns, Emmanuelle Saada, and Pierre Force On zoom RSVP HERE Machiavelli’s repeated use of the adverb nondimanco (“nevertheless”) indicated he thought that there was an … Continue reading →

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Indo-European thought in twentieth-century France update 10: Dumézil’s early work and archives; the Collège de Sociologie and Blanchot; Eliade in Paris; Lévi-Strauss

Posted on March 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Since the last update on this project, the main task has been beginning to work through Dumézil’s books and articles in broadly chronological order, filling in some gaps in my earlier reading, and trying to write a bit about each. So far, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Charlotte Wrigley, Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic – University of Minnesota Press, April 2023

Posted on March 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Charlotte Wrigley, Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic – University of Minnesota Press, April 2023 Climate scientists point to permafrost as a “ticking time bomb” for the planet and, from the Arctic, apocalyptic narratives proliferate … Continue reading →

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