Monthly Archives: April 2023

David Harvey discussion “La géographie du capital” and dialogue with Jean-Luc Mélenchon (videos)

Posted on April 13, 2023 by stuartelden

David Harvey discussion – although the questions are in French, Harvey speaks in English, followed by an interpreter. Cette conférence est le premier événement d’une série de deux organisés par le département de géographie de l’Institut La Boétie, dans le … Continue reading →

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Wendy Brown, Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber – Harvard University Press, April 2023

Posted on April 13, 2023 by stuartelden

Wendy Brown, Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber – Harvard University Press, April 2023 One of America’s leading political theorists analyzes the nihilism degrading—and confounding—political and academic life today. Through readings of Max Weber’s Vocation Lectures, she proposes ways to … Continue reading →

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Shiloh Krupar, Health Colonialism: Urban Wastelands and Hospital Frontiers – University of Minnesota Press/Forerunners, March 2023

Posted on April 12, 2023 by stuartelden

Shiloh Krupar, Health Colonialism: Urban Wastelands and Hospital Frontiers – University of Minnesota Press/Forerunners, March 2023 Health Colonialism considers how U.S. urban development policies contribute to the uneven and unjust distribution of health care in this country. Here, Shiloh Krupar investigates … Continue reading →

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Frédéric Keck, How French Moderns Think: The Lévy-Bruhl Family, From “Primitive Mentality” to Contemporary Pandemics – HAU books, December 2023

Posted on April 11, 2023 by stuartelden

Frédéric Keck, How French Moderns Think: The Lévy-Bruhl Family, From “Primitive Mentality” to Contemporary Pandemics – HAU books, December 2023 This book traces the contributions of the Lévy-Bruhl family to social and political thought and expertise in 20th-century France, shaping … Continue reading →

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Italo Calvino on writing

Posted on April 11, 2023 by stuartelden

Italo Calvino, The Written World and the Unwritten World: Collected Non-Fiction, trans. Ann Goldstein (Penguin) – two nice passages about writing, taken from the title essay. I have to say that most of the books I’ve written and those I have it … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault (Polity, 2023) – New Books Network discussion with Dave O’Brien

Posted on April 6, 2023 by stuartelden

I discuss my recent book The Archaeology of Foucault (Polity, 2023) on the New Books Network with Dave O’Brien (audio) Dave has now generously discussed all the books in this series: Foucault’s Last Decade, 21 September 2016 Foucault: The Birth … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Tallis, Identities, Borderscapes, Orders: (In)Security, (Im)Mobility and Crisis in the EU and Ukraine – Springer, February 2023

Posted on April 6, 2023 by stuartelden

Benjamin Tallis, Identities, Borderscapes, Orders: (In)Security, (Im)Mobility and Crisis in the EU and Ukraine – Springer, February 2023 This book provides a pre-history of Russia’s war on Ukraine and Europe’s relations to it, illuminating the deep roots of the EU’s … Continue reading →

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Engin Isin, The conditions of planetary citizenship – online lecture, 13 April 2023

Posted on April 5, 2023 by stuartelden

Engin Isin, The conditions of planetary citizenship – online lecture, 13 April 2023, 4pm BST registration required via Eventbrite

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Natasha Wheatley, The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty – Princeton University Press, June 2023

Posted on April 4, 2023 by stuartelden

Natasha Wheatley, The Life and Death of States: Central Europe and the Transformation of Modern Sovereignty – Princeton University Press, June 2023 Sprawled across the heartlands of Europe, the Habsburg Empire resisted all the standard theories of singular sovereignty. The … Continue reading →

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Peter T. Struck and Sophia Rosenfeld (eds.), A Cultural History of Ideas – Bloomsbury, six volumes, November 2022

Posted on April 4, 2023 by stuartelden

Peter T. Struck and Sophia Rosenfeld (eds.), A Cultural History of Ideas – Bloomsbury, six volumes, November 2022 A massive, six-volume reference work, at a high price, but looks impressive if you can find a suitable library copy… How has … Continue reading →

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