Monthly Archives: May 2023

William Walters and Martina Tazzioli (eds.), Handbook on Governmentality – Edward Elgar, April 2023 (limited parts open access)

Posted on May 5, 2023 by stuartelden

William Walters and Martina Tazzioli (eds.), Handbook on Governmentality – Edward Elgar, April 2023 Now published, though as an expensive hardback and e-book. The front matter, Introduction and first chapter by Daniele Lorenzini are available open access. My piece in … Continue reading →

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Chris Kraus and Hedi El Kholti discuss the work of the publisher Semiotext(e) at the New Books Network

Posted on May 4, 2023 by stuartelden

Chris Kraus and Hedi El Kholti discuss the work of the publisher Semiotext(e) at the New Books Network Best known for its introduction of French theory to American readers, Semiotext(e) has been one of America’s most influential independent presses since its inception … Continue reading →

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Migration and the Politics of the Deep Past – online/London, 19-20 May 23

Posted on May 4, 2023 by stuartelden

Imagining Lost Origins: Migration and the Politics of the Deep Past Online & River Room, King’s College London, The Strand, London WC2R 2LS, May 19–20, 2023 Culture has always been on the move, but the notion that culture is itself … Continue reading →

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Marie-Laure Massot, “Mettre en ligne, annoter et exploiter les fiches de lecture de Michel Foucault” – Archive ouverte HAL

Posted on May 3, 2023 by stuartelden

Mettre en ligne, annoter et exploiter les fiches de lecture de Michel Foucault – Archive ouverte HAL Marie-Laure Massot, “Mettre en ligne, annoter et exploiter les fiches de lecture de Michel Foucault“. Master. Atelier autour des archives, Centre documentaire du … Continue reading →

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Marie-Louise Sjoestedt (1900-1940) – an important scholar of Celtic languages and mythology

Posted on May 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Update January 2025: A revised and expanded version of this post is here. One of the problems with my current project on Indo-European thought in France is how male-dominated it is. If you look at a photograph of the Collège … Continue reading →

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Urban Nature podcast episode 4: Stuart Elden and Gabriel Kozlowski

Posted on May 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Urban Nature episode 4: Stuart Elden and Gabriel Kozlowski I was pleased to be Gabriel’s guest on the Urban Nature podcast for a discussion of several different aspects of my work – on territory, terrain, Lefebvre, Foucault, Shakespeare and even … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Le Discours philosophique (2023)

Posted on May 1, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault, Le Discours philosophique, eds. Daniele Lorenzini and Orazio Irrera – Gallimard/Seuil/EHESS, 2023 Qu’est-ce que la philosophie et quel est son rôle aujourd’hui ? Entre juillet et octobre 1966, quelques mois après la parution…

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Alan Wiig, Kevin Ward, Theresa Enright, Mike Hodson, Hamil Pearsall and Jonathan Silver (eds.), Infrastructuring Urban Futures: The Politics of Remaking Cities – Bristol University Press, May 2023

Posted on May 1, 2023 by stuartelden

Alan Wiig, Kevin Ward, Theresa Enright, Mike Hodson, Hamil Pearsall and Jonathan Silver (eds.), Infrastructuring Urban Futures: The Politics of Remaking Cities – Bristol University Press, May 2023 Update: the book is available open access here Focusing on material and social forms of infrastructure, this edited … Continue reading →

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Samuel Moyn, Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times – Yale University Press, August 2023

Posted on May 1, 2023 by stuartelden

Samuel Moyn, Liberalism Against Itself: Cold War Intellectuals and the Making of Our Times – Yale University Press, August 2023 By the middle of the twentieth century, many liberals looked glumly at the world modernity had brought about, with its … Continue reading →

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