Monthly Archives: June 2023

Eugene B. Young, Cinematic Art and Reversals of Power. Deleuze via Blanchot (2022)

Posted on June 29, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Eugene B. Young, Cinematic Art and Reversals of Power. Deleuze via Blanchot, Bloomsbury, 2022 Description Bringing together Deleuze, Blanchot, and Foucault, this book provides a detailed and original exploration of the ideas that influenced Deleuze’s…

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Kristin Ross’s “The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life” – Los Angeles Review of Books podcast

Posted on June 28, 2023 by stuartelden

Kristin Ross’s “The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life” – Los Angeles Review of Books podcast Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak to the author Kristin Ross about her recent book, The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life, a collection of … Continue reading →

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Uwe Wittstock, February 1933: The Winter of Literature – trans. Daniel Bowles, Polity, April 2023

Posted on June 28, 2023 by stuartelden

Uwe Wittstock, February 1933: The Winter of Literature – trans. Daniel Bowles, Polity, April 2023 It all happened in a flash. February 1933 was the month in which the fate of German writers, as for so many others, was decided. … Continue reading →

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Anna M. Grzymała-Busse, Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State – Princeton University Press, January 2023

Posted on June 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Anna M. Grzymała-Busse, Sacred Foundations: The Religious and Medieval Roots of the European State – Princeton University Press, January 2023 Sacred Foundations argues that the medieval church was a fundamental force in European state formation. Existing accounts focus on early modern … Continue reading →

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Tony C. Brown, Statelessness: On Almost Not Existing – University of Minnesota Press, November 2022

Posted on June 26, 2023 by stuartelden

Tony C. Brown, Statelessness: On Almost Not Existing – University of Minnesota Press, November 2022 Just as the modern state and the citizenship associated with it are commonly thought of as a European invention, so too is citizenship’s negation in … Continue reading →

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Edgar Landgraf, Nietzsche’s Posthumanism – University of Minnesota Press, September 2023

Posted on June 25, 2023 by stuartelden

Edgar Landgraf, Nietzsche’s Posthumanism – University of Minnesota Press, September 2023 While many posthumanists claim Nietzsche as one of their own, rarely do they engage his philosophy in any real depth. Nietzsche’s Posthumanism addresses this need by exploring the continuities and disagreements … Continue reading →

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Miri Davidson, “Jean Baudrillard Grasped the Symbolic Life of Capital but Lost Track of the Material World”, Jacobin, open access

Posted on June 24, 2023 by stuartelden

Miri Davidson, “Jean Baudrillard Grasped the Symbolic Life of Capital but Lost Track of the Material World“, Jacobin, open access French thinker Jean Baudrillard developed a pioneering analysis of symbolism and consumption in modern capitalism with some valuable insights. But … Continue reading →

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Judith Revel, Orazio Irrera, Inédit de Michel Foucault : le discours philosophique (2023)

Posted on June 23, 2023 by stuartelden

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Inédit de Michel Foucault : le discours philosophique, Radio France, podcast Samedi 13 mai 2023 Dans un texte inédit, le penseur français fait l’histoire du discours philosophique et l’aborde avec un regard critique. Avec Judith…

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Gabriel Rockhill, “The Myth of 1968 Thought and the French Intelligentsia: Historical Commodity Fetishism and Ideological Rollback”, Monthly Review, June 2023 (open access)

Posted on June 22, 2023 by stuartelden

Gabriel Rockhill, “The Myth of 1968 Thought and the French Intelligentsia: Historical Commodity Fetishism and Ideological Rollback“, Monthly Review, June 2023 (open access) Like any major social and political movement, the events referred to as those of May 1968 have … Continue reading →

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Morten Paul, Suhrkamp Theorie: Eine Buchreihe im philosophischen Nachkrieg – Spector, February 2023

Posted on June 21, 2023 by stuartelden

Morten Paul, Suhrkamp Theorie: Eine Buchreihe im philosophischen Nachkrieg – Spector, February 2023 Suhrkamp’s “Theory” series appeared over a period of 20 years, from 1966 to 1986. The publishing house included over 200 titles in the series, including basic texts … Continue reading →

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