Monthly Archives: October 2026

Le Nouvel Obs hors série – Michel Foucault Le visionnaire

Posted on October 12, 2026 by stuartelden

A special issue of Le Nouvel Obs – Michel Foucault Le visionnaire Includes pieces by  Judith Butler, Michaël Fœssel, Michelle Perrot, Mathieu Potte-Bonneville, Didier Fassin and others, and an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published La Croisade des enfants. Thanks to Arnaud … Continue reading →

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Nasar Meer, The Social Life of Justice – Polity, September 2026

Posted on October 12, 2026 by stuartelden

Nasar Meer, The Social Life of Justice – Polity, September 2026 In an age of crisis and uncertainty, Nasar Meer asks what justice means in an unjust world, and how it might be sustained in uncertain times. The Social Life of … Continue reading →

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Forty years since the death of Georges Dumézil and fifty since that of Émile Benveniste

Posted on October 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Today marks forty years since the death of Georges Dumézil (1898-1986); it was fifty years since the death of Émile Benveniste (1902-1976) a few days ago. Benveniste and Dumézil are the main focus of my very long manuscript Mapping Indo-European … Continue reading →

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Jean-Paul Sartre’s Situations and the chronology of his exchange with Claude Lefort about communism

Posted on October 11, 2026 by stuartelden

Back in 2024 I complained about how hard it was to navigate Jean-Paul Sartre’s Situations. I went looking for the French version of “What is a Collaborator?”, only to find it was in volume III of the original edition and volume II … Continue reading →

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La Bibliothèque nationale de France célèbre le centenaire de Michel Foucault (2026)

Posted on October 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Details of the Bibliothèque nationale de France sent for Foucault’s centenary.

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Richard Wilson, Shakespeare’s Fascist Followers – Bloomsbury, September 2025; paperback April 2027

Posted on October 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Richard Wilson, Shakespeare’s Fascist Followers – Bloomsbury, September 2025; paperback April 2027 Pleased to see a paperback of this important book listed for April 2027. Here you can read my opening remarks to a roundtable celebrating the book at an … Continue reading →

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Axel Cherniavsky, Deleuze, Philosophy and the Creation of Concepts – trans. Taylor Adkins – Edinburgh University Press, November 2024, paperback May 2026

Posted on October 10, 2026 by stuartelden

Axel Cherniavsky, Deleuze, Philosophy and the Creation of Concepts – trans. Taylor Adkins – Edinburgh University Press, November 2024, paperback May 2026

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Michel Foucault: storico della verità – video of 1 February 1978 interview

Posted on October 9, 2026 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault: storico della verità – video of 1 February 1978 interview In French, dubbed into Italian. English subtitles are due to be added. [Update: the French audio and English subtitles are available here] Difensore della libertà umana, il filosofo … Continue reading →

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Gilles Deleuze, Sur Foucault I: Les formes du savoir, cours octobre-décembre 1985 – ed. David Lapoujade, Éditions de Minuit, November 2026

Posted on October 9, 2026 by stuartelden

Gilles Deleuze, Sur Foucault I: Les formes du savoir, cours octobre-décembre 1985 – ed. David Lapoujade, Éditions de Minuit, November 2026 Lors de l’année universitaire 1985-1986, Gilles Deleuze décide de rendre hommage à la pensée de Michel Foucault, disparu en … Continue reading →

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Jacques Derrida, Secrets of Responsibility – ed. Ginette Michaud and Nicholas Cotton, trans. E.S. Burt and Katie Chenoweth, University of Chicago Press, April 2027

Posted on October 9, 2026 by stuartelden

Jacques Derrida, Secrets of Responsibility – ed. Ginette Michaud and Nicholas Cotton, trans. E.S. Burt and Katie Chenoweth, University of Chicago Press, April 2027 Jacques Derrida on the problem of secrecy, the first in a ten-seminar series on questions of … Continue reading →

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