Author Archives: stuartelden

Thinking Global Podcast – Quentin Skinner at E-International Relations

Posted on April 11, 2024 by stuartelden

Thinking Global Podcast – Quentin Skinner at E-International Relations This week on the Thinking Global Podcast, Professor Quentin Skinner (Queen Mary, University of London – @QMHistory) speaks with the team about contextualism, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and more. Professor Skinner chats with Kieran (⁠⁠⁠@kieranjomeara⁠⁠⁠) … Continue reading →

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Dave Beer on making decisions about research plans; and some thoughts of my own

Posted on April 10, 2024 by stuartelden

Some interesting thoughts from Dave Beer on making decisions about research plans – At a research junction A few years ago I wrote a page for this site about how, largely retrospectively, I saw the main periods of my research … Continue reading →

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Gisèle Sapiro, The Sociology of Literature – trans. Madeline Bedecarré and Ben Libman, Stanford University Press, October 2023

Posted on April 10, 2024 by stuartelden

Gisèle Sapiro, The Sociology of Literature – trans. Madeline Bedecarré and Ben Libman, Stanford University Press, October 2023 The Sociology of Literature is a pithy primer on the history, affordances, and potential futures of this growing field of study, which finds … Continue reading →

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Pramod K. Nayar, Vulnerable Earth: The Literature of Climate Crisis – Cambridge University Press, May 2024

Posted on April 9, 2024 by stuartelden

Pramod K. Nayar, Vulnerable Earth: The Literature of Climate Crisis – Cambridge University Press, May 2024 Vulnerable Earth is a study of the literature of climate crisis. Building on the assumption that the crisis is planetary in scope even if … Continue reading →

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“Foucault and Structuralism” – a book chapter for Daniele Lorenzini’s collection The Foucauldian Mind

Posted on April 8, 2024 by stuartelden

I recently wrote a book chapter on “Foucault and Structuralism” for The Foucauldian Mind, edited by my friend and former Warwick colleague Daniele Lorenzini. It’s been an interesting diversion from the other work. Contrary to my usual practice, where I … Continue reading →

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Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024) – book launch 16 April 2024, Pace University

Posted on April 7, 2024 by stuartelden

Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault in Brazil: Dictatorship, Resistance, and Solidarity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2024) – book launch 16 April 2024, Pace University

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Canguilhem beyond Epistemology and the History of Science – special issue of Revue Internationale de Philosophie, No 307, 2024

Posted on April 6, 2024 by stuartelden

Canguilhem beyond Epistemology and the History of Science – special issue of Revue Internationale de Philosophie, edited by Federico Testa, No 307, 2024 Congratulations to Federico for bringing this issue together – it has taken a long time, but as … Continue reading →

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The Invention of Prehistory: A Dialogue with Stefanos Geroulanos

Posted on April 5, 2024 by stuartelden

The Invention of Prehistory: A Dialogue with Stefanos Geroulanos They are talking about his new book, The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and our Obsession with Human Origins (Liveright, April 2024) In this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a dialogue with Stefanos Geroulanos … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault reviewed by David Beer in The Times Literary Supplement

Posted on April 4, 2024 by stuartelden

My 2023 book The Archaeology of Foucault is generously reviewed by David Beer in The Times Literary Supplement The review requires subscription, but email me if you can’t access a copy through an institution. Imagine Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes … Continue reading →

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Unintimidated Languages: Jameson at 90

Posted on April 4, 2024 by stuartelden

Unintimidated Languages: Jameson at 90 In honor of Fredric Jameson‘s 90th birthday this month, we’re publishing a series of short essays focused on the major books in Jameson’s oeuvre. Here, Daniel Hartley revisits Jameson’s first book, Sartre: The Origins of a Style (1961). … Continue reading →

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