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Daniel Defert (1937-2023)

Posted on February 8, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Daniel Defert, philosophe, sociologue et figure de la lutte contre le sida, est mort Daniel Defert (2015)by Claude Truong-Ngoc L’universitaire a été à l’origine de la création de l’association Aides en 1984, après la disparition…

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Books received – Foucault, Surya, Tsu, Barthes, Lacan

Posted on February 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Some recently bought new and second-hand books, including the paperback of Jing Tsu, Kingdom of Characters: A Tale of Language, Obsession, and Genius in Modern China.

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Christopher I. Beckwith, The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China, Princeton University Press, Jan/Mar 2023

Posted on February 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Christopher I. Beckwith, The Scythian Empire: Central Eurasia and the Birth of the Classical Age from Persia to China, Princeton University Press, Jan/Mar 2023 In the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE, Scythian warriors conquered and unified most of the … Continue reading →

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Michelle Perrot, Punir et comprendre. Entretiens avec Frédéric Chauvaud (2023)

Posted on February 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michelle Perrot, Punir et comprendre. Entretiens avec Frédéric Chauvaud, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2023. Les éditions PUR proposent d’en découvrir les premières pages Ce livre d’entretiens revient sur un itinéraire et des chantiers ouverts dès…

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Indo-European thought project update 9: Dumézil’s courses; Benveniste’s teaching records; Barthes, Lacan, Deleuze and Guattari, Derrida; and a forthcoming article on “Foucault and Dumézil on Antiquity”

Posted on January 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Over the last month I have made some progress on a few different aspects of this project.  The main task in Paris was continuing working through the boxes of Georges Dumézil’s courses, held at the Collège de France archives. I’ve now … Continue reading →

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Rob Kitchin, Digital Timescapes: Technology, Temporality and Society – Polity, February 2023

Posted on January 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Rob Kitchin, Digital Timescapes: Technology, Temporality and Society – Polity, February 2023 Digital technologies are having a profound effect on the temporalities of individuals, households and organisations. We now expect to be able to instantly source a vast array of … Continue reading →

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Celia Lury, William Viney, Scott Wark (eds.), Figure: Concept and Method – Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 (open access)

Posted on January 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Celia Lury, William Viney, Scott Wark (eds.), Figure: Concept and Method – Palgrave Macmillan, 2022 (open access) This open access book shows how figures, figuring, and configuration are used to understand complex, contemporary problems. Figures are images, numbers, diagrams, data … Continue reading →

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Nikolina Bobic and Farzaneh Haghighi (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics, Volume I: Violence, Spectacle and Data – Routledge, November 2022

Posted on January 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Nikolina Bobic and Farzaneh Haghighi (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Architecture, Urban Space and Politics, Volume I: Violence, Spectacle and Data – Routledge, November 2022 One for libraries, at this price… [update Jan 2023: a…

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Two pieces on political ceremony (open access)

Posted on January 30, 2023 by stuartelden

A few years ago I wrote a piece on Foucault, Shakespeare and ceremony, and then, pre-pandemic, considered whether there might be a bigger project on this question. It led to a survey piece for a handbook edited by some Warwick … Continue reading →

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Georges Bataille, The Limit of the Useful, translated by Cory Knutson and Thomas Elliott – MIT Press, February 2023 (and interview with translators)

Posted on January 30, 2023 by stuartelden

Georges Bataille, The Limit of the Useful, translated by Cory Knutson and Thomas Elliott – MIT Press, February 2023 Update: now published; there is an interview with the translators at the Acid Horizon podcast. Forthcoming translation of this early text, … Continue reading →

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