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Un inédit de Michel Foucault publié en mai (2023)

Posted on March 30, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Un inédit de Michel Foucault publié en mai AFP, 10 mars 2023 Un inédit de Michel Foucault, “Le Discours philosophique”, réflexion sur les rapports entre philosophie et actualité, sera publié le 12 mai, ont annoncé…

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Updates to forthcoming papers, and to list of published ones available open access

Posted on March 29, 2023 by stuartelden

I’ve updated the ‘forthcoming‘ page on this site – removing a few pieces that have now been published, and adding details of a couple of new ones in production or available online first. This page doesn’t include things under review … Continue reading →

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Carlo Ginzburg, in discussion with Raphaëlle Burns, Emmanuelle Saada, and Pierre Force, online April 3, 2023 (12-1pm New York; 6-7pm Paris)

Posted on March 28, 2023 by stuartelden

MONDAY, APRIL 3, 12:00-1:00 PM (New York) / 18:00-19:00 (Paris) Nevertheless: Machiavelli, Pascal  Carlo Ginzburg, in discussion with Raphaëlle Burns, Emmanuelle Saada, and Pierre Force On zoom RSVP HERE Machiavelli’s repeated use of the adverb nondimanco (“nevertheless”) indicated he thought that there was an … Continue reading →

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Indo-European thought in twentieth-century France update 10: Dumézil’s early work and archives; the Collège de Sociologie and Blanchot; Eliade in Paris; Lévi-Strauss

Posted on March 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Since the last update on this project, the main task has been beginning to work through Dumézil’s books and articles in broadly chronological order, filling in some gaps in my earlier reading, and trying to write a bit about each. So far, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Charlotte Wrigley, Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic – University of Minnesota Press, April 2023

Posted on March 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Charlotte Wrigley, Earth, Ice, Bone, Blood: Permafrost and Extinction in the Russian Arctic – University of Minnesota Press, April 2023 Climate scientists point to permafrost as a “ticking time bomb” for the planet and, from the Arctic, apocalyptic narratives proliferate … Continue reading →

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Foucault before the Collège de France – theme issue of Theory, Culture & Society, now published

Posted on March 26, 2023 by stuartelden

‘Foucault before the Collège de France’ – theme issue of Theory, Culture & Society, coming soon, edited by Stuart Elden, Orazio Irrera and Daniele Lorenzini [Update: the whole issue is now online here] Some of the papers are available online … Continue reading →

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Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation – Verso, March 2023 (paperback)

Posted on March 26, 2023 by stuartelden

Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation – Verso, March 2023 (paperback) First collection of writings from one of the foremost contemporary critical thinkers on racism, geography and incarceration. Gathering together Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s work from over three decades, Abolition … Continue reading →

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Nicolaas Buitendag, States of exclusion: A critical systems theory reading of international law – Aosis, 2023 (print and open access e-book)

Posted on March 24, 2023 by stuartelden

Nicolaas Buitendag, States of exclusion: A critical systems theory reading of international law – Aosis, 2023 (print and open access e-book) The theoretical underpinnings of public international law have taken the sovereign status of the nation-state for granted since the … Continue reading →

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Julian Roche, Marxism and Real Estate: Taking Lefebvre Seriously – Routledge, September 2023

Posted on March 24, 2023 by stuartelden

Julian Roche, Marxism and Real Estate: Taking Lefebvre Seriously – Routledge, September 2023 Intriguing, but a truly ridiculous price of £140! This book straddles two worlds and attempts to bring them together: that of Lefebvre’s Marxism on the one hand, and … Continue reading →

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Walter Benjamin’s translators on translating Walter Benjamin

Posted on March 23, 2023 by stuartelden

Esther Leslie, Sam Dolbear, Sebastian Truskolaski on Translating Walter Benjamin In 1923 Walter Benjamin published The Task of the Translator, a seminal essay in which he considers what is obscured and what is elucidated through the process of literary translation. The … Continue reading →

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