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Alain Corbin, A History of the Wind, trans. William Peniston – Polity, November 2022

Posted on February 13, 2023 by stuartelden

Alain Corbin, A History of the Wind, trans. William Peniston – Polity, November 2022 Everyone knows the wind’s touch, its presence, its force. Sometimes it roars and howls, at other times we hear its wistful sighs and feel its soothing … Continue reading →

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Sida, prisons, décolonisation : la vie militante de Daniel Defert (2023)

Posted on February 13, 2023 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Sida, prisons, décolonisation : la vie militante de Daniel Defert, France Culture (radio), fév 2023. © Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons – cc-by-sa-3.0, Aucun(e) À propos de la série Une série d’entretiens proposée par Virginie…

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Interviews with Mary Douglas and Roland Barthes in ‘Notes on Structuralism’ section of Theory, Culture and Society (open access)

Posted on February 13, 2023 by stuartelden

Mary Douglas on Purity and Danger: An Interview – Mike Featherstone, Bryan S. Turner A previously unpublished 1979 interview: This interview with Mary Douglas took place at Lancaster University in the Religious Studies Department. The main focus of the interview … Continue reading →

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A photo of Daniel Defert in Foucault’s old apartment

Posted on February 8, 2023 by stuartelden

A photo I took of Daniel Defert in 2015 when I visited him in Foucault’s former apartment on the rue de Vaugirard. He’s signing a copy of Un Vie Politique for me.

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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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