Author Archives: stuartelden

Book presentation of “Disalienation” by Camille Robcis (13/06/2022)

Originally posted on h-madness:
Book presentation of “Disalienation. Politics, Philosophy, and Radical Psychiatry in Postwar France” by Camille Robcis. This event takes place on 13/06/2022 at the Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po in Paris (1 Place Saint-Thomas-d’Aquin, 75007 Paris). You…

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Teologia politica 2022? Political Theology 2022? – University of Rome La Sapienza, 22-24 June 

Teologia politica 2022? Political Theology 2022? – University of Rome La Sapienza, 22-24 June  Organised by Arthur Bradley and Elettra Stimilli, with speakers including Carlo Galli, Maurizio Lazzarato, Paolo Napoli and Mario Tronti. It will also be live-streamed.  The pdf of the programme … Continue reading

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The Frankfurt School and Shakespeare, Garrick’s Temple, Hampton, 25 June 2022 [now taking place online]

The Frankfurt School and Shakespeare, Garrick’s Temple, Hampton, 25 June 2022 Update: due to rail strikes this is now taking place online. Registration free, but required. 09.30: Coffee (Temple Pavilion) 10.00: Chair: Jennifer Rust (Saint Louis University)  Paul Kottman (New School … Continue reading

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Stuart Elden, The Archaeology of Foucault – Polity, December 2022, cover and preorder details

The final book in my series of studies of Foucault, The Archaeology of Foucault, is due for publication with Polity in December 2022. On 20 May 1961 Foucault defended his two doctoral theses; on 2 December 1970 he gave his … Continue reading

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Challenging reference problems with Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna – any help gratefully received [updated]

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
I am looking for help with some of the more challenging references in my editorial work with Georges Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna. I have checked hundreds of references, correcting some and completing many, but these are the…

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Challenging reference problems with Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna – any help gratefully received [updated]

[Update: some progress on all of these is reported at the end of this post.] I am looking for help with some of the more challenging references in my editorial work with Georges Dumézil’s Mitra-Varuna. I have checked hundreds of … Continue reading

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Books received – Eliade, Benveniste, Charachidzé, Balibar, Godelier

Mainly second-hand books for the Indo-European thought project, along with Étienne Balibar, Cosmopolitique, the third volume in his Écrits series, and Maurice Godelier’s study of Lévi-Strauss (available in English from Verso, translated by Nora Scott), both bought in Paris.

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Georges Canguilhem Beyond Epistemology, online event, 16 May 2022 [postponed]

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Georges Canguilhem Beyond Epistemology, online event, 16 May 2022 new date to be arranged Georges Canguilhem was one of the most influential historians and philosophers of science of 20th-century France. Michel Foucault, Louis Althusser, Alain…

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E-International Relations Interview – David Campbell

E-International Relations Interview – David Campbell

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Mark Neocleous, The Politics of Immunity: Security and the Policing of Bodies – Verso, March 2022 (and New Books Network discussion)

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Mark Neocleous, The Politics of Immunity: Security and the Policing of Bodies – Verso, March 2022 Our contemporary political condition is obsessed with immunity. The immunity of bodies and the body politic; personal immunity and…

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