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Stuart Elden, ‘The Archaeology of Foucault’, Modern French Research Seminar, University of Cambridge (online), 31 January 2022

Posted on January 20, 2022 by stuartelden

I’ll be speaking about my ongoing Foucault work, and particularly the book on the 1960s, in an online seminar for the University of Cambridge on 31 January 2022 at 5-6.30pm. The public registration link for the seminar is here.

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Jean Hyppolite, Genèse et structure de la Phénoménologie de l’esprit de Hegel – Classiques Garnier, January 2022

Posted on January 17, 2022 by stuartelden

Jean Hyppolite, Genèse et structure de la Phénoménologie de l’esprit de Hegel – Classiques Garnier, January 2022, edited by Giuseppe Bianco Genèse et structure de la Phénoménologie de l’esprit de Hegel, la thèse principale de Jean Hyppolite, publiée pour la première fois … Continue reading →

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Daniele Lorenzini, The Normativity of Biopolitics (2021)

Posted on January 14, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Daniele Lorenzini, The Normativity of Biopolitics Working draft of a talk delivered at the Dutch-Belgian Foucault Circle on 24 February 2021. As was predictable, the coronavirus pandemic has contributed to the emergence of a new…

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Louis Althusser and Materialist Reading – online seminar, 18 January, 6-9pm

Posted on January 14, 2022 by stuartelden

Louis Althusser and Materialist Reading – online seminar, 18 January, 6-9pm This seminar provides an opportunity to review contemporary critical studies inspired by the philosophy and theory of Louis Althusser This seminar comprises three papers:  1. Alya Ansari, In Excess … Continue reading →

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Jean-Baptiste Vuillerod, La naissance de l’anti-hégélianisme: Louis Althusser et Michel Foucault, lecteurs de Hegel – ENS 2022 

Posted on January 14, 2022 by stuartelden

Jean-Baptiste Vuillerod, La naissance de l’anti-hégélianisme: Louis Althusser et Michel Foucault, lecteurs de Hegel – ENS 2022 Contre une lecture simpliste de l’anti-hégélianisme que Louis Althusser et Michel Foucault ont défendu dans les années 1960, l’ouvrage propose un parcours dans les textes … Continue reading →

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Japhy Wilson, Reality of Dreams: Post-Neoliberal Utopias in the Ecuadorian Amazon – Yale University Press, 2022 (and piece at Progress in Political Economy)

Posted on January 14, 2022 by stuartelden

Japhy Wilson, Reality of Dreams: Post-Neoliberal Utopias in the Ecuadorian Amazon – Yale University Press, 2022 An exploration of radical megaprojects in the Ecuadorian Amazon, considering the fate of utopian fantasies under conditions of global capitalism From 2007 to 2017, … Continue reading →

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Shifting landscapes of the medieval world: Hybrid seminar series, January – June 2022

Posted on January 7, 2022 by stuartelden

Shifting landscapes of the medieval world: Hybrid seminar series, January – June 2022 Although the word ‘landscape’ entered English in the sixteenth century, the concept of the land as it shapes and is shaped by human activity is much, much … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 13: drafting the chapters on The Archaeology of Knowledge and sexuality; moving to work on madness and medicine

Posted on January 7, 2022 by stuartelden

My optimistic idea of having a complete, even if very rough, draft of The Archaeology of Foucault before Christmas didn’t happen. I’d liked the idea of having a complete text, which I could then print and leave for a while … Continue reading →

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Theodore Kisiel (1930-2021) – Daily Nous notice and obituary

Posted on January 7, 2022 by stuartelden

Daily Nous has the news of the death of Theodore Kisiel. The obituary linked is a good summary of his work. I met him a couple of times at conferences – in Denton, North Texas and Meßkirch. He was always … Continue reading →

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Historiography of Science in South America (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay) – Transversal special issue (open access)

Posted on January 4, 2022 by stuartelden

Historiography of Science in South America (Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay) – Transversal special issue (open access)

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