Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Benveniste, Althusser, Eliade, Heidegger, Nail, Derrida, Miller, Dumézil

Posted on November 24, 2021 by stuartelden

Mostly bought second-hand, but also Thomas Nail, Theory of the Object and Paul Allen Miller, Foucault’s Seminars on Antiquity, both sent by the publishers, and the most recent of Derrida’s seminars and Heidegger’s notebooks.

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Theory in Crisis Seminar – Engin Isin, ‘Planetary Movements: Willing, Knowing, Acting’, 10 December 2021

Posted on November 23, 2021 by stuartelden

Theory in Crisis Seminar – Engin Isin, ‘Planetary Movements: Willing, Knowing, Acting’, 10 December 2021, 10 December 2021 , 4:00PM – 6:00PM (CEST)  What is the role of critical theory today and who is it for? What kind of maps can theory … Continue reading →

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William Walters, Charles Heller & Lorenzo Pezzani (eds.), Viapolitics: Borders, Migration, and the Power of Locomotion – Duke University Press, January 2022 (open access introduction)

Posted on November 23, 2021 by stuartelden

William Walters, Charles Heller & Lorenzo Pezzani (eds.), Viapolitics: Borders, Migration, and the Power of Locomotion – Duke University Press, January 2022 (open access introduction) Vehicles, their infrastructures, and the environments they traverse are fundamental to the movement of migrants … Continue reading →

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Rhythmanalysis: Place, Mobility, Disruption and Performance, edited by Dawn Lyon, Research in Urban Society 17 (requires subscription)

Posted on November 16, 2021 by stuartelden

Rhythmanalysis: Place, Mobility, Disruption and Performance, edited by Dawn Lyon, Research in Urban Society 17 (requires subscription) 

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Books received – Nietzsche, Kremer-Marietti, Deleuze, Althusser, Canguilhem, Foucault

Posted on November 15, 2021 by stuartelden

Mostly bought second-hand, but also the latest volume of Canguilhem’s Œuvres and Foucault’s Phénoménologie et psychologie, edited by Philippe Sabot, which I bought in Paris.

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Vinciane Despret, Living as a Bird – translated by Helen Morrison, Polity, October 2021 and discussion at New Books Network

Posted on November 13, 2021 by stuartelden

Vinciane Despret, Living as a Bird – translated by Helen Morrison, Polity, October 2021 and discussion at New Books Network In the first days of spring, birds undergo a spectacular metamorphosis. After a long winter of migration and peaceful coexistence, … Continue reading →

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Historical Materialism conference 2021 – videos on sessions on John Bellamy Foster, Gramsci and Althusser

Posted on November 13, 2021 by stuartelden

Historical Materialism conference 2021 – videos of sessions on Althusser, Gramsci and John Bellamy Foster’s book. Lots more on the Haymarket channel.

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Philosophy today: Special section on Miguel De Beistegui, The Government Of Desire: A Genealogy Of The Liberal Subject (2021)

Posted on November 11, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Special section: Miguel De Beistegui, The Government Of Desire: A Genealogy Of The Liberal Subject, Philosophy Today: Volume > 65 > Issue: 4, 2021 Vilde Lid Aavitsland, The “Man of Desire” or the “Man of…

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Marcelo Hoffman, ‘The FBI file on Foucault’, Viewpoint Magazine (open access), 2021

Posted on November 9, 2021 by stuartelden

Marcelo Hoffman, ‘The FBI file on Foucault‘, Viewpoint Magazine, 2021 Nearly a decade ago, two Brazilian researchers, Heliana de Barros Conde Rodrigues and Maria Izabel Pitanga, made a remarkable discovery. They requested materials on the French philosopher Michel Foucault from … Continue reading →

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CFP: Michel Foucault and the Historiography of the Sciences (2021-22)

Posted on November 8, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Call for papers Michel Foucault and the Historiography of the Sciences The June 2022 edition of Transversal: International Journal for the Historiography of Science will present a special issue dedicated to the work of Michel…

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