Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Dumézil, Brossat and Lorenzini, Bene and Deleuze, Kristeva, de Libera, Morton, Gramsci

Posted on October 18, 2021 by stuartelden

Some recently received books, including the English and Spanish versions of Adam David Morton, Revolution and State in Modern Mexico (sent by Adam), the new collection Foucault et… Les liaisons dangereuses de Michel Foucault, edited by Alain Brossat and Daniele … Continue reading →

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Jean-Marie Guyau, The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines, edited by Keith Ansell Pearson and Federico Testa – Bloomsbury, October 2021

Posted on October 18, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Jean-Marie Guyau, The Ethics of Epicurus and its Relation to Contemporary Doctrines, edited by Keith Ansell Pearson and Federico Testa – Bloomsbury, October 2021 This is the first English translation of a compelling and highly…

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Martin Jay, Genesis and Validity: The Theory and Practice of Intellectual History – University of Pennsylvania Press, November 2021

Posted on October 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Martin Jay, Genesis and Validity: The Theory and Practice of Intellectual History – University of Pennsylvania Press, November 2021 Update: the book is discussed at the New Books Network here. There is no more contentious and perennial issue in the … Continue reading →

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Thomas Nail, Theory of the Object – Edinburgh University Press, September 2021

Posted on October 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Thomas Nail, Theory of the Object – Edinburgh University Press, September 2021 Describes a new, systematic process philosophy of science and technology focused on the agency and mobility of objects Tells the first history of Western science and technology focused … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, “Literature and Madness: Madness in the Baroque Theatre and the Theatre of Artaud”, Theory, Culture and Society (requires subscription)

Posted on October 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, “Literature and Madness: Madness in the Baroque Theatre and the Theatre of Artaud”, Theory, Culture and Society (requires subscription) A translation of a piece by Foucault, online first in Theory, Culture and Society – part of the special issue on … Continue reading →

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“Michel Foucault psychologue ?” par Philippe Sabot et Elisabetta Basso Maison Européenne des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, 25 novembre 2021, Lille.

Posted on October 11, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
“Michel Foucault psychologue ?” par Philippe Sabot et Elisabetta Basso Maison Européenne des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, 25 novembre 2021, Lille, France “Michel Foucault psychologue ?” par Philippe Sabot et Elisabetta Basso…

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My first book, Mapping the Present is 20 years old…

Posted on October 4, 2021 by stuartelden

It was twenty years ago today that my first book, Mapping the Present: Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History was published. I received an advance on 4 October 2001. The contract was signed with Athlone, who became … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden: The Early Foucault reviewed by Michael Maiden, Phenomenological Reviews

Posted on October 4, 2021 by stuartelden

The Early Foucault (Polity, 2021) is reviewed by Michael Maiden at Phenomenological Reviews Stuart Elden’s The Early Foucault is the third of a four-volume study of the origins and development of Michel Foucault’s thought. This book is the first one regarding the … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 10: cycling in Wales, work on The Order of Things, Nietzsche and a short trip to Paris

Posted on October 1, 2021 by stuartelden

In the last part of the summer I was able to make some good progress on this manuscript. In late August and early September I had two-week writing and cycling break in Wales. The weather was good until the last … Continue reading →

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Books received – Patron, Kristeva, Eliade, Foucault et. al., Derrida, Lévi-Strauss

Posted on October 1, 2021 by stuartelden

An edited collection on the Critique journal, Kristeva’s memoir, the final volume of Mircea Eliade’s journal, the long-awaited Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970–1980), the translation of Foucault’s 1982 seminar in Toronto, Speaking the Truth … Continue reading →

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