Author Archives: stuartelden

Louis Althusser’s Théorie series at François Maspero – list of published volumes and English translations

Posted on February 3, 2022 by stuartelden

In the 1960s and 1970s Louis Althusser edited a series at the radical publisher François Maspero. Many of the books published were by his former students including Pierre Macherey, Étienne Balibar, Alain Badiou, Emmanuel Terray and others. There were some … Continue reading →

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100 YEARS IN FULL BLOOM

Posted on February 3, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on andy merrifield:
100 years ago, in Paris, February 2nd, James Joyce celebrated his fortieth birthday by raising a glass (or two…) to Ulysses, his great epic novel, launched into the world in all its full, if later revised,…

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‘Message ou bruit?’ Resituating a short text by Foucault on medicine

Posted on February 2, 2022 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned before how Dits et écrits, which is an excellent collection, can sometimes decontextualise a piece by Foucault, making it hard to see why it was written. Tracking down the original publication of pieces can often be difficult but is … Continue reading →

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Interviews about Intolerable. Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980)

Posted on January 26, 2022 by stuartelden

A number of interviews about the important collection Intolerable. Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980) – University of Minnesota Press, 2021 the collection was edited by Kevin Thompson and Perry Turn, and translated by Perry Turn and … Continue reading →

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Konrad Lawson, Riccardo Bavaj and Bernhard Struck, A Guide to Spatial History: Areas, Aspects, and Avenues of Research, June 2021 (open access)

Posted on January 26, 2022 by stuartelden

Konrad Lawson, Riccardo Bavaj and Bernhard Struck, A Guide to Spatial History: Areas, Aspects, and Avenues of Research, June 2021 (open access) This guide provides an overview of the thematic areas, analytical aspects, and avenues of research which, together, form … Continue reading →

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Le foucaldien relaunched as Genealogy + Critique (2022)

Posted on January 26, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Le foucaldien relaunched as Genealogy + Critique (2022) From 2022, the peer-reviewed, open-access journal Le foucaldien, published by the London-based Open Library of Humanities (OLH), and the affiliated foucaultblog appear under the new title GENEALOGY+CRITIQUE at genealogy-critique.net. The relaunch broadens the…

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Irit Katz, The Common Camp: Architecture of Power and Resistance in Israel–Palestine – University of Minnesota Press, May 2022

Posted on January 26, 2022 by stuartelden

Irit Katz, The Common Camp: Architecture of Power and Resistance in Israel–Palestine – University of Minnesota Press, May 2022 Seeing the camp as a persistent political instrument in Israel–Palestine and beyond Focusing on the geopolitical complexity of Israel–Palestine and the dramatic … Continue reading →

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Books received – Althusser, Pécheux and Fichant, Badiou, Terray, Balibar, Kristeva, Epstein, Danchev

Posted on January 24, 2022 by stuartelden

Some books by Althusser and his then-students – some of which I talk about here – along with Etienne Balibar’s Violence and Civility, a couple by Julia Kristeva, Charlotte Epstein’s Birth of the State: The Place of the Body in … Continue reading →

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CFP: Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference 2021/2022

Posted on January 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Warwick Continental Philosophy Conference 2021/2022 Continental Philosophy and Global Challenges Historical perspectives through practical engagements 09-11 June 2022 University of Warwick (UK) Conference Venue: Department of Philosophy, University of Warwick Coventry, United Kingdom Keynote Speakers:…

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Nietzsche, Foucault et la généalogie (2022)

Posted on January 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
PDF dépliant Michèle COHEN-HALIMI et Orazio IRRERA  Nietzsche, Foucault et la généalogie Université Paris 8 | Semestre 2 | mardi 12h15-15h (Les séances auront lieu sur Zoom et un lien sera transmis aux inscrits) Inscriptions…

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