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Friedrich Nietzsche, Unpublished Fragments from the Period of Human, All Too Human I (Winter 1874/75–Winter 1877/78) – Stanford University Press, August 2021

Posted on November 26, 2020 by stuartelden

I’ve previously mentioned that the next volume in the Stanford translation of the Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche will be Vol 9 – The Case of Wagner / Twilight of the Idols / The Antichrist / Ecce Homo / Dionysus … Continue reading →

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Paulina Ochoa Espejo, On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place – Oxford University Press, August 2020 [updated with link to discussion and an open access excerpt]

Posted on November 25, 2020 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Paulina Ochoa Espejo, On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place – Oxford University Press, August 2020 When are borders justified? Who has a right to control them? Where should they be drawn? Today people think…

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Peter Salmon’s Top 10 books about great thinkers

Posted on November 25, 2020 by stuartelden

Peter Salmon’s Top 10 books about great thinkers in The Guardian Books about St Augustine, Wittgenstein, André and Simone Weil, Kant, Simone de Beauvoir, Frantz Fanon, Georges Perec, Existentialists, Angela Davis, and Jean-Paul Sartre. Salmon’s own An Event, Perhaps: A … Continue reading →

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Theory of the Earth (Stanford University Press, 2021)

Posted on November 25, 2020 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Philosophy of Movement:
We need a new philosophy of the earth. Geological time used to refer to slow and gradual processes, but today we are watching land sink into the sea and forests transform into deserts.…

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Four more papers from the ‘Foucault before the Collège de France’ special issue of Theory, Culture & Society

Posted on November 23, 2020 by stuartelden

Four more papers from the ‘Foucault before the Collège de France’ special issue of Theory, Culture & Society, which I’m co-editing with Orazio Irrera and Daniele Lorenzini, are available online first. These require subscription. Rainer Nicolaysen, Foucault in Hamburg. Notes … Continue reading →

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Henry V: Literary and Historical Territories at War/Territoires d’histoire, territoires littéraires en guerre, Université Toulouse Jean Jaurès, 11 December 2020 (livestream)

Posted on November 23, 2020 by stuartelden

On 11 December I’ll be taking part in an online conference on Shakespeare’s Henry V. Appropriately enough, given its themes and some of the dialogue, the conference will be in both French and English. Henry V: Literary and Historical Territories … Continue reading →

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Achille Mbembe interviewed at Chilperic

Posted on November 20, 2020 by stuartelden

Achille Mbembe interviewed at Chilperic. Talks about his work, but also the process of writing. Where does your writing start?  Most of the time in my head. Sometimes from what I see, what I hear, what I read. It can … Continue reading →

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Daniela Vellega-Neu, Heidegger’s Poietic Writings: From Contributions to Philosophy to the Event – Indiana University Press, 2018, discussed at New Books Network

Posted on November 20, 2020 by stuartelden

Daniela Vellega-Neu, Heidegger’s Poietic Writings: From Contributions to Philosophy to the Event – Indiana University Press, 2018, discussed at New Books Network with Stephen Dozeman. Scholarship on the German philosopher Martin Heidegger has traditionally focused on his magnum opus Being and Time and related … Continue reading →

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Claude Lévi-Strauss on writing (1977)

Posted on November 20, 2020 by stuartelden

Although I am going to talk about what I have written, my books and papers are so on, unfortunately I forget what I have written practically as soon as it is finished. There is probably going to be some trouble … Continue reading →

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Walter Benjamin, Toward the Critique of Violence: A Critical Edition, edited by Peter Fenves and Julia Ng – Stanford University Press, June 2021

Posted on November 19, 2020 by stuartelden

Walter Benjamin, Toward the Critique of Violence: A Critical Edition, edited by Peter Fenves and Julia Ng – Stanford University Press, June 2021 Marking the centenary of Walter Benjamin’s immensely influential essay, “Toward the Critique of Violence,” this critical edition … Continue reading →

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