Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Paine, Du Bois, Lévi-Strauss, Hyppolite, Martinet, de Saussure, Ewald, Della Dora

Posted on January 15, 2021 by stuartelden

Paine and Du Bois are for teaching, the others relate to the ongoing Foucault work, along with a long-awaited copy of Veronica Della Dora’s excellent book The Mantle of the Earth: Genealogies of a Geographical Metaphor, which I read in … Continue reading →

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‘From Dynastics to Genealogy’, my contribution to Abolition Democracy 13/13, Beyond the Punitive Society

Posted on January 13, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
On 7 January 2021 I’ll be part of a panel discussion for the Abolition Democracy 13/13 series, hosted by Bernard E. Harcourt at the Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought, and co-organised with Daniele Lorenzini…

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Corine Pelluchon, Les Lumières à l’âge du vivant – Seuil, January 2021

Posted on January 13, 2021 by stuartelden

Corine Pelluchon, Les Lumières à l’âge du vivant – Seuil, January 2021 Comment défendre les Lumières aujourd’hui ? Leur idéal d’émancipation a-t-il encore un sens ? On ne saurait se borner à invoquer un esprit des Lumières immuable dans un … Continue reading →

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Stephen Connelly, Leibniz: A Contribution to the Archaeology of Power – Edinburgh University Press, March 2021

Posted on January 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Stephen Connelly, Leibniz: A Contribution to the Archaeology of Power – Edinburgh University Press, March 2021 A critical reading of Leibniz’s legal theory, linking law, space and power  Contributes to an archaeology of power Investigates the deep link between law, … Continue reading →

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Power and Time: Temporalities in Conflict and the Making of History, edited by Dan Edelstein, Stefanos Geroulanos and Natasha Wheatley – University of Chicago Press, December 2020

Posted on January 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Power and Time: Temporalities in Conflict and the Making of History, edited by Dan Edelstein, Stefanos Geroulanos and Natasha Wheatley – University of Chicago Press, December 2020 Time is the backdrop of historical inquiry, yet…

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Foucault Studies. New series on Foucault’s lectures (2020)

Posted on January 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Vol III, No 1: Governmentality, Liberalism, Biopower, Genealogy of the Modern Subject. Foucault’s Lectures at the Collège de France 1978-80 Security, Territory and Population; The Birth of Biopolitics; On the Government of the Living. Volume…

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Hannah Jones, Violent Ignorance : Confronting Racism and Migration Control – Zed/Bloomsbury, January 2021 (and virtual book launch on 28 January 2021)

Posted on January 8, 2021 by stuartelden

Hannah Jones, Violent Ignorance : Confronting Racism and Migration Control – Zed/Bloomsbury, January 2021 An elected politician is assassinated in the street by a terrorist associated with extreme political groups, and the national response is to encourage picnics. Thousands of … Continue reading →

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Abolition Democracy – 7/13 Beyond the Punitive Society (video)

Posted on January 8, 2021 by stuartelden

Center for Contemporary Critical Thought – Columbia University A Joint Session with The Centre for Research in Post-Kantian European Philosophy at the University of Warwick: Miguel Beistegui, Henrique Carvalho, Stuart Elden, Daniele Lorenzini, Goldie Osuri, Irene Dal Poz, Federico Testa, … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lévi-Strauss, Hyppolite, Deleuze, Gussak, Ochoa Espejo

Posted on January 6, 2021 by stuartelden

Some books by Lévi-Strauss, Hyppolite and Deleuze, along with Paulina Ochoa Espejo, On Borders: Territories, Legitimacy, and the Rights of Place and David Gussak, Art and Art Therapy with the Imprisoned, sent by the publisher.

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Cristina A. Bejan, Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania: The Criterion Association – Palgrave, 2019 and discussion at New Books Network

Posted on January 6, 2021 by stuartelden

Cristina A. Bejan, Intellectuals and Fascism in Interwar Romania: The Criterion Association – Palgrave, 2019 and discussion at New Books Network with Steven Seegel In 1930s Bucharest, some of the country’s most brilliant young intellectuals converged to form the Criterion … Continue reading →

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