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Architecture in Global Socialism by Łukasz Stanek reviewed in The Guardian by Owen Hatherley

Posted on January 3, 2020 by stuartelden

Architecture in Global Socialism by Łukasz Stanek (Princeton University Press) reviewed in The Guardian by Owen Hatherley – “a book that rewrites the cold war” This is one of those books that turns a discipline upside down – the cold … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies, Number 27, December 2019 – now out, open access

Posted on January 3, 2020 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies, Number 27, December 2019 – now out, open access (via Foucault News) The editors of Foucault Studies are pleased to publish this issue of Foucault Studies containing seven original articles and three book reviews. Among the themes highlighted … Continue reading →

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Books received – Merleau-Ponty, Lacan, Althusser, Nicolaysen, Heidegger, Foucault, TCS, Lefebvre, Scammell, Avellaneda and Vega

Posted on January 2, 2020 by stuartelden

A mixed pile of books to come back to in the office. They include – Maurice Merleau-Ponty, L’union de l’âme et du corps chez Malebranche, Biran et Bergson – a course Foucault attended Jacques Lacan, My Teaching Two recent translations of … Continue reading →

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Marcelo Hoffman, Militant Acts: The Role of Investigations in Radical Political Struggles – SUNY Press, Jan 2019

Posted on January 2, 2020 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Marcelo Hoffman, Militant Acts: The Role of Investigations in Radical Political Struggles – SUNY Press, January 2019 Offers a history of the role of investigations in radical political struggles from the nineteenth century forward. Militant…

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Foucault at Warwick – 17 January 2020, 5pm, with Alison Downham Moore, Lisa Downing, Stuart Elden, Daniele Lorenzini and Federico Testa

Posted on January 2, 2020 by stuartelden

Foucault at Warwick, 17 January 2020, 5pm, with Alison Downham Moore, Lisa Downing,  Stuart Elden, Daniele Lorenzini and Federico Testa – free and open to all. I’ll be speaking about the archival work I’ve done on the early Foucault.

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A roundtable on Martina Tazzioli’s book The Making of Migration: The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe’s Borders – University of Warwick, 15 January 2020

Posted on January 2, 2020 by stuartelden

The making of migration: A roundtable on Martina Tazzioli’s book The Making of Migration: The Biopolitics of Mobility at Europe’s Borders (Sage, 2019) With Stuart Elden (PAIS, Warwick), Daniele Lorenzini (Philosophy, Warwick), Vicki Squire (PAIS, Warwick), Maurice Stierl (PAIS, Warwick) and … Continue reading →

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Novels and biographies read in 2019

Posted on January 1, 2020 by stuartelden

As ever, a list of the books I read as a break from normal academic reading, though the line gets blurred with some of the biographies. I enjoyed the biographies more than the novels, and even abandoned a novel – … Continue reading →

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New Perspectives – 03/2019 – Full Issue open access – and journal moving to Sage in 2020

Posted on January 1, 2020 by stuartelden

New Perspectives – 03/2019 – Full Issue open access Benjamin Tallis announces that the journal will be moving to Sage in 2020 Editorial 1. The Velvet Revolution Happened Yesterday Alena Drieschová Research Articles 2. Brexit and EU Legitimation: Unwitting Martyr … Continue reading →

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My favourite academic books of 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019 by stuartelden

At the end of each year I’ve posted a list of academic books I liked (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018). The criteria was simply that they were published in that year (or late the previous year), and that I read … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019 by stuartelden

A list of the music released this year which I enjoyed the most… The Aristocrats, You Know What? Bass Communion, Reconstructions and Recycling Big Big Train, Grand Tour Tim Bowness, Flowers at the Scene Bill Bruford’s Earthworks, Complete (box) Kate Bush, … Continue reading →

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