Author Archives: stuartelden

After Grenfell: Violence, Resistance and Response, edited by Dan Bulley, Jenny Edkins, Nadine El-Enany – Pluto 2019

Posted on May 15, 2019 by stuartelden

After Grenfell: Violence, Resistance and Response, edited by Dan Bulley, Jenny Edkins, Nadine El-Enany – Pluto 2019 Currently 50% off – royalties to charity On the 14th June 2017, a fire engulfed a tower block in West London, seventy-two people … Continue reading →

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Books received – review work for University of Minnesota Press

Posted on May 13, 2019 by stuartelden

Mainly older works by Agamben, Deleuze, Derrida, and Foucault, but also some other books, including James Tyner, Dead Labor: Towards a Political Economy of Premature Death, Michèle H. Richman, Sacred Revolutions: Durkheim and the Collège de Sociologie and Erin Felicia Labbie, Lacan’s … Continue reading →

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Dilek Huseyinzadegan, Kant’s Non-Ideal Theory of Politics – Northwestern U Press, 2019

Posted on May 7, 2019 by stuartelden

Dilek Huseyinzadegan, Kant’s Non-Ideal Theory of Politics – Northwestern University Press, 2019 Kant’s Nonideal Theory of Politics argues that Kant’s political thought must be understood by reference to his philosophy of history, cultural anthropology, and geography. The central thesis of … Continue reading →

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Marx at His Limits

Posted on May 3, 2019 by stuartelden

Originally posted on andy merrifield:
I was in New York recently, and as per custom I like to walk its streets checking out used bookstores. Used bookstores are a species in danger of extinction in Manhattan, ever more picked off…

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Professor Couze Venn: Memorial and Celebration – Goldsmiths, May 22nd 2019 6-8 pm

Posted on May 2, 2019 by stuartelden

Professor Couze Venn: Memorial and Celebration – Goldsmiths, May 22nd 2019 6-8 pm Professor Couze Venn Memorial and Celebration Please come to this event to remember and celebrate the life of Couze Venn, the pioneering cultural, social and post-colonial theorist. … Continue reading →

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John Agnew & Mat Coleman (eds.), Handbook on the Geographies of Power – review in Geographical Research

Posted on May 2, 2019 by stuartelden

I have a review of John Agnew & Mat Coleman (eds.), Handbook on the Geographies of Power in Geographical Research. A read-only version can be accessed here; a downloadable preprint here. I’m very positive about the content of the book, but critical … Continue reading →

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Le débat Foucault | Veyne (2019)

Posted on April 30, 2019 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Event in Lyon on the Michel Foucault-Paul Veyne relation Foucault News View original post

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Canguilhem – short post on the Polity blog

Posted on April 29, 2019 by stuartelden

I’ve written a short piece about George Canguilhem and my book on him at the Polity blog. More details on the book itself can be found here. On Valentine’s day 1966, Louis Althusser wrote to his translator and lover Franca … Continue reading →

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Carceral Notebooks 13: Foucault and the Politics of Resistance in Brazil – now published open access

Posted on April 26, 2019 by stuartelden

Carceral Notebooks 13: Foucault and the Politics of Resistance in Brazil – now published and essays available open access http://www.thecarceral.org/journal-vol13.html Bernard E. Harcourt, Preface Bernard E. Harcourt, Dedication Marcelo Hoffman, Special Editor, Introduction Salma Tannus Muchail and Márcio Alves da … Continue reading →

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Books received – Newman, Lacan, Chartier, Calvet, Esposito, Boquet and Nacy

Posted on April 24, 2019 by stuartelden

Some books received in recompense for review work for Polity – Saul Newman, Political Theology; Jacques Lacan, The Sinthome; Roger Chartier, Cardenio between Cervantes and Shakespeare; Louis-Jean Calvet’s biography of Roland Barthes; Roberto Esposito, A Philosophy for Europe; and Damien Boquet and Piroska Nagy, Medieval Sensibilities.

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