Author Archives: stuartelden

Ben Clift, The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis – now out with OUP

Posted on March 9, 2018 by stuartelden

A new book by friend and Warwick colleague Ben Clift – The IMF and the Politics of Austerity in the Wake of the Global Financial Crisis – is now out with OUP. This book explores the IMF’s role within the … Continue reading →

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Foucault in Hamburg – article in German by Rainer Nicolaysen (open access)

Posted on March 9, 2018 by stuartelden

Not much is known about Foucault’s time in Hamburg in 1959-60, except that he was working on his translation of Kant’s Anthropology at this time. The preface to History of Madness was also written there. A new piece in German … Continue reading →

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Critical Planning issue with tributes to Jacqueline Leavitt and Ed Soja (open access)

Posted on March 9, 2018 by stuartelden

Critical Planning – new issue with tributes to Jacqueline Leavitt and Ed Soja, and a number of stand-alone pieces (open access). Thanks to Kenton Card for the link.

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The Critical Zone of Science and Politics: An Interview with Bruno Latour in LARB

Posted on March 2, 2018 by stuartelden

The Critical Zone of Science and Politics: An Interview with Bruno Latour in Los Angeles Review of Books

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Peter Sloterdijk in The New Yorker

Posted on March 2, 2018 by stuartelden

Peter Sloterdijk in The New Yorker (via Peter Gratton)

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‘Un tout autre horizon…’ an interview with Jacques Bidet

Posted on March 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Jacques Bidet – Foucault with Marx, translated by Steven Corcoran (Zed Books, 2016, La fabrique, Paris, 2015) In lieu of a review of Bidet’s book Foucault with Marx, we got in touch with him to discuss the way the text…

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Shakespearean Territories – forthcoming in October 2018 with University of Chicago Press

Posted on March 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Pleased to be able to share the cover of my forthcoming book Shakespearean Territories – due out in October 2018 with University of Chicago Press. As many people will recognise, the image is a detail of ‘the Ditchley Portrait‘ of Queen … Continue reading →

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The History of Cartography – Free Online

Posted on March 1, 2018 by stuartelden

The History of Cartography, the “Most Ambitious Overview of Map Making Ever,” Is Now Free Online” – via Open Culture. This isn’t new, but it’s still there, and still a remarkable resource. The University of Chicago Press has made available … Continue reading →

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Christian Laval, Bourdieu, Foucault et la question néolibérale – now published

Posted on March 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Christian Laval, Bourdieu, Foucault et la question néolibérale – forthcoming now out with La Découverte Deux des intellectuels français parmi les plus importants de la seconde moitié du XXe siècle, Michel Foucault et Pierre Bourdieu, ont choisi de caractériser – le … Continue reading →

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Peter Cryle and Elizabeth Stephens, Normality: A Critical Genealogy, University of Chicago Press, 2017

Posted on February 17, 2018 by stuartelden

Peter Cryle and Elizabeth Stephens, Normality: A Critical Genealogy, University of Chicago Press, 2017 The concept of normal is so familiar that it can be hard to imagine contemporary life without it. Yet the term entered everyday speech only in the mid-twentieth century. Before … Continue reading →

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