Author Archives: stuartelden

The Story of Capital: Book Launch with David Harvey in Conversation with Adam Tooze

Posted on April 3, 2026 by stuartelden

The Story of Capital: Book Launch with David Harvey in Conversation with Adam Tooze – discussing The Story of Capital: What Everyone Should Know About How Capital Works (Verso, 2026), via Reading Capital with David Harvey

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Mark Pennington, Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom – Oxford University Press, August 2025 and New Books interview

Posted on April 3, 2026 by stuartelden

Mark Pennington, Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom – Oxford University Press, August 2025 New Books interview with Morteza Hajizadeh – thanks to dmf for the link This highly original and innovative book is the first to … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre wasn’t a fan of previous missions to the moon

Posted on April 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre wasn’t a fan of previous missions to the moon, describing it as “the sacrifice of a considerable part of the earth’s resources in order to gain possession of one of the ghastliest of all the piles of pebbles … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s lectures in Buffalo – audio recordings of the 1972 course and part of the 1970 course online

Posted on April 2, 2026 by stuartelden

Foucault’s lectures in Buffalo – audio recordings of the 1972 course and part of the 1970 one are now available online. The 1972 course has recently been transcribed as Histoire de la vérité, edited by Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Orazio Irrera. … Continue reading →

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Books received – Barthes, Berthier, Pleynet, Traini, Nizan, Cresswell, Amigo Pina, Meng, Deleuze, Jacob, Cusset

Posted on April 2, 2026 by stuartelden

I’ve been away for a while, so there were a few books waiting for me on my return. Several of these relate to a planned ‘Sunday History‘ on the Tel Quel visit to China – Jean Berthier’s recent book Voyage … Continue reading →

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Paul Harrison, Anna J. Secor and Mikko Joronen eds. Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe – Edinburgh University Press, August 2026 (print and open access)

Posted on April 1, 2026 by stuartelden

Paul Harrison, Anna J. Secor and Mikko Joronen eds. Cultural Geographies of Love and Catastrophe – Edinburgh University Press, August 2026 (print and open access)

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Sixteen Writing Tips from Marcus Rediker

Posted on March 31, 2026 by stuartelden

Sixteen Writing Tips from Marcus Rediker – Pittsburgh Review of Books Lots more writing and publishing posts and links here.

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Susanne Vees-Gulani, Icon Dresden: Baroque City, Air War Symbol, Political Token – University of Michigan Press, February 2026 (print and open access) and New Books discussion

Posted on March 31, 2026 by stuartelden

Susanne Vees-Gulani, Icon Dresden: Baroque City, Air War Symbol, Political Token – University of Michigan Press, February 2026 (print and open access) New Books discussion with Miranda Melcher – thanks to dmf for the link Icon Dresden explores how memory and … Continue reading →

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Appel à communication – 11e rencontres doctorales du Centre Michel Foucault (2026)

Posted on March 30, 2026 by stuartelden
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Tamara T. Chin, The Silk Road Idea: Ancient Contact in the Modern Human Sciences – University of Chicago Press, November 2026

Posted on March 30, 2026 by stuartelden

Tamara T. Chin, The Silk Road Idea: Ancient Contact in the Modern Human Sciences – University of Chicago Press, November 2026 Traces the rise and fall of a set of modern disciplinary fields devoted to premodern historical contact that drew … Continue reading →

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