Author Archives: stuartelden

What Kind of People Do We Want to Be? David Harvey on the Right to the City

Posted on August 3, 2017 by stuartelden

Sandro Mezzadra and David Harvey discuss the right to the city in Bologna.

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Foucault’s Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power forthcoming in Chinese translation

Posted on August 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Both Foucault’s Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power are now forthcoming in Chinese translation with Beijing Publishing Group. Both books are also forthcoming in Korean with Nanjing Publishing House.

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Foucault: The Birth of Power reviewed at LSE Review of Books

Posted on August 1, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault: The Birth of Power is reviewed at LSE Review of Books by Syamala Roberts. In Foucault: The Birth of Power, Stuart Elden outlines how the theorisation of power was the essential tool developed within Foucault’s work and political activities … Continue reading →

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A roundup of links on time-management

Posted on July 31, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve been collecting some links on time-management, but not found the rationale for tying them together in something more substantial. So, here are simply the links… Shannon Mattern, Where does the time go? at Words in Space Mark Carrigan, Productivity … Continue reading →

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Primo Levi – Translating and Being Translated

Posted on July 28, 2017 by stuartelden

Primo Levi – Translating and Being Translated, translated by Harry Thomas

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On the Philosophische Fragmente – the original version of Adorno and Horkheimer’s The Dialectic of Enlightenment

Posted on July 28, 2017 by stuartelden

James Schmidt has two fascinating posts discussing the history of the Philosophische Fragmente – the original version of Adorno and Horkheimer’s The Dialectic of Enlightenment. Part I and Part II  

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Judith Butler “Critique, Crisis, Violence” – video of Bologna lecture

Posted on July 27, 2017 by stuartelden
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Figure/Ground interview with Catherine Malabou

Posted on July 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Figure/Ground interview with Catherine Malabou: Dr. Malabou was interviewed by Gerardo Flores Peña. July 25th, 2017. Catherine Malabou is a professor of philosophy at The European Graduate School / EGS and professor of modern European philosophy at the Centre for … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner, Debating Planetary Urbanization: For an Engaged Pluralism – open access working paper

Posted on July 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner, “Debating planetary urbanization: for an engaged pluralism,” Working Paper, Urban Theory Lab, Harvard GSD, Summer 2017. This essay reflects on recent debates around planetary urbanization, many of which have been articulated through strikingly dismissive caricatures of the core … Continue reading →

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Michelle Terry appointed as new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe

Posted on July 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Earlier this week it was announced that Michelle Terry had been appointed as the new artistic director of Shakespeare’s Globe. This follows the premature end to Emma Rice’s time in that role (which I reported and briefly commented on last … Continue reading →

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