Author Archives: stuartelden

The Early Foucault update 6: Foucault’s teachers, and returning to his work on Binswanger

Posted on April 13, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve largely been able to continue the focus of the last update, with a series of fairly uninterrupted days’ research and writing. Aside from continuing work on Lacan, I’ve also been looking at the people who taught Foucault. Merleau-Ponty is … Continue reading →

Posted in Emile Benveniste, Jacques Lacan, Jean Hyppolite, Ludwig Binswanger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

10 Critical Theory books from March 2017

Posted on April 13, 2017 by stuartelden

A little late, but still a very useful roundup from Critical Theory: Pettifor, May, Adamczak, Grosz, Badiou & Cassin, Eyers, Bonneuil & Fressoz, Grusin, Grossman, and Ogden.

Posted in Alain Badiou, Elizabeth Grosz, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Walter Benjamin’s thirteen rules for writing

Posted on April 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Walter Benjamin’s rules for writing – something I shared in the early days of this blog, but worth doing so again. I. Anyone intending to embark on a major work should be lenient with themselves and, having completed a stint, … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault and the Politics of European Intellectual History – Amsterdam lecture, 31 May 2017

Posted on April 12, 2017 by stuartelden

While visiting ACCESS Europe in Amsterdam, I’ll be giving this public lecture: “The Early Foucault and the Politics of European Intellectual History“, 31st May, 5pm This lecture by ACCESS EUROPE Visiting Scholar Stuart Elden reports on a project tracing the intellectual … Continue reading →

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Vertical at LSE

Posted on April 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Discussion of Steve Graham’s Vertical book at the LSE in May.

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Research hacks intermezzo: A cornucopia of writing and publishing advice from Stuart Elden – Christopher Watkin

Posted on April 11, 2017 by stuartelden

Research hacks intermezzo: A cornucopia of writing and publishing advice from Stuart Elden – Christopher Watkin links to my list of writing and publishing posts, and picks some of his favourites. This is part of his series of Research Hacks … Continue reading →

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Interview with Mark Kelly on Foucault and Biopolitical Imperialism

Posted on April 11, 2017 by stuartelden

Fully Automated Episode 2: Biopolitical Imperialism with Mark G.E. Kelly Our guest this week is Mark G. E. Kelly, an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. He is the author of The … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, Politics, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

The textual issues around Foucault’s ‘What is an Author?’

Posted on April 11, 2017 by stuartelden

While it is somewhat outside the time period I am currently working on, Foucault’s ‘What is an Author?’ lecture is interesting because it is one of the few instances for which there is a textual record of an engagement between … Continue reading →

Posted in Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

It seems Jacques Lacan struggled to get his students to do the reading too…

Posted on April 10, 2017 by stuartelden

Last time I wanted to give you an initial insight into the meaning of the question – what happens beyond the pleasure principle? My great friend Jean Hyppolite, who isn’t here today because he is in Germany, told me he … Continue reading →

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Unpaywall – a Chrome and Firefox plugin to find open access versions of articles

Posted on April 7, 2017 by stuartelden

Unpaywall is a new Chrome and Firefox plugin to find open access versions of articles. If you go to a journal article webpage with this installed, then it will give you a green logo on the right side of your browser if … Continue reading →

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