Author Archives: stuartelden

Conference on Foucault’s History of Sexuality volume IV, Paris, 1-3 February 2018

Posted on October 30, 2017 by stuartelden

Thanks to Clare O’Farrell at Foucault News for this link – Colloque International: Foucault, Les Pères et le sexe, Paris, 1-3 February 2018. A l’occasion de la parution du quatrième et dernier volume inédit du projet d’histoire de la sexualité … Continue reading →

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The differences between the English and French versions of Foucault’s 1983 interview on Raymond Roussel

Posted on October 30, 2017 by stuartelden

As an appendix to the English translation of Foucault’s book on Raymond Roussel, entitled Death and the Labyrinth, there is an interview with the translator Charles Ruas. It’s a revealing interview in many ways, but the particular interest I have … Continue reading →

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CFP Prague, 7-9 June 2018 – Philosophy From the Standpoint of Its Manuscripts and Archives—Methodologies, Histories and Horizons

Posted on October 29, 2017 by stuartelden

The Wording of Thoughts: Philosophy From the Standpoint of Its Manuscripts and Archives—Methodologies, Histories and Horizons Organizer : Benedetta Zaccarello, CEFRES When & Where : 7-9 June 2018, Prague Deadline for applications : 21 January 2018 Language: English Please send your proposal (title and 300 word-long abstract) … Continue reading →

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Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty, Volume II reviewed at NDPR

Posted on October 29, 2017 by stuartelden

Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty, Volume II reviewed at NDPR by Deborah Goldgaber. Here’s the publisher’s description of this volume: In the first volume of his extraordinary analysis of the death penalty, Jacques Derrida began a journey toward an ambitious end: … Continue reading →

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Shannon Mattern, Code and Clay, Data and Dirt: Five Thousand Years of Urban Media – now out with UMP

Posted on October 29, 2017 by stuartelden

Shannon Mattern, Code and Clay, Data and Dirt: Five Thousand Years of Urban Media – now out with University of Minnesota Press. A breathtaking tour through thousands of years of urban life and its attendant technologies, rewriting the history of … Continue reading →

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Roger Keil, Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In – now out with Polity

Posted on October 29, 2017 by stuartelden

Roger Keil, Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In – now out with Polity. The urban century manifests itself at the peripheries. While the massive growth in urbanization is often referred to as an ‘urban revolution’, most of the twenty-first century’s … Continue reading →

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Antonio Gramsci, The Prison Notebooks – exhibition in London

Posted on October 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Antonio Gramsci, The Prison Notebooks – exhibition in London Exhibition curated by Silvio Pons and Francesco Giasi Italian Cultural Institute 39 Belgrave Square London SW1X 8NX 30 October – 10 November 2017 Monday to Friday 10am – 6pm (closed on … Continue reading →

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Political Geology Workshop @ Cambridge, 17 November 2017

Posted on October 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Mutable Matter:
Political Geology: Active Stratigraphies and the Making of Life Friday 17 November 2017 University of Cambridge Department of Geography Seminar Room 10am – 5pm What and where is the geos in geopolitics? This workshop will…

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Michel Foucault « Un très beau feu d’artifice » (2016)

Posted on October 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Michel Foucault « Un très beau feu d’artifice » Critique 2016/12 (n° 835) Présentation En 1978, devant des étudiants californiens, Michel Foucault rêvait à haute voix de « livres bombes » : ils ne tueraient…

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Media Theory – launch issue of new online, open access journal

Posted on October 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Media Theory – launch issue of new online, open access journal edited by Simon Dawes. Media Theory is an independent, online and open access journal of peer-reviewed, theoretical interventions into all aspects of media and communications. Vol 1 No 1 (2017): … Continue reading →

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