Author Archives: stuartelden

10 Critical Theory Books that came out in January 2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 by stuartelden

Another very useful roundup – Farge and Foucault, Elden, Balibar, Hall, Adorno…

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London Review of International Law lecture flyer – Legal Terrain, 23 February 2017

Posted on February 3, 2017 by stuartelden

London Review of International Law lecture flyer – Legal Terrain, 23 February 2017 As I’ve previously said, versions of this lecture will be given in Durham on 6 February and Oslo on 3 March.

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Alain Badiou, No Limit – a report on his final seminar

Posted on February 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Alain Badiou, No Limit – a report on his final seminar by Philip Douroux, translated at the Verso blog (French original here).

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Althusser, Spinoza and Revolution in Philosophy: An Interview with Warren Montag

Posted on February 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Althusser, Spinoza and Revolution in Philosophy: An Interview with Warren Montag in Salvage. A fascinating discussion of Althusser, Jonathan Swift, Pierre Macherey, Adam Smith and others.

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CFP: Losing Ground: On holes and other absences

Posted on February 1, 2017 by stuartelden

Friday, 19 May 2017, University of Warwick, Coventry “ To dig, to drill , to burrow, to punch, to enlarge, to fill up, to fall in, to jump over, to look through, to hide in- all of these, and indeed … Continue reading →

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Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies – can anyone access?

Posted on January 31, 2017 by stuartelden

There is a review of Foucault’s Last Decade in the Pakistan Journal of Historical Studies – can anyone access it? Nowhere in the UK seems to carry this journal. Please email me if you can help. Update: thanks for those that sent this … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault and Intellectual History – talk at the Institute of Historical Research, 2 February 2017

Posted on January 30, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ll also be giving some talks on Foucault over the next couple of months. First, at the Philosophy of History seminar at the Institute of Historical Research, 2 February 2017 at 5.30pm. This talk will begin with a discussion of … Continue reading →

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Talks on territory and terrain in the next month – London, Durham and Oslo

Posted on January 30, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ll be giving a few talks about the work on terrain as the materiality of territory over the next month or so. First is a short talk at the British Library on 31 January 2017, 7pm. This is part of … Continue reading →

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Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure, a film by Bruno Oliviero – available on Youtube

Posted on January 28, 2017 by stuartelden

Update 27 Feb: the video has unfortunately been removed. Althusser, an Intellectual Adventure – a film by Bruno Oliviero. The entire film is available on Youtube. Thanks to Irina Culic for the link. The interview with Althusser is in Italian, … Continue reading →

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Trump’s strategy and portfolio of tactics: Insights from Week One

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Ireland after NAMA:
A week into Trump’s presidency it is already clear how the new administration is going prosecute its election promises and objectives.  Here’s a short mapping of twenty-odd tactics in play or are muted to…

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