Author Archives: stuartelden

David Harvey Production of Capitalist Spaces

Posted on April 4, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pm_UgX–ef8 “It is David Harvey’s contention that the production of space, especially the distribution and organization of the territory, constitutes a principal aspect of capitalist economies. His writings on this theme have contributed to the…

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Live and let die: did Michel Foucault predict Europe’s refugee crisis? (2016)

Posted on April 4, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Stephane J Baele, Live and let die: did Michel Foucault predict Europe’s refugee crisis?, The Conversation, February 25, 2016 In March 1976, philosopher Michel Foucault described the advent of a new logic of government, specific…

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Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College reviewed at NDPR

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980 is reviewed at NDPR.

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9 Critical Theory books that came out in March 2016

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Another useful roundup from critical-theory.com – Guattari, Agamben, and more…

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No joke – Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today. The date is mere coincidence. If you order direct from Wiley – Polity’s distributor – then the book should be sent now. Other online retailers will be getting copies shortly. Thank you to … Continue reading →

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Academic Exam Questions – JOUR 101: Academic Journal Protocols

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

JOUR 101: Academic Journal Protocols Answer all questions. Please. Time allowed: four weeks. Six will be fine, actually, and to be honest, any time that suits you in the next three or four months will probably have to do. Just … Continue reading →

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Autumn and Winter 2016-17 talks – Foucault, Shakespeare and Terrain

Posted on March 31, 2016 by stuartelden

My attempt at keeping the diary clear of talks between January and September this year is just about holding. The last seminar I gave was on Foucault and health research and activism in January, and with the exception of three small … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Language, Madness, and Desire: On Literature reviewed at NDPR

Posted on March 30, 2016 by stuartelden

Also at NDPR, Michel Foucault, Language, Madness, and Desire: On Literature, is reviewed by Mark Olssen. I have a review of this collection, written some time ago, which is still forthcoming.

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Peter Gratton, Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects reviewed at NDPR

Posted on March 30, 2016 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton, Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects, is reviewed by Rick Dolphijn, at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (open access).  

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Judith Butler, Tanner lectures at Yale on Interpreting Non-Violence

Posted on March 30, 2016 by stuartelden

“Interpreting Non-Violence” will be the theme of the 2016 Tanner Lectures on Human Values, which will be delivered by Judith Butler, a noted philosopher and gender theorist. Her first talk — “Why Preserve the Life of the Other?” — will … Continue reading →

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