Author Archives: stuartelden

“Mourning becomes the law”—Judith Butler from Paris at the Verso website

Posted on November 16, 2015 by stuartelden

“Mourning becomes the law“—Judith Butler from Paris at the Verso website [Update: it appears that the page has been removed – the link was previously correct. Please comment if you know the new site. There is an archived version here.]

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Global Discourse book award symposium on The Birth of Territory

Posted on November 16, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve previously linked to the two reviews in the Global Discourse book award symposium on The Birth of Territory, by Jordan Branch and Jeppe Strandsbjerg. My response is now online. It requires subscription, but a preprint is here.

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Foucault: the Birth of Power Update 6 – working on The Punitive Society, drafting Chapter Three, work on Chapter Six and giving some talks

Posted on November 16, 2015 by stuartelden

The bulk of the recent work has been on Chapter Three. This is mainly a discussion of The Punitive Society, along with related materials. The chapter is based on a long review essay I wrote on the French original for Historical Materialism … Continue reading →

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Marx & Foucault Lectures, usages, confrontations

Posted on November 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Christian LAVAL, Luca PALTRINIERI, Ferhat TAYLAN, Marx & Foucault: Lectures, usages, confrontations, Éditions La Découverte, 2015 Marx et Foucault : deux œuvres, deux pensées sans lesquelles on ne peut saisir le sens de notre présent.…

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week and a link to Derek Gregory’s piece on Paris

Posted on November 15, 2015 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault on refugees – a previously untranslated interview from 1979 Remembering Edward Soja (1940-2015) Foucault’s Last Decade cover Foucault books Verso – Space and Power: Celebrating the life of Edward Soja (1940-2015) Audio recordings of recent talks on Foucault – on Foucault, Porshnev … Continue reading →

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Foucault, citizenship and refugees – translations and commentaries at Open Democracy

Posted on November 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault’s text ‘The rights and duties of international citizenship‘ is translated at Open Democracy. This statement was read by Foucault at a press conference on June 19, 1981, organized in association with Médecins du monde and Terre des hommes, in the presence of … Continue reading →

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Foucault books – reorganisation of webpages

Posted on November 13, 2015 by stuartelden

As Foucault’s Last Decade gets closer to publication, and the writing of Foucault: The Birth of Power continues, I’ve reorganised the web pages on this site relating to the two books. A main page, with the description of the two books, is … Continue reading →

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Review of Peter Sloterdijk’s Der Ästhetische Imperativ – Schriften zur Kunst

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
At Theory Culture and Society (open access). Here is part of what is in that volume: In order to talk about the future of art after the ‘end of art’, i.e. towards…

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Audio recordings of recent talks on Foucault – on Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-Pieds, and Foucault’s Collaborative Projects

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Audio recordings of two recent talks on Foucault, both of which draw on material from the manuscript of Foucault: The Birth of Power, with a little from Foucault’s Last Decade in the second talk. Foucault, Porshnev and the Revolt of the Nu-Pieds, Historical … Continue reading →

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Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation

Posted on November 12, 2015 by stuartelden

Thanks to dmfant for sharing this news – Tom Sperlinger’s book Romeo and Juliet in Palestine: Teaching Under Occupation. It’s about the experience of teaching at Al-Quds University – which I visited in 2013 (see here) – especially on Shakespeare. There is … Continue reading →

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