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Books received – Shakespeare, de Lagasnerie, Derrida, Harper and Bryers

Posted on November 2, 2015 by stuartelden

The Penguin edition of Henry IV, Part One, Geoffrey de Lagasnerie’s L’art de la revolt: Snowden, Assange, Manning, Derrida’s Séminaire: La peine de la mort II (2000-2001), and Tom Harper and Tim Bryars, A History of the 20th Century in 100 Maps.

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David Farrell Krell, Ecstasy, Catastrophe: Heidegger from Being and Time to the Black Notebooks reviewed at NDPR

Posted on November 2, 2015 by stuartelden

David Farrell Krell’s Ecstasy, Catastrophe: Heidegger from Being and Time to the Black Notebooks is reviewed at NDPR. This latest book by the distinguished scholar, translator, and author David Farrell Krell is a compilation of three different texts. Part I presents … Continue reading →

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Which philosopher would fare best in a present-day university?

Posted on November 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Which philosopher would fare best in a present-day university? – a discussion in The Guardian by Lloyd Strickland. If you know Lloyd’s work – which I do – then the answer is not surprising…

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8 Critical Theory books that came out in October – Golder, Adorno and Lenk, Nealon, King, Withers, Coombs, Barthes, Holub

Posted on November 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Critical-theory.com rounds up some recently published books – Golder, Adorno and Lenk, Nealon, King, Withers, Coombs, Barthes and Holub.

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Barry Stocker on Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales lecture course

Posted on November 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Barry Stocker has been making a series of posts on Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales lecture course, which appeared earlier this year – an English translation is likely to be a couple of years away,…

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on November 1, 2015 by stuartelden

A quiet week on the blog – working on proofs of an article and book, writing a lecture, planning some other ones, so mainly concentrating on those things… How to give a conference paper – some excellent advice to read … Continue reading →

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University College London’s Institute of Advanced Studies – visiting fellow scheme, deadline 31 October 2015

Posted on October 29, 2015 by stuartelden

As I’ve said here before, for the 2015-16 academic year I am a Senior Research Fellow at University College London’s new Institute of Advanced Studies. As a reminder, the deadline for the first round of applications to have a post here, as a visiting … Continue reading →

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Historical Materialism 2015 conference, London, 5-8 November – pre-registration

Posted on October 29, 2015 by stuartelden

Reminder: only 6 days left to pre-register for the HM 2015 London Conference The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born: States, Strategies, Socialisms Twelfth Annual Historical Materialism Conference, School of Oriental and African Studies, Central London, 5-8 … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – working on the proofs

Posted on October 28, 2015 by stuartelden

The proofs for Foucault’s Last Decade have now arrived, so I need to make time to work on them. The Polity webpage for the book is still incomplete, but you can read much more about the book here. I’m also working … Continue reading →

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Deleuze, a Split with Foucault (2015)

Posted on October 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Mathias Schönher, Deleuze, a Split with Foucault, Foucault Blog, October 17, 2015 DOI: 10.13095/uzh.fsw.fb.117) Keywords: deleuze | dispositif | philosophy | power | resistance | revolution | society | television INTRODUCTION There was a point in…

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