Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Foucault, Lefebvre, Cohen, Parikka, Esposito, Baert, Müller

The 1972 re-edition of Foucault’s Histoire de la folie, and the newly translated Language, Madness and Desire, Lefebvre’s doctoral thesis on the Pyrenees, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen’s Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman, Jussi Parikka’s Geology of Media, Roberto Esposito’s Persons and … Continue reading

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Exercises in the history of ideas: an interview with Stuart Elden — Dale Leorke & Suneel Jethani

Dale Leorke & Suneel Jethani, “Exercises in the history of ideas: an interview with Stuart Elden“. The full version of this interview, which previously appeared in edited form on the Theory, Culture & Society website, is now available as an open-access … Continue reading

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“Before the Punitive Society: The Inquiry of Théories et institutions pénales”, plenary lecture – Discipline and Punish Forty Years On, Nottingham 11 September 2015

Here’s the abstract for my plenary lecture to the Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On conference, to be held at The Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, 11-12 September 2015. Before the Punitive Society: The Inquiry of Théories et institutions pénales This presentation will … Continue reading

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Laurence Hemming reviews Thomas Sheehan’s Making Sense of Heidegger at NDPR

Laurence Hemming reviews Thomas Sheehan’s Making Sense of Heidegger at NDPR.

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Beyond Calculation? w/ Hubert Dreyfus

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJFi2tFNNUM

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Books received – Shakespeare, Mousnier, Lefebvre

Two OUP editions of Shakespeare, Roland Mousnier’s Peasant Uprisings – used by Foucault in Théories et institutions pénales, and two first editions of Lefebvre’s books in Axelos’s Arguments series.

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Cartographic mirages: Ferretti on Blais

Hélène Blais’ Mirages de la carte reviewed at the Society and Space open site.

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Wendy Brown, David Held, Claire Colebrook, Elizabeth Ferris – Keynote lectures – live-streamed from Durham

Wendy Brown, David Held, Claire Colebrook, Elizabeth Ferris keynote lectures live-streamed from Durham conference on Human migration and the environment: futures, politics, invention. Durham University – 29 June – 1 July 2015. Conference keynote lectures live-streamed on YouTube: http://www.durhamconference.eu/keynotes/ Professor David Held – … Continue reading

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Political Geography seeks two new Associate Editors

Political Geography seeks two new Associate Editors – details here.

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Félix Guattari on writing Anti-Oedipus in The Paris Review

Félix Guattari on writing Anti-Oedipus in The Paris Review (via critical-theory.com).

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