Author Archives: stuartelden

La pensée marxiste et la ville reviewed by Łukasz Stanek in Journal of Architecture

Posted on May 28, 2015 by stuartelden

Lefebvre’s La pensée marxiste et la ville – forthcoming in translation from University of Minnesota Press – is reviewed by Łukasz Stanek in The Journal of Architecture (open access).

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Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? – reading guide updated with news of forthcoming translations

Posted on May 28, 2015 by stuartelden

My guide Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre? has been updated with news of forthcoming translations – Metaphilosophy, Marxist Thought and the City, and the rural essay in Antipode.

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Lefebvre’s 1956 essay ‘The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology’ forthcoming in Antipode, with introduction by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton

Posted on May 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Update: pieces are now available: Henri Lefebvre, The Theory of Ground Rent and Rural Sociology : Contribution to the International Congress of Sociology, Amsterdam, August 1956, translated by Matthew Dennis, edited by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton Stuart Elden and Adam David … Continue reading →

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The Philosopher’s Jumper – apparently modelled by Beckett, Foucault and Sartre

Posted on May 27, 2015 by stuartelden

I’d like to think this was satire, but it appears not… The Philosopher’s Jumper. Though I guess if you’re prepared to pay £150 then the joke’s on you anyway… Thanks to James Kneale for the alert. They try to suggest various … Continue reading →

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Interview with Judith Butler on gender and the trans-experience at the Verso Books site

Posted on May 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Interview with Judith Butler on gender and the trans-experience at the Verso Books site.

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In Conversation: Speaking to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in ‘The Hindu’

Posted on May 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Long, somewhat rambling, but frequently interesting interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak in The Hindu [corrected – not The Hindu Times].

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Markus Gabriel interviewed at 3am

Posted on May 26, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
This was posted a week or so ago, but is still a good overall view of what he has been working on. He’s recently published Why the World Does not Exist and Fields…

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Journée d’étude autours de M. Foucault, “Théories et institutions pénales”, Paris 2 June 2015

Posted on May 26, 2015 by stuartelden

Thanks to Andrea Teti for sending details of this event in Paris for the new lecture course. I’m currently writing a review of it for Berfrois. Mardi 2 juin 2015, 9h – 18h “Premières lectures, premières réactions, et pistes de recherches” … Continue reading →

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Life in the Accelerated Academy: anxiety thrives, demands intensify and metrics hold the tangled web together

Posted on May 25, 2015 by stuartelden

Interesting piece at the Impact of Social Sciences blog by Mark Carrigan. The imagined slowness of university life has given way to a frenetic pace, defined by a perpetual ratcheting up of demands and an entrepreneurial ethos seeking new and quantifiable opportunities. Mark Carrigan explores … Continue reading →

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English translation of Deleuze’s first seminar (1956-57): What is grounding? – open-access e-book

Posted on May 25, 2015 by stuartelden

An English translation of Deleuze’s first seminar from 1956-57, What is grounding? is available to download. The book is open access, and just needs an email address to receive the download link. A French version is online here. What is Grounding? is Gilles Deleuze’s … Continue reading →

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