Author Archives: stuartelden

Completing other tasks – returning to the Foucault’s Last Decade project

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few months I’ve taken a break from the Foucault work, due to other commitments. Some of these were related to The Birth of Territory. One was an author response to ‘critics’ from the session on the book at the Association of American … Continue reading →

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Connolly and Grove – Extinction Events and the Human Sciences

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

William E Connolly and Jarius Victor Grove – Extinction Events and the Human Sciences at The Contemporary Condition. An interesting and challenging piece I am sure I will return to: “The frail heritage of gradualism and exceptionalism is not up to … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare on the road – project update

Posted on July 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Paul Edmondson has an update on the Shakespeare on the Road project. I spoke at the workshop concerning this project last year. Here’s a brief description of the project: Fasten your seatbelts and join us as we celebrate William Shakespeare’s 450th … Continue reading →

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Elizabeth Lebas obituary

Posted on July 3, 2014 by stuartelden

I was sorry to hear the news of the death of Elizabeth Lebas. The Guardian has an obituary from her daughter, Anna Goldie. I worked with Elizabeth on the Key Writings collection of Henri Lefebvre’s work, along with Eleonore Kofman. Kofman and Lebas … Continue reading →

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Prismatic Ecology and Hyperobjects reviewed in the Glasgow Review of Books

Posted on July 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Jeffrey J. Cohen ed., Prismatic Ecology: Ecotheory beyond Green (University of Minnesota Press, 2014) and Timothy Morton, Hyperobjects: Philosophy and Ecology after the End of the World (University of Minnesota Press, 2013) – reviewed in the Glasgow Review of Books by Tom White.

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Some responses to questions on novels read

Posted on July 3, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve had a few comments or questions on my lists of novels read. Some of these were on facebook or twitter, either now or when I’ve posted previous lists. So some quick responses: – why do you read so many … Continue reading →

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Marc Lombardo, Critique of Sovereignty, Book I – forthcoming from Punctum Books

Posted on July 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Critique of Sovereignty, Book I: Contemporary Theories of Sovereignty by Marc Lombardo – forthcoming from Punctum books Using the Western tradition of metaphysical and political thought as a backdrop, Critique of Sovereignty (a work in 4 volumes) re-examines the concept of sovereignty in order … Continue reading →

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Novels read in the first half of 2014

Posted on June 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past few years I’ve been keeping lists of novels read. There are a few short story collections here, and a couple of histories, but it’s mainly novels. David Lodge, Therapy Mark Hadden, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time … Continue reading →

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Barry Stocker’s reading of Foucault’s Subjectivity and Truth lectures concludes

Posted on June 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Final two parts of his reading – here and here.

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A minor Nietzsche question – what does the abbreviation ‘W.W.’ refer to?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by stuartelden

A minor Nietzsche question – what does the abbreviation W.W. refer to? I’ve asked some of the leading Nietzsche scholars I know, and they are baffled too. The context is two references to Nietzsche: W. W. XI, p. 268 and W. W. … Continue reading →

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