Author Archives: stuartelden

Michel Foucault, ‘Médecins, Juges et Sorciers au XVIIe Siècle’ – some thoughts on dating and content

Posted on November 20, 2013 by stuartelden

Update August 2026: An updated and expanded version of this post is The Experience of the Demonic and Its Waning: Foucault, Madness and Witchcraft. There is a curious text by Foucault, initially published as «Médecins, juges et sorciers au XVIIe siècle», Médecine de … Continue reading →

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Heidegger – Nature, History, State: 1933-1934

Posted on November 20, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
[update: thanks to Harvey Shoolman for details – the hardback of this is now published; a paperback is due in 2015. The seminars were published in German in the Heidegger Jahrbuch vols 4 and 5].…

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Latour on War and Peace in an Age of Ecological Conflict

Posted on November 20, 2013 by stuartelden

(via Anthem)

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Carolyn Pedwell on Affective Relations: The Transnational Politics of Empathy

Posted on November 19, 2013 by stuartelden

Short video of Carolyn Pedwell talking about her forthcoming book Affective Relations: The Transnational Politics of Empathy (Palgrave 2014).

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Constructing the world: the Mercator map vs the Peters projection

Posted on November 19, 2013 by stuartelden

An interesting map of the African continent, with the US, China, India etc. imposed on it to give a sense of its size.

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Geo-political Economy – an open access virtual theme issue

Posted on November 18, 2013 by stuartelden

A virtual theme issue on Geo-political Economy – put together by Deb Cowen and me. Papers open access for three months.

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Michel Foucault and Jean-Pierre Peter – some thoughts on sources of ‘the abnormals’ and the case of Pierre Rivière

Posted on November 18, 2013 by stuartelden

In The Abnormals lecture course, Foucault refers to a veritable rogues’ gallery of murderers, cannibals and perverts. The latter term, of course, is one that he examines in terms of its historical emergence – what counts as a deviation, an … Continue reading →

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Foucault, La société punitive – some more details

Posted on November 18, 2013 by stuartelden

While the date of publication for Foucault’s La société punitive has slipped yet again to 5 December 2013, there are a few more details up on amazon.fr: L’organisation d’une pénalité d’enfermement n’est pas simplement récente, elle est énigmatique. Qu’est-ce qui pénètre dans … Continue reading →

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Citizenship After Orientalism (Oecumene) project – Final Conference 6-7 March 2014

Posted on November 18, 2013 by stuartelden

The final conference of Engin Isin’s Citizenship After Orientalism (Oecumene) project funded by the European Research Council (ERC) will be held in Milton Keynes on 6-7 March 2014. Draft programme available here, along with details of an international school for postgraduates as … Continue reading →

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Google Books Lawsuit Dismissed: “All Society Benefits,” Says Judge Chin

Posted on November 18, 2013 by stuartelden

A good analysis of a major legal decision in publishing.

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