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Foucault’s Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2024 by stuartelden

I’ve shared this before, but was thinking again about Daniel Defert’s memories of Foucault’s working routines in this interview – ‘The Materiality of a Working Life‘ (open access; original French). No no, weekends didn’t exist! We would go to see … Continue reading →

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My favourite music of 2024

Posted on December 25, 2024 by stuartelden

The music I enjoyed this year, either bought in physical form, often through Burning Shed, or digitally through bandcamp. For previous years: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012.

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Veronica Strang, Water Beings: from nature worship to the environmental crisis – Reaktion, March 2023 and book launch, Oxford, 7 March 2023

Posted on December 24, 2024 by stuartelden

Veronica Strang, Water Beings: from nature worship to the environmental crisis – Reaktion, March 2023 I’ve shared news of the book before. There is a New Books discussion with Jana Byers now available. A major study of marine serpent deities, … Continue reading →

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Ben Anderson and Anna Secor, The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism – Goldsmiths Press/PERC Papers, July 2025

Posted on December 24, 2024 by stuartelden

Ben Anderson and Anna Secor, The Politics of Feeling: Populism, Progressivism, Liberalism – Goldsmiths Press/PERC Papers, July 2025 How today’s dominant political forms—right-wing populism, progressivism, and liberalism—offer differentiated responses to shared conditions of uncertainty. The Politics of Feeling argues that politics has … Continue reading →

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Mark Neocleous, Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police – Verso, February 2025

Posted on December 23, 2024 by stuartelden

Mark Neocleous, Pacification: Social War and the Power of Police – Verso, February 2025 In his new book, critical theorist Mark Neocleous engages in a sustained critique of the theory and practice of pacification. Combining philosophical analysis with historical detail, … Continue reading →

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Katharine R. O’Reilly and Caterina Pellò (eds.), Ancient Women Philosophers: Recovered Ideas and New Perspectives – Cambridge University Press, 2023 and review at NDPR

Posted on December 22, 2024 by stuartelden

Katharine R. O’Reilly and Caterina Pellò (eds.), Ancient Women Philosophers: Recovered Ideas and New Perspectives – Cambridge University Press, 2023 There is a review by Emily Hulme at NDPR. Despite the common misconception that ancient philosophy was the domain of male … Continue reading →

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Rita Abrahamsen, Jean-François Drolet, Michael C. Williams, Srdjan Vucetic, Karin Narita, and Alexandra Gheciu, World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order – Cambridge University Press, June 2024

Posted on December 21, 2024 by stuartelden

Rita Abrahamsen, Jean-François Drolet, Michael C. Williams, Srdjan Vucetic, Karin Narita, and Alexandra Gheciu, World of the Right: Radical Conservatism and Global Order – Cambridge University Press, June 2024

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Gavin Barrett, Peter-Christian Müller-Graff, Jean-Philippe Rageade, Viktor Vadász (eds.), European Sovereignty: The Legal Dimension – Springer, 2024

Posted on December 21, 2024 by stuartelden

Gavin Barrett, Peter-Christian Müller-Graff, Jean-Philippe Rageade, Viktor Vadász (eds.), European Sovereignty: The Legal Dimension – Springer, 2024 In October 2022, the Academy of European Law (ERA) in Trier celebrated its 30th anniversary with a congress devoted to the legal dimension of … Continue reading →

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Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 25: Benveniste’s teaching, a talk at St Andrews, Tzvetan Todorov, Roman Jakobson, and some archival work in Paris and Oxford

Posted on December 20, 2024 by stuartelden

I’m overdue an update on this project, but while I’ve been working hard, I haven’t felt there has been much to say until now. I’ve also had some further health problems, leading to another shorter stay in hospital and the … Continue reading →

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“Foucault and Dumézil on Antiquity” and other articles in the Journal of the History of Ideas – open access until the end of January 2025

Posted on December 20, 2024 by stuartelden

Some nice news that because it is one of the most-read articles in the Journal of the History of Ideas this year, my piece “Foucault and Dumézil on Antiquity” is open access until the end of January 2025. The full … Continue reading →

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