Author Archives: stuartelden

Books received – Koyré, Meillet, Benveniste, Canguilhem, Foucault

Posted on August 15, 2024 by stuartelden

Bought new or second-hand for various projects, along with the new collection of previously unpublished material by Foucault, sent by the publisher – Nietzsche: Cours, conférences et travaux, edited by Bernard Harcourt.

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Georgios Varouxakis, The West: The History of an Idea, Princeton University Press, July 2025

Posted on August 14, 2024 by stuartelden

Georgios Varouxakis, The West: The History of an Idea, Princeton University Press, July 2025 A long time off, but this looks very interesting. How did “the West” come to be used as a collective self-designation signaling political and cultural commonality? When did … Continue reading →

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Charlotte Lydia Riley and Suzanne Nossel, Is Free Speech Under Threat? – Penguin, October 2024

Posted on August 13, 2024 by stuartelden

Charlotte Lydia Riley and Suzanne Nossel, Is Free Speech Under Threat? – Penguin, October 2024 Two leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times: Is free speech under threat? Suzanne Nossel, CEO … Continue reading →

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New issue of Parrhesia with translation of a short text by Foucault, ‘Message or Noise?’ with a commentary by Chris O’Neill

Posted on August 12, 2024 by stuartelden

The latest issue of Parrhesia is out, with a translation of and commentary on a short text by Foucault. All open access. Foucault and information theory: on “message or noise?” (1966) – Chris O’Neill “Message or noise?” – Michel Foucault, … Continue reading →

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Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose, Questioning Humanity: Being Human in a Posthuman Age – Edward Elgar, June 2024

Posted on August 12, 2024 by stuartelden

Thomas Osborne and Nikolas Rose, Questioning Humanity: Being Human in a Posthuman Age – Edward Elgar, June 2024 This innovative book questions what it means to be human today and in the future. Drawing on the natural, human and life … Continue reading →

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“Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, forthcoming in History of European Ideas; and a talk on Canguilhem and Koyré in Bristol

Posted on August 11, 2024 by stuartelden

In some previous updates on my Indo-European thought project, I’d mentioned doing some research on Alexandre Koyré. In March and May. I said I’d been working on a piece about his unsuccessful attempt to get elected to a chair at … Continue reading →

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Alice Mah, Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation, Duke University Press, September 2023 (print, open access and New books discussion)

Posted on August 10, 2024 by stuartelden

Alice Mah, Petrochemical Planet: Multiscalar Battles of Industrial Transformation, Duke University Press, September 2023 – print and open access New Books discussion with Dave O’Brien. Thanks to dmf for these links. In Petrochemical Planet Alice Mah examines the changing nature of the petrochemical … Continue reading →

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The Anti-Security Collective, The Security Abolition Manifesto – Red Quill Books, August 2024

Posted on August 9, 2024 by stuartelden

The Anti-Security Collective, The Security Abolition Manifesto – Red Quill Books, August 2024 Introduction open access at this link Security is the monstrous idea that we are alone and locked into competition over scarce resources, that private property is a … Continue reading →

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Ben Haworth, Shakespeare’s Liminal Spaces: Contesting Authority on the Early Modern Stage – Manchester University Press, July 2024

Posted on August 8, 2024 by stuartelden

Ben Haworth, Shakespeare’s Liminal Spaces: Contesting Authority on the Early Modern Stage – Manchester University Press, July 2024 This engaging study appreciably advances recent critical developments in the way the playwright created his worlds to reflect concurrent cartographic, geopolitical and … Continue reading →

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Stuart Blaney, Equality and Freedom in Rancière and Foucault – Bloomsbury, December 2024

Posted on August 7, 2024 by stuartelden

Stuart Blaney, Equality and Freedom in Rancière and Foucault – Bloomsbury, December 2024 Responding to the increasing need for new and peaceful forms of emancipation, Stuart Blaney offers a unique solution in the synergy between two pioneering strands of continental … Continue reading →

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