Author Archives: stuartelden

Foucault 1970-71 course out

Posted on February 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Both Clare and Jeremy have the news that Foucault’s 1970-71 course, Leçons sur la volonté de savoir, is officially released. My copy is on its way, but I’ll be gone before it arrives. I said a little about this course here, … Continue reading →

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Not just Marxists

Posted on February 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Marxist historians “may overcompensate for the radicality of their ideology by being more orthodox in their methodologies and research practices than the ordinary bourgeois historian. Hence they may try to furnish two footnotes for every one of the bourgeois adversary’s … Continue reading →

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CFP: Geographies of Translation

Posted on February 8, 2011 by stuartelden

RGS-IBG Annual Conference 2011, London, 31 Aug – 2 Sept 2011. CFP: Geographies of Translation Organisers: Dean W. Bond (University of Toronto) and Luise Fischer (University of Edinburgh) Sponsorship: Historical Geography Research Group Over the years, the concept of ‘translation’ … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory introduction

Posted on February 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I don’t like writing introductions, and The Birth of Territory was definitely no exception. I’d been struggling with working out how to shape this, but now have what I think is a good working version. One of the things I … Continue reading →

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Paul Mason on the recent global unrest

Posted on February 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Newsnight’s Paul Mason offers some generalisations on the recent global unrest here. He stresses the importance of social media, the decline of ideologies, the role of women, the importance of memes, and so on. Mentions Foucault, Chomsky, Hardt and Negri, … Continue reading →

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Infamous Lives

Posted on February 6, 2011 by stuartelden

In 1977, shortly after the first volume of The History of Sexuality came out, Foucault published an essay entitled ‘The Lives of Infamous Men’. It was supposed to be the introduction to a book, or series of books, but it … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory page

Posted on February 5, 2011 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory book project now has a separate page, in the bar above, or here. There’s an updated table of contents; links to the posts I wrote while redrafting the chapters; links to video and audio; and the … Continue reading →

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Talks in Sydney, Canberra, London, Cambridge

Posted on February 5, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve agreed to give a few more talks. On March 11th, the day after I speak at the Centre for Cultural Research at the University of Western Sydney, I will head across town to the Law Faculty at University of New … Continue reading →

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Student evaluation of Adam Ferguson

Posted on February 5, 2011 by stuartelden

A student offers their considered opinion of Adam Ferguson’s An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767) at amazon.com I had to purchase this material for a class which was extremely boring but somewhat thought provoking in the end it … Continue reading →

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More on Egypt

Posted on February 4, 2011 by stuartelden

Even though he is no longer in Egypt, Graham Harman’s blog is a good source of up-to-date information, both from media sources and personal contacts. Particularly moving is the category of links to photographs of those who have died. As … Continue reading →

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