Category Archives: Books

Books received – Milner, Lévi-Strauss, Lefebvre, Guattari, Saussure, Walters & Tazzioli

Posted on June 13, 2023 by stuartelden

Some books for the Indo-European thought project, together with the copy of Musset Henri Lefebvre gave to Georges Bataille (more here) and William Walters and Martina Tazzioli (eds.), Handbook on Governmentality, in which I have a chapter on Foucault and … Continue reading →

Posted in Claude Lévi-Strauss, Felix Guattari, Ferdinand de Saussure, Georges Bataille, Georges Dumézil, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Michel Foucault | 4 Comments

“Indo-European Thought in Post-War France“, Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies, 31 May 2023 (video)

Posted on June 1, 2023 by stuartelden

My talk to the Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies was recorded and is available online – “Indo-European Thought in Post-War France“ I begin with two stories – one about the Mission Paul Pelliot and its importance to the early … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Mircea Eliade, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

‘Indo-European Thought in Post-War France’, Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies, 31 May 2023, 4pm

Posted on May 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Update: the recording is available here For anyone interested in my new project, I’ll be speaking about some of it in an online seminar today at 4pm: ‘Indo-European Thought in Post-War France’, Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies

Posted in Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Mircea Eliade | Leave a comment

Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 12: working in some UK archives; Benveniste’s EPHE teaching; some talks on the research

Posted on May 26, 2023 by stuartelden

After the last update a friend contacted me with some valuable information – about an archive which was already on my list of ones to try to visit when in the United States next year, but should certainly now be … Continue reading →

Posted in Claude Lévi-Strauss, Emile Benveniste, Eric Hobsbawm, Georges Dumézil, Gillian Rose, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Marie-Louise Sjoestedt (1900-1940) – an important scholar of Celtic languages and mythology

Posted on May 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Update January 2025: A revised and expanded version of this post is here. One of the problems with my current project on Indo-European thought in France is how male-dominated it is. If you look at a photograph of the Collège … Continue reading →

Posted in Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

Urban Nature podcast episode 4: Stuart Elden and Gabriel Kozlowski

Posted on May 2, 2023 by stuartelden

Urban Nature episode 4: Stuart Elden and Gabriel Kozlowski I was pleased to be Gabriel’s guest on the Urban Nature podcast for a discussion of several different aspects of my work – on territory, terrain, Lefebvre, Foucault, Shakespeare and even … Continue reading →

Posted in Bruno Latour, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Shakespearean Territories, terrain, Territory, The Birth of Territory, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Indo-European thought in twentieth-century France update 11: Dumézil and Charachidzé’s work on Ubykh; Lévi-Strauss and his archive; Eliade’s correspondence; Koyré’s networks; and continuing work with Dumézil’s archive

Posted on April 28, 2023 by stuartelden

My attempt with this project to keep to a broadly chronological order of working through of Georges Dumézil’s major publications (see last update) took a bit of a detour, as his 1931 book La Langue des Oubykhs led me to follow the thread … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Koyré, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Italo Calvino, Jacques Lacan, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Mircea Eliade, Roman Jakobson, Umberto Eco, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Paul Allen Miller, “Foucault’s Formative Years” – review of The Early Foucault (Polity, 2021) in Symploke

Posted on April 17, 2023 by stuartelden

Paul Allen Miller, “Foucault’s Formative Years” – a very generous review of my 2021 Polity book The Early Foucault in Symploke. The review requires subscription, unfortunately, but I’m happy to share if you email me. Stuart Elden has become the … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Archaeology of Foucault (Polity, 2023) – New Books Network discussion with Dave O’Brien

Posted on April 6, 2023 by stuartelden

I discuss my recent book The Archaeology of Foucault (Polity, 2023) on the New Books Network with Dave O’Brien (audio) Dave has now generously discussed all the books in this series: Foucault’s Last Decade, 21 September 2016 Foucault: The Birth … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Foucault: The Birth of Power, Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

Excerpt from The Archaeology of Foucault at The Montreal Review (open access)

Posted on March 31, 2023 by stuartelden

A short excerpt from the coda of The Archaeology of Foucault is available open access at The Montréal Review. It discusses Foucault’s tributes to Jean Hyppolite and the visits to SUNY Buffalo in 1970 and 1972. Thanks to publicity staff … Continue reading →

Posted in Jean Hyppolite, Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Foucault | Leave a comment