Category Archives: Books

Mattias Leanza review of Foucault’s Last Decade in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (requires subscription)

Posted on August 27, 2018 by stuartelden

Mattias Leanza reviews Foucault’s Last Decade (Polity, 2016) in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (requires subscription). It’s a generous and positive review which ‘highly recommends’ the book. All the reviews of this book, and of Foucault: The Birth of Power (Polity … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 18: back to work, and thinking about the 1960s

Posted on August 10, 2018 by stuartelden

It’s taken longer than anticipated for me to return to the work on The Early Foucault. The last update was back in April. Through the spring the book on Canguilhem was drafted, revised and then submitted to Polity Press on 4 … Continue reading →

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‘Shakespeare, Richard II and the Political Economy of Territory’ – short piece at the Progress in Political Economy blog

Posted on August 2, 2018 by stuartelden

I have a short piece at the Progress in Political Economy blog entitled ‘Shakespeare, Richard II and the Political Economy of Territory‘. Thanks to Adam David Morton for the invitation to contribute. Shakespeare has long been seen as a writer … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, ‘Why should people interested in territory read Shakespeare?’ – Territory, Politics, Governance, open access until end of September 2018

Posted on July 30, 2018 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, ‘Why should people interested in territory read Shakespeare?‘ – Territory, Politics, Governance – open access until end of September 2018. I shared this before, but the article is now open access. It’s a short piece which acts as a kind … Continue reading →

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Cycling across borders – Slovenia, Austria, Italy

Posted on July 30, 2018 by stuartelden

Just back from a week on holiday in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. A little hiking but mainly cycling. Kranjska Gora is in the north-west of the country, close to the borders with Italy and Austria. I’ve crossed borders within the Schengen area … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem – book for Polity’s Key Contemporary Thinkers series, forthcoming 2019

Posted on July 20, 2018 by stuartelden

My study of Georges Canguilhem was resubmitted earlier this month. It’s now been accepted in final form and will appear in Polity’s Key Contemporary Thinkers series in early 2019. As I’ve mentioned before, the book developed out of the work I’ve … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, ‘Why should people interested in territory read Shakespeare?’ – Territory, Politics, Governance

Posted on July 20, 2018 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, ‘Why should people interested in territory read Shakespeare?‘ – Territory, Politics, Governance (requires subscription or contact me). Update: open access until end of September 2018. A new short article from me, which acts as a kind of preview … Continue reading →

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Shakespearean Territories (forthcoming Oct 2018, University of Chicago Press) – endorsements and description

Posted on July 9, 2018 by stuartelden

Three very generous endorsements of Shakespearean Territories – from a philosopher, geographer and literary theorist. The book is forthcoming in October 2018 from University of Chicago Press and is available to preorder from usual outlets. “Shakespearean Territories is a truly groundbreaking volume … Continue reading →

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Understanding Henri Lefebvre published in Korean translation (with text of English version of new preface)

Posted on June 28, 2018 by stuartelden

My 2004 book Understanding Henri Lefebvre: Theory and the Possible has been published in Korean translation by Kyungsung University Press. My two recent Foucault books are also forthcoming in Korean with Nanjing Publishing House. (If anyone has a link to the … Continue reading →

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Future work and summer plans – Shakespeare, Canguilhem, Lefebvre and back to Foucault

Posted on June 22, 2018 by stuartelden

Although the Shakespeare Territories book is coming out in a few months, I’ve been back working on Shakespeare. Initially this was for a summary article of the book’s argument for a short article for Territory, Politics, Governance, which should be … Continue reading →

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