Category Archives: Books

Heidegger Gesamtausgabe app with links to available translations

Posted on December 17, 2014 by stuartelden

An app linking to available translations of volumes of Heidegger’s Gesamtausgabe is available here – requires free registration. A webpage listing (not needing registration) is here.

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Books received – White on Genet and Voeltzel, Vingt ans et après

Posted on December 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Edmund White’s biography of Genet, and Thierry Voeltzel, Vingt ans et après – a collection of dialogues with (an anonymous) Foucault (see Foucault News for details).

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Foucault audio and video recordings – a chronological list with links

Posted on December 9, 2014 by stuartelden

Last year I listed all the Foucault audio recordings I could find online. I’ve now updated the list, and reordered them chronologically. These are now all listed on this page (as part of the ‘Foucault Resources‘ part of this site). There … Continue reading →

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History of Sexuality volume II – detailed discussion of the three different introductions

Posted on December 5, 2014 by stuartelden

On a page on this site I discuss in detail the three versions of the introduction to the History of Sexuality volume II. The May 1984 version, which introduced the book itself – L’usage des plaisirs, translated as The Use of Pleasure. An earlier … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory – Chinese translation forthcoming

Posted on December 5, 2014 by stuartelden

The Birth of Territory is forthcoming in Chinese translation. While this is good news, it’s hardly the path to riches. The royalty rate is 7%, rising to 8% in the unlikely event of it selling more than 10,000 copies. This is … Continue reading →

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Jennifer Bates and Richard Wilson (eds.), Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy

Posted on December 3, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks an interesting collection – Jennifer Bates and Richard Wilson (eds.), Shakespeare and Continental Philosophy. This collection of 15 essays by celebrated authors in Shakespeare studies and in continental philosophy develops different aspects of the interface between continental thinking … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 15

Posted on December 1, 2014 by stuartelden

In the past few weeks I have continued working on Subjectivité et vérité and took a very full set of notes, far more than can be contained in this chapter. I gave a talk on this lecture course at Nottingham … Continue reading →

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Critical Theory on my Foucault, Subjectivity, Truth lecture

Posted on November 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Also on critical-theory.com, a nice discussion of my recent ‘Foucault, Subjectivity, Truth’ lecture at Nottingham Contemporary gallery. I’m pleased, but surprised, by the nearly 5,000 views this lecture has had on youtube.

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Books received – Ling, Michel, Kurki, Bridoux & Kurki

Posted on November 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Michel’s Ricoeur and the Post-Structuralists, in recompense for review work; and three books in the excellent Interventions series, from one of the editors, Nick Vaughan-Williams.

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

I got back earlier today from two enjoyable days at the University of Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar. The lecture was on ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’ and the morning of the seminar looked at … Continue reading →

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