Category Archives: Books

Books received – Bartleson, Charnes, Debrix & Barder, Peoples & Vaughan Williams, Whitehead, Foucault et. al, and journals

Posted on October 15, 2014 by stuartelden

A few books from Routledge in recompense for review work, new issues of Transactions, Review of International Studies and Theory, Culture and Society, and a first edition (1976) of the Foucault-led Les machines á guerir. As I discuss in the page on Foucault’s collaborative projects, this … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s On the Government of the Living – book received and review forthcoming

Posted on October 10, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve just received a copy of the latest Foucault lecture course to be translated, 1980’s On the Government of the Living. the translation of Du gouvernement des vivants. The French was published two years ago; there are two lecture courses out in … Continue reading →

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The History Manifesto by Jo Guldi and David Armitage – print book from CUP and open access online

Posted on October 10, 2014 by stuartelden

The History Manifesto by Jo Guldi and David Armitage – open access book from Cambridge University Press. How should historians speak truth to power – and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or … Continue reading →

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Books received – Linklater on land, Stubbs on Krautrock, Recherches 13 and Foucault, Lefebvre et. al. interviews

Posted on October 7, 2014 by stuartelden

A book of interviews with, among others, Foucault and Lefebvre; one of the collaborative projects with which Foucault  was involved; David Stubbs, Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany and Andro Linklater‘s last book Owning the Earth: The Transforming History of Land … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming Publications – new page and some preprints

Posted on September 29, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve added a forthcoming publications page to the site, along with links to a few preprints. These are only for publications currently in production – it doesn’t include things under review or being drafted. I’m hoping the Boko Haram paper will … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden and Todd Reisz opening lectures to ‘Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad’ conference

Posted on September 25, 2014 by stuartelden

This is the video of the opening keynote session of the ‘Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad’ conference, which includes my lecture ‘Crises of Territorial Integrity: Iraq and Nigeria’. My talk is from 11.50-38 minutes – … Continue reading →

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My essay on Foucault’s La société punitive – forthcoming in Historical Materialism

Posted on September 24, 2014 by stuartelden

My substantial (c. 8,000 words) essay on Foucault’s La société punitive is forthcoming in Historical Materialism. Thanks to Sebastian Budgen for his invitation to write this, and Alberto Toscano for taking it through two rounds of review. My shorter review of this important … Continue reading →

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Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (ed.), Inhuman Nature – open access book from Punctum

Posted on September 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Now available to download from Punctum books – Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (ed.), Inhuman Nature. Gathering into lively conversation scholars in medieval, early modern and object studies, Inhuman Nature explores the activity of the things, forces, and relations that enable, sustain and operate indifferently … Continue reading →

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‘Exercises in the History of Ideas’: An interview with Stuart Elden by Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani

Posted on September 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Back in March I was interviewed by two graduate students at the University of Melbourne, Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani, about my writing, background and approach to work. It covers my work on territory, Heidegger, Foucault, Lefebvre, and Shakespeare and some future plans. … Continue reading →

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A week at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design – speaking about Iraq and Nigeria, urban territory and Lefebvre

Posted on September 22, 2014 by stuartelden

I’m now on my way home from a very interesting and enjoyable week at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. The invitation was to give one of the two keynote talks to a conference on the Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in … Continue reading →

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