Category Archives: Books

Foucault’s Collaborative Projects – some updates

Posted on October 27, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve updated this blog’s page on Foucault’s Collaborative Projects. The page discusses Généalogie du capital; Généalogie des équipements de normalisation; Les machines à guérir; Politiques de l’habitat and Génealogie de la défense sociale en Belgique.

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“Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth”, University of Nottingham Centre for Critical Theory lecture, Nottingham Contemporary, 12 November 2014

Posted on October 22, 2014 by stuartelden

[Update: the video of the event is now available here.] On 12 November 2014, I’ll be giving a University of Nottingham Centre for Critical Theory lecture at Nottingham Contemporary gallery. The title is “Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth”, and I’ll be … Continue reading →

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Symposium on Mark Neocleous, War Power, Police Power – LSE, 20 November 2014

Posted on October 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Details of a book symposium on Mark Neocleous’s latest – War Power, Police Power.

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David Campbell, Politics without Principle – free 1993 book online

Posted on October 16, 2014 by stuartelden

David Campbell has made his 1993 book Politics without Principle: Sovereignty, Ethics and the Narratives of the Gulf War available online as a pdf. He says something about the book here.

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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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