Category Archives: Books

Foucault’s 1980-81 course Subjectivité et vérité is published today

Posted on May 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 lecture course Subjectivité et vérité has now been published. Amazon.fr have copies in stock. « L’hypothèse de travail est celle-ci : il est vrai que la sexualité comme expérience n’est évidemment pas indépendante des codes et du système des interdits, … Continue reading →

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E.P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left

Posted on April 30, 2014 by stuartelden

  E.P. Thompson and the Making of the New Left: Essays and Polemics by E. P. Thompson; edited by Cal Winslow – out in June with Monthly Review Press. More details and endorsements at the site – here’s the blurb. E. P. Thompson … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Territory – a short piece at the Politics@Warwick blog

Posted on April 28, 2014 by stuartelden

There is a short piece on The Birth of Territory at the Politics@Warwick blog.

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Christopher Pierson, Just Property: A History in the Latin West, Volume One – reviewed at NDPR

Posted on April 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Christopher Pierson, Just Property: A History in the Latin West, Volume One is reviewed at NDPR. This looks a fascinating study, which covers a similar time-period to my own The Birth of Territory, and a related, though distinct, concept. But what a shame … Continue reading →

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King Lear with Michael Pennington at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Posted on April 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Last night I went to see Michael Pennington in King Lear by the Theatre for a New Audience at the Polonsky Shakespeare Centre in Brooklyn. There are good reviews in The New York Times and NY Daily Times. As the reviews suggest, this is less … Continue reading →

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Verso’s Reading List on Christianity

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

As a riposte to David Cameron’s comments about Christianity (or just to sell some books), Verso have put together a list of their studies of Christianity. Régis Debray, Slavoj Žižek, Simon Critchley, Ernst Bloch, Terry Eagleton, Wu Ming…

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WMD V: Warwick Manuscript Development Sessions 2014

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

A good opportunity for book publishing advice – contact Leonard Seabrooke: ls.dbp@cbs.dk for more information. In 2009 the Centre for the Study for Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) at the University of Warwick held its first Warwick Manuscript Development (WMD) workshop with first-time authors, … Continue reading →

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Japhy Wilson’s critical study of Jeffrey Sachs from Verso

Posted on April 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Another book picked up in the Verso sale, Japhy Wilson’s Jeffrey Sachs: The Strange Case of Dr. Shock and Mr. Aid. [Update: An abridged version of Chapter Five is available here.] It’s a powerful and nuanced critique of his work and involvement in … Continue reading →

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Reece Jones and Corey Johnson, Placing the Border in Everyday Life – forthcoming in May, and Chapter One free to download

Posted on April 15, 2014 by stuartelden

Reece Jones and Corey Johnson (eds.), Placing the Border in Everyday Life – forthcoming in May 2014. Bordering no longer happens only at the borderline separating two sovereign states, but rather through a wide range of practices and decisions that occur in … Continue reading →

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Where to start with reading Peter Sloterdijk?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

[The most recent version can be found here.] Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? I have previously done this with Henri Lefebvre, and Chathan Vemuri asked me the same question for Sloterdijk. This is my attempt at answering this, largely … Continue reading →

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