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“Indo-European Thought in Post-War France“, Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies, 31 May 2023 (video)

Posted on June 1, 2023 by stuartelden

My talk to the Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies was recorded and is available online – “Indo-European Thought in Post-War France“ I begin with two stories – one about the Mission Paul Pelliot and its importance to the early … Continue reading →

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‘Indo-European Thought in Post-War France’, Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies, 31 May 2023, 4pm

Posted on May 31, 2023 by stuartelden

Update: the recording is available here For anyone interested in my new project, I’ll be speaking about some of it in an online seminar today at 4pm: ‘Indo-European Thought in Post-War France’, Warwick Seminar for Interdisciplinary French Studies

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John Forrester, Freud and Psychoanalysis: Six Introductory Lectures, ed. Lisa Appignanesi – Polity, May 2023

Posted on May 30, 2023 by stuartelden

John Forrester, Freud and Psychoanalysis: Six Introductory Lectures, ed. Lisa Appignanesi – Polity, May 2023

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Georges Bataille, Critical Essays 1 – updating the list of English translations of Oeuvres complètes on this site

Posted on May 28, 2023 by stuartelden

With the publication of Georges Bataille, Critical Essays 1: 1944-1948 (trans. Chris Turner, eds. Alberto Toscano and Benjamin Noys), English readers now have access to most of the essays in volume 11 of Bataille’s Œuvres complètes. I’ve updated the list … Continue reading →

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Books received – Chestov, Nietzsche, Ginzburg, Rose, Spotts, Bataille

Posted on May 28, 2023 by stuartelden

Some recently bought books – Léon Chestov’s L’idée de bien chez Tolstoï et Nietzsche (Bataille was one of the translators); the two most recent volumes of the Stanford Nietzsche translations; Carlo Ginzburg’s The Judge and the Historian; Gillian Rose, Judaism … Continue reading →

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Jonathan I. Israel, Spinoza, Life and Legacy – Oxford University Press, August 2023

Posted on May 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Jonathan I. Israel, Spinoza, Life and Legacy – Oxford University Press, August 2023 A massive, 1,344 page study of Spinoza… A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, which examines the man’s life, relationships, … Continue reading →

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Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 12: working in some UK archives; Benveniste’s EPHE teaching; some talks on the research

Posted on May 26, 2023 by stuartelden

After the last update a friend contacted me with some valuable information – about an archive which was already on my list of ones to try to visit when in the United States next year, but should certainly now be … Continue reading →

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Achille Mbembe and Felwine Sarr eds, To Write the Africa World and The Politics of Time: Imagining African Becomings – Polity 2023

Posted on May 25, 2023 by stuartelden

Achille Mbembe & Felwine Sarr eds, To Write the Africa World – Polity 2023, trans. Drew Burk In October 2016, thirty intellectuals and artists from Africa, its diasporas, and beyond gathered together in Dakar and Saint-Louis, Senegal, to reflect on … Continue reading →

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Maurice Blanchot, Notes sur Heidegger, ed. Étienne Pinat – Éditions Kime, 2023

Posted on May 23, 2023 by stuartelden

Maurice Blanchot, Notes sur Heidegger, ed. Étienne Pinat – Éditions Kime, 2023 Doesn’t seem to gave a publisher page yet, but listed here. Dans une lettre de 1987, Maurice Blanchot revient dans un post-scriptum essentiel sur son rapport à l’œuvre … Continue reading →

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Theory, Culture and Society Special Issue: ‘Foucault Before the Collège de France’ – all papers open access until mid June 2023

Posted on May 23, 2023 by stuartelden

Theory, Culture and Society Special Issue: ‘Foucault Before the Collège de France‘ all papers open access until mid June 2023 co-edited by Stuart Elden, Orazio Irrera and Daniele Lorenzini The issue includes papers by most of the editors of the … Continue reading →

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