Category Archives: Alberto Toscano

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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Georges Bataille, Critical Essays Volume I: 1944-1948, ed. Alberto Toscano and Benjamin Noys, trans. Chris Turner – Seagull, February 2023

Posted on December 15, 2022 by stuartelden

Georges Bataille, Critical Essays Volume I: 1944-1948, ed. Alberto Toscano and Benjamin Noys, trans. Chris Turner – Seagull, February 2023 [Update: 34 early issues of Critique are available on Gallica – it looks like fewer, but some are double issues, … Continue reading →

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Acid Horizon podcast: ‘Foucault (With Hair)’ – discussion of The Early Foucault

Posted on August 11, 2021 by stuartelden

Acid Horizon podcast: ‘Foucault (With Hair)’ – discussion of The Early Foucault On this episode, Adam and Will are joined by Stuart Elden to discuss his latest book, The Early Foucault. We discuss the academic experiences and personal relationships that were … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, The Early Foucault – Polity, June 2021

Posted on November 3, 2020 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, The Early Foucault – Polity, June 2021 Great to see the Polity page for this book is now up, and to be able to share the cover and description here. It was not until 1961 that Foucault published … Continue reading →

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Alberto Toscano, Notes on Late Fascism

Posted on April 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Alberto Toscano, Notes on Late Fascism at Historical Materialism, a seminar from February 2017 at Simon Fraser University.

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Agamben, Homo Sacer: A Blog Series at the SUP blog

Posted on July 8, 2016 by stuartelden

Giorgio Agamben, Homo Sacer: A Blog Series at the SUP blog. Posts by Adam Kotsko, Kevin Attell, Peter Fenves, David Kishik, Alberto Toscano and Lorenzo Chiesa – an all-male lineup, unfortunately. All nine volumes of the Homo Sacer series, from … Continue reading →

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The Arts of Logistics – Queen Mary, London, 3-4 June 2016

Posted on May 15, 2016 by stuartelden

The Arts of Logistics, 3 & 4 June 2016 Queen Mary University of London Keynotes: Deborah Cowen & Alberto Toscano “The Arts of Logistics” brings together scholars, activists, and artists from across the humanities and social sciences to interrogate how social … Continue reading →

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Alberto Toscano and Jeff Klinke, Cartographies of the Absolute – now out from Zero books

Posted on May 31, 2015 by stuartelden

While I’d linked to some preparatory material, I hadn’t realised this was now out. Thanks to Adam David Morton for the link. Alberto Toscano and Jeff Klinke, Cartographies of the Absolute from Zero books. Can capital be seen? Cartographies of the … Continue reading →

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Fanatical counter-histories – A conversation with Alberto Toscano and Gisle Selnes

Posted on March 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Fanatical counter-histories – A conversation with Alberto Toscano and Gisle Selnes at Eurozine. The philosopher Alberto Toscano visited Bergen on 29 November 2014 to participate in the seminar “Fanaticism, Extremism, Radicalism”, organized by the research group Radical Philosophy and Literature … Continue reading →

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Plastic Materialities: Politics, Legality, and Metamorphosis in the Work of Catherine Malabou

Posted on March 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Plastic Materialities: Politics, Legality, and Metamorphosis in the Work of Catherine Malabou, edited by Brenna Bhandar and Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller. Catherine Malabou’s concept of plasticity has influenced and inspired scholars from across disciplines. The contributors to Plastic Materialities—whose fields include political philosophy, critical legal studies, social … Continue reading →

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