Category Archives: Jacques Derrida

Reading Derrida’s Geschlecht III: Responses to an Archival Discovery, Princeton, Oct 12-13 2018

Posted on August 3, 2018 by stuartelden

Reading Derrida’s Geschlecht III: Responses to an Archival Discovery, Princeton, Oct 12-13 2018. Derrida wrote four papers on the theme of ‘Geschlecht’ – race, lineage, sex, and multiple other meanings – in Heidegger, publishing I, II and IV. The third … Continue reading →

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Kingston Shakespeare Series Conference: Shakespeare and Derrida, 1 September 2018

Posted on August 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Kingston Shakespeare Series Conference: Shakespeare and Derrida, 1 September 2018, Garrick’s Temple, Hampton – initial details here. This follows various other conferences on Shakespeare and theorists – I spoke at the one on Shakespeare and Foucault last month – and … Continue reading →

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Books received – Fordham University Press and Steven Seegel, Map Men

Posted on July 20, 2018 by stuartelden

A pile of books from Fordham University Press in recompense for review work, and Steven Seegel, Map Men: Transnational Lives and Deaths of Geographers in the Making of East Central Europe, sent by University of Chicago Press. The Fordham books are … Continue reading →

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Derrida seminars – details of forthcoming volumes and translations

Posted on July 18, 2018 by stuartelden

Taken from the Derrida Seminar Translations Project, these are the forthcoming volumes (I’ve added links to publisher pages for the first): All publication dates for the following volumes are projected. Theory and Practice (1976-77), translated by David Wills, Chicago: University … Continue reading →

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Francesco Vitale, Biodeconstruction: Jacques Derrida and the Life Sciences reviewed

Posted on July 17, 2018 by stuartelden

Francesco Vitale, Biodeconstruction: Jacques Derrida and the Life Sciences is reviewed at NDPR by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger. The book appeared earlier this year with SUNY Press, translated by Mauro Senatore. Update: another good review at Critical Inquiry (thanks to Peter Gratton for this link) … Continue reading →

Posted in Georges Canguilhem, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Derrida’s Margins: Inside the personal library of Jacques Derrida

Posted on May 26, 2018 by stuartelden

Derrida’s Margins: Inside the personal library of Jacques Derrida For Jacques Derrida (1930-2004), reading was an active process: he read texts by thinkers like Rousseau, Heidegger, Lévi-Strauss, Hegel, and Husserl with a writing utensil in hand.  As Derrida affirmed in a late interview, the … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 17: Canguilhem, Beinecke library and back to Foucault

Posted on April 19, 2018 by stuartelden

I wrote the last update on this book over two months ago, just as I was finishing up an extended research visit to Paris. Since then I’ve mainly been focusing on the Canguilhem manuscript, which is inching toward a near … Continue reading →

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Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50 in the Los Angeles Review of Books, by Birger Vanwesenbeeck. Two days late linking to this, but… On Saturday, January 27, 1968, Jacques Derrida, then maître assistant at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, delivered his lecture “La … Continue reading →

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Figure/Ground interview with Leonard Lawlor

Posted on January 6, 2018 by stuartelden

Figure/Ground interview with Leonard Lawlor – lots of good discussion of European philosophy, including Deleuze, Derrida, Foucault, Heidegger and Lyotard. Also some interesting comments about writing: What advice would you give to young graduate students and aspiring university professors? I … Continue reading →

Posted in Gilles Deleuze, Graham Harman, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Quentin Meillassoux, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

My favourite academic books of 2017

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stuartelden

  I don’t think I read as many new books this year as previous years, and the ‘to read’ piles get ever higher… But these are the academic books published in 2017 which I particularly liked: Update: the lists for … Continue reading →

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