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Kathryn Medien, ‘Palestine in Deleuze’ – Theory, Culture & Society, online first

Posted on January 18, 2019 by stuartelden

Kathryn Medien, ‘Palestine in Deleuze‘ – Theory, Culture & Society, online first (requires subscription) In the late 1970s and early 1980s French philosopher Gilles Deleuze authored a series of articles in which he reflected on the formation of the state … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner, New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and the Scale Question – OUP, June 2019

Posted on January 18, 2019 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner, New Urban Spaces: Urban Theory and the Scale Question – OUP, June 2019 The urban condition is today being radically transformed. Urban restructuring is accelerating, new urban spaces are being consolidated, and new forms of urbanization are crystallizing. … Continue reading →

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Richard Polt, Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties – Rowman & Littlefield, March 2019

Posted on January 11, 2019 by stuartelden

Richard Polt, Time and Trauma: Thinking Through Heidegger in the Thirties – Rowman & Littlefield, March 2019 In this important new book, Richard Polt takes a fresh approach to Heidegger’s thought during his most politicized period, and works toward a … Continue reading →

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Books received – Bataille & Weil, Grmek, Heidegger, Cook, Theory, Culture & Society

Posted on January 11, 2019 by stuartelden

Books received – George Bataille and Eric Weil correspondence, Mirko D. Grmek, Pathological Realities: Essays on Disease, Experiments, and History; the new translation of Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning the Thing, Deborah Cook, Adorno, Foucault and the Critique of the West, and … Continue reading →

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2018 in review – publications, talks, other academic stuff, and looking ahead to 2019

Posted on January 1, 2019 by stuartelden

My book Shakespearean Territories was published by University of Chicago Press right at the end of the year, although it doesn’t seem to be available everywhere just yet. A journal article previewing some of the book’s arguments appeared as “Why Should … Continue reading →

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My favourite academic books of 2018

Posted on December 31, 2018 by stuartelden

My favourite academic books of 2018. As with previous years – 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 – these are shaped by my interests, books that are sent to me, ones from publishers I review for, etc. etc. I’ve not read all the … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault Update 22: Acéphale, Critique, Foucault’s thesis, Uppsala, Sussex

Posted on December 14, 2018 by stuartelden

In the second half of term I felt I made little progress, but have done a little reading and research in and around teaching, marking, meetings and other tasks. I did write the Introduction to a translation, which should be … Continue reading →

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Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss (eds), Global Politics, third edition – Routledge, January 2019

Posted on December 14, 2018 by stuartelden

Jenny Edkins and Maja Zehfuss (eds), Global Politics, third edition – Routledge, January 2019 The third edition of Global Politics: A New Introduction continues to provide a completely original way of teaching and learning about world politics. The book engages … Continue reading →

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Etienne Balibar, ‘Philosophies of the Transindividual: Spinoza, Marx, Freud’ and commentaries

Posted on December 13, 2018 by stuartelden

Etienne Balibar’s essay ‘Philosophies of the Transindividual: Spinoza, Marx, Freud’ is translated in the current issue of Australasian Philosophical Review by Mark Kelly, and is published along with a number of commentaries and a response.

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Shakespearean Territories, University of Chicago Press, 2018 – now available

Posted on December 11, 2018 by stuartelden

I’ve had an advance copy of Shakespearean Territories for a few weeks, but now have the warehouse copies, which means the book should be more widely available from usual booksellers in physical or e-book formats. Shakespeare was an astute observer of … Continue reading →

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