Category Archives: People

Foucault Studies No 26 published, including a 1967 Foucault interview on Nietzsche (all open access)

Posted on June 10, 2019 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies No 26 is now published (open access) It contains an interview between Foucault and Jacqueline Piatier ‘On Nietzsche‘ from 1967, a number of book reviews, and these articles. Altering absence: From race to empire in readings of Foucault Claire … Continue reading →

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‘Tripping his brains out’ – Foucault in California reviewed in the TLS (and a clarification on chronology)

Posted on June 5, 2019 by stuartelden

‘Tripping his brains out‘ – Simeon Wade’s memoir Foucault in California is reviewed in the TLS. The piece generously quotes my work in Foucault’s Last Decade. But there is one key problem to the idea that this experience changed the course of … Continue reading →

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Achille Mbembe, The Idea of a Borderless World

Posted on June 5, 2019 by stuartelden

Achille Mbembe, The Idea of a Borderless World As the 21st century unfolds, a global renewed desire from both citizens and their respective states for a tighter control of mobility is evident. Wherever we look, the drive is towards enclosure, … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem, Shakespeare, Snowdonia, Klagenfurt

Posted on May 28, 2019 by stuartelden

Last week I was in Cambridge for a book launch for Canguilhem (Polity 2019). The event was introduced by Inanna Hamati-Ataya, and Simon Reid-Henry provided a generous and incisive reading of the book. There was a good discussion, and I’m grateful … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem (@politybooks, 2019) reviewed by Steve Hanson at Manchester Review of Books

Posted on May 28, 2019 by stuartelden

My recent book Canguilhem (Polity, 2019) is reviewed by Steve Hanson at Manchester Review of Books (open access). I went through this book on Georges Canguilhem by Stuart Elden in strides, thanks to his excellent explanatory craft. He lays out … Continue reading →

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Books received – Protevi, Bataille, Spurgeon, Greenblatt and Wilson on Shakespeare

Posted on May 28, 2019 by stuartelden

John Protevi’s Edges of the State, sent by the publisher;  two Bataille collections in recompense for review work, Stephen Greenblatt, Tyrant: Shakespeare on Power, Caroline Spurgeon’s classic Shakespeare’s Imagery and Richard Wilson, Secret Shakespeare.

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Books received – review work for University of Chicago Press

Posted on May 28, 2019 by stuartelden

Mainly a number of books by Martin J.S. Rudwick, but also Julia Lupton’s Shakespeare Dwelling, the translation of Derrida’s Theory and Practice seminar, Laurie Shannon, The Accommodated Animal, Matthew H. Edney’s Cartography and Annabel Paterson, Reading Holinshed’s Chronicles. I’m planning on reengaging with Rudwick’s work for the … Continue reading →

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Stuart Hall’s Archive: A One-Day Symposium and Policing the Crisis Today: Conjunctures of the Past and of the Present – Birmingham, 2 July 2019 (with pre-events in Birmingham 24 June and London 26 June)

Posted on May 23, 2019 by stuartelden

Stuart Hall’s Archive: A One-Day Symposium. 2 July 2019 Policing the Crisis Today: Conjunctures of the Past and of the Present An open invitation to a study workshop Monday 24 June Ikon Gallery 1 Oozells Square Birmingham, B1 2HS 10:00–14:00 … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche or the Realm of Shadows – Verso, February 2020

Posted on May 22, 2019 by stuartelden

I’m pleased to be able to share the news that Henri Lefebvre’s book Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche or the Realm of Shadows is forthcoming in English translation with Verso in early 2020. It’s not yet up on the Verso site [update Nov 2019 … Continue reading →

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Gregory Jones-Katz reviews Jacques Derrida, Theory and Practice and Byung-Chul Han, Shanzhai: Deconstruction in Chinese

Posted on May 21, 2019 by stuartelden

Gregory Jones-Katz reviews Jacques Derrida, Theory and Practice – the 1976–’77 seminar at the École Normale Supérieure, along with Byung-Chul Han’s Shanzhai: Deconstruction in Chinese (via Enowning)

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