Category Archives: People

American Book Review theme on Critical Lives – including piece by me on Foucault

Posted on May 23, 2018 by stuartelden

A theme section of American Book Review has just been published. Edited by Robert T. Tally Jr., it includes reviews of a number of recent biographies of social theorists and philosophers – Freud, the Frankfurt School, Habermas, Schmitt, Deleuze, Barthes, Hall and … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Shakespeare – symposium at Garrick’s Temple, 23 June 2018

Posted on May 23, 2018 by stuartelden

Foucault and Shakespeare – symposium at Garrick’s Temple, 23 June 2018 David Garrick built his Shakespeare Temple beside the Thames at Hampton in 1755 as a place where ‘the thinkers of the world’ would meet to reflect on the plays. … Continue reading →

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Recent reviews of my Foucault books – Mike Gane, JM Moore and Nancy Luxon

Posted on May 22, 2018 by stuartelden

Foucault: The Birth of Power is reviewed by Nancy Luxon in Perspectives in Politics, and by JM Moore in Justice, Power and Resistance. That book, and Foucault’s Last Decade are also discussed in a review essay by Mike Gane in … Continue reading →

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Barry Hindess (1939-2018)

Posted on May 22, 2018 by stuartelden

I have been hearing reports that Barry Hindess sadly died earlier this week. There is a brief notice in The Canberra Times. I only met him once, when I was at ANU for a term and we had lunch together. But … Continue reading →

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Audio recordings of talks on Shakespearean Territories at Queen Mary and King’s College London

Posted on May 21, 2018 by stuartelden

Both these talks summarise the Shakespearean Territories book, forthcoming from University of Chicago Press in October 2018. The Queen Mary talk was part of a workshop on ‘Territory’s Value’, with Charles Maier and organised by Simon Reid-Henry. It’s about 20 … Continue reading →

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Design Agency within Earth Systems – Architectural Association, 26 October 2018, Call for Projects

Posted on May 21, 2018 by stuartelden

Design Agency within Earth Systems – Architectural Association, London, 26 October 2018 I’ll be involved in this event, in conversation with Neil Brenner and other speakers include Marti French, El Hadi Jazairy and Rania Ghosn. 8,000 meters above sea level … Continue reading →

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Miguel de Beistegui interview with 3am – Who are we today? Foucault: Proust: Deleuze

Posted on May 15, 2018 by stuartelden

Miguel de Beistegui interview with 3am – Who are we today? Foucault: Proust: Deleuze Miguel de Beistegui specialises in 20th century German and French philosophy, and has published books and articles in the following areas: ontology, metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics and politics. … Continue reading →

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Not talking in Warwick and Leuven on Foucault

Posted on May 7, 2018 by stuartelden

Since I’ve mentioned that there would be talks in Warwick and Leuven on Foucault later this month, I should now say that neither will be happening, or at least not yet. Details of all future talks are here, and I’ll … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem, Œuvres complètes Tome V : Histoire des sciences, épistémologie, commémorations 1966-1995 – delayed again (now September 2018)

Posted on May 3, 2018 by stuartelden

Georges Canguilhem, Œuvres complètes Tome V : Histoire des sciences, épistémologie, commémorations 1966-1995 was originally due to appear in January 2018. It has slipped three times – to March, to May and is now listed for September. Quelque cent vingt écrits publiés … Continue reading →

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Books received – Delaporte, de Beauvoir, Barrett, Douglas, Shakespeare, Peters, Steinberg and Stratford, Radical Philosophy

Posted on May 2, 2018 by stuartelden

A mixed pile of things – François Delaporte, Nature’s Second Kingdom; Lisa Appignanesi’s biography of Simone de Beauvoir; Chris Barrett, Early Modern English Literature and the Poetics of Cartographic Anxiety; Gordon Douglas, The Help-Yourself City; the CUP edition of All’s Well … Continue reading →

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