Category Archives: People

Bernard E. Harcourt, The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens (out in February with Basic Books)

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

Bernard E. Harcourt, The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens – out in February with Basic Books. A distinguished political theorist sounds the alarm about the counterinsurgency strategies used to govern Americans Militarized police officers with … Continue reading →

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France Culture on Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

France Culture has a piece by Jacques Munier on Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair, which is described as ‘without doubt the last great unpublished work of philosophy of the twentieth century’. The book is due to be published by Gallimard … 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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Foucault’s visit to Attica prison in 1972

Posted on January 28, 2018 by stuartelden

In April 1972, during a visit to SUNY Buffalo, Foucault visited Attica prison. This was only one year after the uprising and its brutal suppression. John K. Simon, chair of the Buffalo French department, interviewed him about what he saw. … Continue reading →

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Philosophie Magazine issue on Foucault, including extract of Les Aveux de la chair

Posted on January 26, 2018 by stuartelden

Philosophie Magazine has a new special issue on Foucault, including an extract from Les Aveux de la chair, the soon-to-be-published volume IV of the History of Sexuality. You can read some of the issue, though not the extract, on a viewer on the issue page. … Continue reading →

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Nik Heynen to give the Neil Smith Lecture, 5 February 2018

Posted on January 26, 2018 by stuartelden

The Neil Smith Lecture 2018 University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK Professor Nik Heynen, University of Georgia, USA Irvine Lecture Theatre, School of Geography & Sustainable Development 3.15-5pm – Monday 5 February 2018, Followed by a reception 5-6.30pm All welcome The Pirates … Continue reading →

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Territory’s Value: An Interdisciplinary Workshop with Charles Maier, Queen Mary, University of London, 14 February 2018

Posted on January 24, 2018 by stuartelden

14 February 2018, Territory’s Value: An Interdisciplinary Workshop with Charles Maier, Queen Mary, University of London,Francis Bancroft Building, Room 3.26 (see here for a map of the campus). I’ll be speaking about my forthcoming book Shakespearean Territories. Registration is free, but required. … Continue reading →

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Foucault at the Movies (Columbia UP 2018), translated and edited by Clare O’Farrell, edited Patrice Maniglier and Dork Zabunyan

Posted on January 22, 2018 by stuartelden

Foucault at the Movies (Columbia UP 2018), translated and edited by Clare O’Farrell, French edition edited by Patrice Maniglier and Dork Zabunyan. Forthcoming in July, this is a translation of Foucault va au cinéma (2011). Michel Foucault’s work on film, … Continue reading →

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Books received – Connolly, Scarry, Elborough & Gordon, Lefebvre, Bracke

Posted on January 19, 2018 by stuartelden

William Connolly, Aspirational Fascism: The Struggle for Multifaceted Democracy under Trumpism; Elaine Scarry, The Body in Pain; Travis Elborough and Helen Gordon, Being a Writer; Henri Lefebvre, Key Writings and Astrid Bracke, Climate Crisis and the 21st-Century British Novel. The … Continue reading →

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Jeff Malpas, Place and Experience A Philosophical Topography, 2nd Edition coming in March 2018

Posted on January 18, 2018 by stuartelden

Jeff Malpas, Place and Experience A Philosophical Topography, second edition coming in March 2018. The first edition of Place and Experience established Jeff Malpas as one of the leading philosophers and thinkers of place and space and provided a creative … Continue reading →

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