Category Archives: People

Henri Lefebvre, The Survival of Capitalism – how to reconstruct an English version of the French text

Posted on January 8, 2018 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre’s 1973 book La survie du capitalisme: La reproduction des rapports de production (Anthropos, third edition 2002) was one of the relatively few of his books which was translated within a few years of its initial publication. Many of … 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 →

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Foucault, Les aveux de la chair – Gallimard page and a few more details

Posted on January 6, 2018 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, Les aveux de la chair, the fourth volume of his History of Sexuality, is scheduled for publication in February 2018. The Gallimard page now has a few more details, including its length at 448 pages (volumes II and III, in the … Continue reading →

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A Marxist critique of higher education – David Harvey interview

Posted on January 5, 2018 by stuartelden

A Marxist critique of higher education – David Harvey interview at FreshEd To celebrate the 100th episode of FreshEd, I’ve saved an interview with a very special guest. Back in October, I had the privilege of sitting down with Professor … Continue reading →

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In the Shadow of Dictatorship: Foucault in Brazil – Marcelo Hoffman video abstract

Posted on January 5, 2018 by stuartelden

In this short video, Marcelo Hoffman discusses his review essay of Heliana de Barros Conde Rodrigues’s book Ensaios sobre Michel Foucault no Brasil: Presença, efeitos, ressonâncias (Michel Foucault in Brazil: Presence, Effects, Resonances). His full review is available online and in … Continue reading →

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Back to writing in 2018 – Foucault, Canguilhem and Lefebvre

Posted on January 3, 2018 by stuartelden

As the blog posts of the last couple of days indicate, I’m back at my desk working. The first writing submitted this year was a 2000 word piece entitled ‘Foucault, Biography, and Posthumous Publications’, destined for the American Book Review. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canguilhem (book), Georges Canguilhem, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Derek Gregory roundup of forthcoming books on War Stories

Posted on January 3, 2018 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory has a very useful roundup of new and forthcoming books on War Stories, including works by Gary Fields, Caren Kaplan, Anna Feigenbaum, Maja Zehfuss and others.

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A year in review – publications, writing, talks, etc.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stuartelden

This is my last day of work in 2017. Tomorrow we head to Tenerife for ten days holiday, hoping for sunshine and lots of cycling. The last major work task I completed today was the copyediting queries for Shakespearean Territories. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canguilhem (book), Cycling, Foucault's Last Decade, Foucault: The Birth of Power, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, Music, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, terrain, Territory, The Birth of Territory, The Early Foucault, Travel, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare, Writing | 1 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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Workshop Report from Territory, Law and the Anthropocene (Warwick, 1 December 2017)

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stuartelden

My brief Workshop Report from the Territory, Law and the Anthropocene event held at the University of Warwick, 1 December 2017 is now up at the ICE-LAW Project site. On 1 December 2017, the Territory subgroup held its second workshop, Territory, Law … Continue reading →

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