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The Early Foucault update 8: two days in the Carolina Rediviva library, Uppsala

Posted on June 23, 2017 by stuartelden

My ongoing research into Foucault’s research and the writing of his History of Madness has taken me to Uppsala, where Foucault worked between 1955 and 1958. This was just a very brief reconnaissance trip – made possible as a side-visit … Continue reading →

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Territory Beyond Terra, edited by Kimberley Peters, Philip Steinberg, and Elaine Stratford – forthcoming in December 2017

Posted on June 20, 2017 by stuartelden

Territory Beyond Terra, edited by Kimberley Peters, Philip Steinberg, and Elaine Stratford – forthcoming in December 2017. At the root of our understanding of territory is the concept of terra—land—a surface of fixed points with stable features that can be … Continue reading →

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Books received – Merleau-Ponty, Lacan, Low, Amoore & Piotukh, de Bodt, TCS

Posted on June 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Some recently received books, mainly in recompense for review work, along with Saskia de Bodt’s Children of Holland and the new issue of Theory, Culture and Society on ‘Geosocial Formations and the Anthropocene’.

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Interview with Wendy Brown in Theory, Culture & Society

Posted on June 10, 2017 by stuartelden

Interview with Wendy Brown in Theory, Culture & Society Redoing the Demos? An Interview with Wendy Brown Samuel Burgum, Sebastian Raza, & Jorge Vasquez The following discussion with philosopher and political scientist Wendy Brown seeks to apply her provocative and … Continue reading →

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Andrew J. Mitchell, The Fourfold: Reading the Late Heidegger reviewed at NDPR

Posted on June 9, 2017 by stuartelden

Andrew J. Mitchell, The Fourfold: Reading the Late Heidegger is reviewed at NDPR by Gary Aylesworth. Heidegger’s later thought is a thinking of things, so argues Andrew J. Mitchell in The Fourfold. Heidegger understands these things in terms of what he … Continue reading →

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Books received – Gilot, Boehringer and Lorenzini, Debrix, Chimisso, Merleau-Ponty, Sloterdijk, Stratford, Johnston and Sidaway

Posted on June 8, 2017 by stuartelden

A pile of recently received books, many in recompense for review work. The Chimisso and Merleau-Ponty are for the Foucault and Canguilhem projects; but also second-hand copies of Françoise Gilot’s biography Life with Picasso, and Boehringer and Lorenzini’s collection on … Continue reading →

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Symposium on Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi’s book Foucault in Iran

Posted on June 7, 2017 by stuartelden

Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for this news: Jadaliyya recently published a six-part symposium on Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi’s book Foucault in Iran. Here is part 1 http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/26386/foucault-and-iran Here is part 2 http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/26387/rescuing-the-revolution-from-its-outcome Here is part 3 http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/26394/foucault_against-the-ideology-of-enlightenment Here is part 4 http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/26413/foucault%E2%80%99s-folly_iran-political-spirituality-and-c … Continue reading →

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8 Critical Theory books from May 2017 – roundup

Posted on June 5, 2017 by stuartelden

8 Critical Theory books from May 2017 – another useful roundup from critical-theory.com Agamben, Miéville, Hite, Derrida, Bernes, Kottman, Anderson, Werk

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The Early Foucault update 7: Canguilhem, Barraqué, von Weizsäcker, and a short trip to the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on June 2, 2017 by stuartelden

My focus for the last several weeks has been the work on Canguilhem, although as I’ve previously noted, I see these two projects as supporting each other. There have been lots of moments when I’ve thought ‘I know that because … Continue reading →

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“The early Foucault and the politics of European intellectual history” – Amsterdam, 31 May 2017

Posted on May 30, 2017 by stuartelden

Tomorrow in Amsterdam I’m giving a lecture on my research on the early Foucault: Public Lecture: Prof. Stuart Elden (University of Warwick), “The early Foucault and the politics of European intellectual history” Time: Wednesday 31 May, 17.00-19.00, UvA University Library, … Continue reading →

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