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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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Derek Gregory, ‘Bombs, Bunkers and Borders’ – first update on Syria

Posted on May 30, 2017 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory has a new post up entitled ‘Bombs, Bunkers and Borders‘. Important, though disturbing, reading. Here is the first of a series of updates on Syria, this one identifying recent work on attacks on hospitals and health care which … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth course now scheduled for June/July 2017

Posted on May 22, 2017 by stuartelden

The long delayed translation of Foucault’s Subjectivity and Truth course is now scheduled for June/July 2017. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for the update. The price has also come down to something comparable to previous volumes in the series. This is the … Continue reading →

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Clarence Glacken, Traces on the Rhodian Shore fifty years on at the RGS-IBG meeting

Posted on May 19, 2017 by stuartelden

There is an interesting session coming up at the RGS-IBG meeting in London later this year: Clarence Glacken’s ‘Traces on the Rhodian Shore’ at 50: Nature, Culture and ‘Western Thought’ (1 September, 2.40pm) Organised by Philip Conway, it will be a … Continue reading →

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