Category Archives: People

Roland Barthes’s ‘Mythologies’: A 60th Anniversary Invitation

Posted on January 22, 2017 by stuartelden

Roland Barthes’s ‘Mythologies’: A 60th Anniversary Invitation In 1957, the French literary theorist Roland Barthes (1915-1980) published Mythologies (Seuil, 1957), his most influential book, and perhaps one of the best-known books written by a 20th century French thinker. The book was a collection of … Continue reading →

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William E Connolly on Trump, Putin and the Big Lie Scenario

Posted on January 20, 2017 by stuartelden

I don’t imagine I will share many links about Trump, but here’s one that’s worth reading – William E Connolly on ‘Trump, Putin and the Big Lie Scenario‘.  

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Foucault and the Modern International – new collection (and my essay preprint)

Posted on January 19, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault and the Modern International: Silences and Legacies for the Study of World Politics is a new collection with Palgrave, edited by Philippe Bonditti with Didier Bigo and Frédéric Gros. This book addresses the possibilities of analyzing the modern international through the thought of Michel Foucault. … Continue reading →

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Encounters in Law and Philosophy – call for book proposals

Posted on January 16, 2017 by stuartelden

Encounters in Law and Philosophy – call for book proposals Series Editors: Thanos Zartaloudis, University of Kent Anton Schütz, Birkbeck, University of London General Advisor: Giorgio Agamben This series simultaneously investigates the laws of philosophy and the philosophies of law: their formations, … Continue reading →

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Nicolas Drolc’s new film on Serge Livrozet (trailer)

Posted on January 16, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Nicolas Drolc’s film Sur les toits before. It’s a documentary on the prison revolts in the early 1970s France, with some references to the Prisons Information Group Foucault co-founded. There is an open access symposium on the film, following … Continue reading →

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Etienne Balibar – From Althusserian Marxism to the Philosophies of Marx? Twenty Years After

Posted on January 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Etienne Balibar “From Althusserian Marxism to the Philosophies of Marx?” – a reflection on his The Philosophy of Marx, twenty (three) years after. The book has been reissued by Verso, with some new material, and is currently on sale.

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Books received – Spitzer, Foucault, RIPE, TCS, Binswanger

Posted on January 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault translated an essay in this Spitzer collection (see my query over dating here); the first edition of Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique; Binswanger’s analysis of Suzanne Urban; and the new issues of RIPE and TCS. … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 2 – Uppsala, Binswanger, Lacan and Bedlam

Posted on January 11, 2017 by stuartelden

While I did take a proper break over Christmas and the New Year, I have been continuing work on the very early Foucault. One of the things I’ve done is some initial research on the time he spent in Uppsala. … Continue reading →

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Two questions about Georges Canguilhem – both answered in the negative

Posted on January 11, 2017 by stuartelden

Earlier this week I posted two questions about Georges Canguilhem – biography and archives Two questions about Georges Canguilhem – does a biography exist in English or French? And are all his papers archived at CAPHÉS at the ENS? That looks quite extensive, but what … Continue reading →

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Two questions about Georges Canguilhem – biography and archives

Posted on January 9, 2017 by stuartelden

Two questions about Georges Canguilhem – does a biography exist in English or French? And are all his papers archived at CAPHÉS at the ENS? That looks quite extensive, but what I am looking for isn’t listed, so I wondered if there might, possibly, … Continue reading →

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