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Books received – Shakespeare and Foucault

Posted on May 24, 2016 by stuartelden

Some more second-hand books for the Shakespeare project, the special issue of Les Etudes Philosophiques on Foucault’s L’Archéologie du savoir, which includes an early draft of the book’s Introduction, and the little book by Christian-François de Kervran, Les dix et une nuits de Jean Barraqué … Continue reading →

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A geopolitical Cymbeline at the RSC – ancient Britain, Rome and the EU referendum

Posted on May 23, 2016 by stuartelden

The current production of Cymbeline at the RSC is explicitly geopolitical. In their publicity they make the point that Cymbeline is ‘rarely performed’, which is generally true, though there was a production at the Globe’s indoor theatre this past winter, … Continue reading →

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TCS review of Pierre Bourdieu, On the State: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992

Posted on May 21, 2016 by stuartelden

TCS review of Pierre Bourdieu, On the State: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1989-1992 at the TCS website, by Rohit Chopra. Pierre Bourdieu’s On the State grapples with the unthinkability of the state, seeking to bring it within the … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, Marxist Thought and the City -forthcoming in November

Posted on May 20, 2016 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre, Marxist Thought and the City is forthcoming in November from University of Minnesota Press. It is translated by Robert Bonnano and has a short preface by me. One of the most influential Marxist theorists of the twentieth century, … Continue reading →

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Mark Neocleous, The Universal Adversary: Security, Capital and the ‘Enemies of All Mankind’ – a few thoughts

Posted on May 18, 2016 by stuartelden

As I’ve previously mentioned, Mark Neocleous, The Universal Adversary: Security, Capital and the ‘Enemies of All Mankind’ is now out with Routledge. Here’s the backcover description: The history of bourgeois modernity is a history of the Enemy. This book is a radical exploration … Continue reading →

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Books received 2 – Shakespeare and Heidegger

Posted on May 18, 2016 by stuartelden

Two (poor quality) second-hand Shakespeare books and the last of the Oxford sale books I’d ordered, plus the first volume of Heidegger’s lectures from the Gesamtausgabe.  

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Graham Harman, Dante’s Broken Hammer

Posted on May 17, 2016 by stuartelden

Graham Harman, Dante’s Broken Hammer, forthcoming in October 2016 from Repeater Books. His Immaterialism: Objects and Social Theory recently appeared with Polity. In this book the founder of object-oriented philosophy transforms one of the classic poets of the Western canon, Dante … Continue reading →

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Christian-François de Kervran, Les dix et une nuits de Jean Barraqué et Michel Foucault à Trélévern

Posted on May 17, 2016 by stuartelden

This looks a curious new book on the very early Foucault – Christian-François de Kervran, Les dix et une nuits de Jean Barraqué et Michel Foucault à Trélévern. Au printemps 1952 le philosophe Michel Foucault et Jean Barraqué, compositeur de musique … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 15 – revision and resubmission of the manuscript, and table of contents

Posted on May 16, 2016 by stuartelden

While I had made some changes to the manuscript after submission, and again after receiving the reports, on Sunday evening I finished four long days of thoroughly revising the text and resubmitted it to the publisher. Just as I was beginning … Continue reading →

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LA Review of Books section on Althusser – includes new translation of Althusser on Rousseau

Posted on May 16, 2016 by stuartelden

The LA Review of Books has a theme section on Althusser – which includes a new translation of a lecture on Rousseau from 1972, and six essays including ones by Nina Power, Jason Barker and Richard Seymour. The  whole Rousseau … Continue reading →

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