Category Archives: People

A weekend of Shakespeare – the Globe-to-Globe Hamlet and Kings of War

Posted on April 26, 2016 by stuartelden

Most people will have noticed, especially those in the UK, that last weekend was a celebration of the work of Shakespeare – 400 years since his death (and 452 since his birth if the dates do indeed coincide). Many thanks for all … Continue reading →

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Peter Sloterdijk, Spheres III: Foams – forthcoming in September 2016

Posted on April 25, 2016 by stuartelden

The third and final volume of Peter Sloterdijk’s Spheres, Foams, is forthcoming in September 2016 from Semiotext(e). Foams completes Peter Sloterdijk’s celebrated Spheres trilogy: his 2,500-page “grand narrative” retelling of the history of humanity, as related through the anthropological concept of the “Sphere.” For … Continue reading →

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Kanthropology – CRMEP Graduate Conference 19-20 May 2016

Posted on April 22, 2016 by stuartelden

Kanthropology – CRMEP Graduate Conference, Kingston University, 19-20 May 2016 “The mainstream marginalization of Kant’s anthropological writings, in part due to their racist content, arguably makes philosophy ill-equipped to think some of today’s most pressing concerns, notably with regard to … Continue reading →

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Peter Sloterdijk, Not Saved: Essays after Heidegger – forthcoming in late 2016 from Polity

Posted on April 22, 2016 by stuartelden

Not Saved: Essays after Heidegger, translation by Ian Alexander Moore and Christopher Turner, Cambridge, Polity Press, forthcoming November 2016.

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Jacques Bidet, Foucault with Marx

Posted on April 20, 2016 by stuartelden

Jacques Bidet, Foucault with Marx is now out with Zed books. While I confess to being a bit disappointed with this, the book has some good advance praise from Etienne Balibar and Bob Jessop… ‘The ongoing confrontation between Marx and … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth course due in English in October 2016

Posted on April 20, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 course, Subjectivity and Truth, is due for publication in English in October/November 2016. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for alerting me to this. At the moment details are few, but the price is high at £82 or $119. I hope … Continue reading →

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Books received – Arden Shakespeare and Stuff Theory

Posted on April 18, 2016 by stuartelden

I recently did some review work for Bloomsbury, and asked for a number of the revised editions of the Arden Shakespeare; the one volume I didn’t already have; and Maurizia Boscagli’s Stuff Theory, in recompense.

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Foucault: the Birth of Power Update 13: Another (final?) trip to the Bibliothèque Nationale archive

Posted on April 11, 2016 by stuartelden

While waiting for the reader reports on Foucault: The Birth of Power I have been almost exclusively working on Shakespeare. That project is taking shape, and I’ve been developing conference and seminar papers into more polished prose, with fuller notes … Continue reading →

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Books received – Foucault, Shakespeare, Alio, Farge, Spriet

Posted on April 10, 2016 by stuartelden

Some recent books bought – most for the Shakespeare work, but a few Foucault-related. Eliane Alio worked with Foucault at the Collège de France, and was an assistant on the book he wrote with Arlette Farge. Foucault’s book with Farge … Continue reading →

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Michael Naas on forms of life in Plato – audio recording

Posted on April 7, 2016 by stuartelden

Michael Naas on forms of life in Plato – audio recording from a talk at Memorial University of Newfoundland. A fascinating talk on bios and zoe throughout Plato’s work – which adds much needed nuance to the rather crude distinction Agamben … Continue reading →

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