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Foucault’s Last Decade Update 26: advanced copy received and some final reflections

Posted on March 21, 2016 by stuartelden

This is the 26th and probably final update on the writing and production of Foucault’s Last Decade, as I received an advanced copy of the physical book a couple of days ago. Copies should be available in online stores and elsewhere in … Continue reading →

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Terry Eagleton’s introduction to Victor Kiernan’s Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare

Posted on March 19, 2016 by stuartelden

Terry Eagleton’s introduction to Victor Kiernan’s Eight Tragedies of Shakespeare is available to read on the Zed books blog. The seventeenth century saw the brief flowering of tragic drama across Western Europe. And in the plays of William Shakespeare, this … Continue reading →

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Books received – Butler, Gillies, Iovino, GeoHumanities, New Perspectives, The Funambulist

Posted on March 18, 2016 by stuartelden

Books received – Judith Butler’s Notes toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, John Gillies, Shakespeare and the Geography of Difference, Serenella Iovino, Ecocriticism and Italy (sent by the publisher), and recent issues of GeoHumanities, New Perspectives, and The Funambulist.

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Shakespeare, Richard II query

Posted on March 16, 2016 by stuartelden

I’m trying to decipher a hand-written bibliography of books on Shakespeare, and one entry reads: “Sprich, Shakespeare, Richard II (1970)”. I can’t find such a book, so am assuming that ‘Sprich’ is not correct. The handwriting is poor, so it … Continue reading →

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Figure/Ground interview with Miguel de Beistegui

Posted on March 15, 2016 by stuartelden

Figure/Ground interview with Miguel de Beistegui – covers his work on Heidegger, Foucault, Proust and others.

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Tributes to Doreen Massey

Posted on March 13, 2016 by stuartelden

Tributes to Doreen Massey: Open University message board Joe Painter in Soundings Rob Kitchin at Ireland after NAMA; and ‘Geographers matter! Doreen Massey (1944-2016)‘ in Social and Cultural Geography Gillian Rose at Visual/Method/Culture Álvaro Sevilla Buitrago at Multipliciudades (in Spanish) Nicky … Continue reading →

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Doreen Massey (1944-2016)

Posted on March 12, 2016 by stuartelden

I’m hearing news on twitter that Doreen Massey has died. This is very sad, for family and friends of course, but also for Geography, where her work had a major impact. She was one of the geographers whose work I … Continue reading →

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Books received – Marcuse, Terrain Vague, Topologies of Power and Academic Writing for Graduate Students

Posted on March 11, 2016 by stuartelden

Books received – volumes 4, 5 and 6 of Herbert Marcuse’s Collected Papers, Terrain Vague: Interstices at the Edge of the Pale, and John Allen’s Topologies of Power from Routledge in recompense for review work; and Academic Writing for Graduate Students … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Prospects for an Ethics of Self-Cultivation (video interview)

Posted on March 11, 2016 by stuartelden

In 2015 in Prato I was interviewed for the ‘Prospects for an Ethics of Self-Cultivation‘ project, about Foucault’s late work and the Foucault’s Last Decade book. Prospects for an Ethics of Self-Cultivation is a two-year-long research project investigating the revival of ethical … Continue reading →

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New York and London launch events for Extraterritorialities in Occupied Worlds

Posted on March 11, 2016 by stuartelden

Details of the two launch events for the Extraterritorialities in Occupied Worlds collection, edited by Maayan Amir and Ruti Sela as part of the Exterritory Project. The book is available for a low-cost download or print-on-demand, and in time will … Continue reading →

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