Category Archives: People

Noel Castree’s tribute to Doreen Massey in Progress in Human Geography

Posted on April 5, 2016 by stuartelden

‘A tribute to Doreen Massey‘ by Noel Castree in Progress in Human Geography (open access). The complete list of all the tributes I know about is here.

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Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College reviewed at NDPR

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980 is reviewed at NDPR.

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9 Critical Theory books that came out in March 2016

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Another useful roundup from critical-theory.com – Guattari, Agamben, and more…

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No joke – Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today. The date is mere coincidence. If you order direct from Wiley – Polity’s distributor – then the book should be sent now. Other online retailers will be getting copies shortly. Thank you to … Continue reading →

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Autumn and Winter 2016-17 talks – Foucault, Shakespeare and Terrain

Posted on March 31, 2016 by stuartelden

My attempt at keeping the diary clear of talks between January and September this year is just about holding. The last seminar I gave was on Foucault and health research and activism in January, and with the exception of three small … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Language, Madness, and Desire: On Literature reviewed at NDPR

Posted on March 30, 2016 by stuartelden

Also at NDPR, Michel Foucault, Language, Madness, and Desire: On Literature, is reviewed by Mark Olssen. I have a review of this collection, written some time ago, which is still forthcoming.

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Peter Gratton, Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects reviewed at NDPR

Posted on March 30, 2016 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton, Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects, is reviewed by Rick Dolphijn, at Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews (open access).  

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Judith Butler, Tanner lectures at Yale on Interpreting Non-Violence

Posted on March 30, 2016 by stuartelden

“Interpreting Non-Violence” will be the theme of the 2016 Tanner Lectures on Human Values, which will be delivered by Judith Butler, a noted philosopher and gender theorist. Her first talk — “Why Preserve the Life of the Other?” — will … Continue reading →

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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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