Category Archives: People

Books received – Shakespeare, Mousnier, Lefebvre

Posted on June 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Two OUP editions of Shakespeare, Roland Mousnier’s Peasant Uprisings – used by Foucault in Théories et institutions pénales, and two first editions of Lefebvre’s books in Axelos’s Arguments series.

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Félix Guattari on writing Anti-Oedipus in The Paris Review

Posted on June 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Félix Guattari on writing Anti-Oedipus in The Paris Review (via critical-theory.com).

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Writing about writing, and writing about theory and the use of languages

Posted on June 22, 2015 by stuartelden

Two short pieces recently drafted – a contribution to an edited book on ‘How we Write’, and a piece on the use of other languages in my research. The first is entitled ‘Writing by Accumulation’, and in keeping with the … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s Richard II by Scena Mundi at St Bartholomew the Great church

Posted on June 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Last night I went to see Shakespeare’s Richard II by Scena Mundi at St Bartholomew the Great church in London. A stunning setting and an exceptional performance. Richard II is a wonderful play and it will be the focus of a … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies 19 now out – special issue on Disability and first English translation of Foucault’s ‘Standing Vigil for the Day to Come’

Posted on June 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies No 19 is now out. It is mainly a special issue on Disability, but includes a number of separate essays, reviews and the first translation of Foucault’s ‘Standing Vigil for the Day to Come‘, a 1963 review essay … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, On the Punitive Society – forthcoming in translation from Palgrave

Posted on June 18, 2015 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, On the Punitive Society, translated by Graham Burchell, forthcoming from Palgrave – date unclear: Palgrave say June; Amazon August. Thanks to Chatham Vemuri for the link to the updated Palgrave page. These thirteen lectures on the ‘punitive society,’ delivered … Continue reading →

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King John at the Globe – the text, the Magna Carta, land and the question of territory

Posted on June 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Last night I went to see the rarely performed King John at the Globe theatre in London. The production – the last of the canonical plays to be performed at the Globe – was timed to coincide with the 800th … Continue reading →

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Kostas Axelos, Introduction to a Future Way of Thought: On Marx and Heidegger – now available open access from Meson Press

Posted on June 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Kostas Axelos, Introduction to a Future Way of Thought: On Marx and Heidegger – now published by Meson Press. The book is open access online and print-on-demand The book was translated by Kenneth Mills, and edited and introduced by me. “Technologists only … Continue reading →

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Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980

Posted on June 17, 2015 by stuartelden

A few more details about Michel Foucault, About the Beginning of the Hermeneutics of the Self: Lectures at Dartmouth College, 1980, translated by Graham Burchell, are available at the University of Chicago Press site. Much of the material in this … Continue reading →

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Geography blogs – a list, and a discussion of ‘why blog?’

Posted on June 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Sam Kinsley has compiled a list of Geographers that blog, and followed this with a post questioning their focus, an excerpt of which was: It was a surprise to me how quite a few of those blogs, with some honourable … Continue reading →

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