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Dominique Janicaud, Heidegger in France – forthcoming in October from Indiana University Press

Posted on September 19, 2015 by stuartelden

Dominique Janicaud’s important book Heidegger in France is forthcoming in English translation in October from Indiana University Press, translated by François Raffoul and David Pettigrew. Dominique Janicaud claimed that every French intellectual movement—from existentialism to psychoanalysis—was influenced by Martin Heidegger. This … Continue reading →

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Geographica Helvetica forum on Heidegger, critical geography and the ‘black notebooks’ – call for further contributions

Posted on September 18, 2015 by stuartelden

The multi-lingual journal “Geographica Helvetica” (Swiss Journal of Geography), an open access journal, has recently launched a discussion forum on “Heidegger and critical geography”. In the discussion forum, contributors discuss the question how we should engage Heidegger’s thought after and … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault: A Research Companion – forthcoming in November from Sverre Raffnsøe, Morten S Thaning, Marius Gudmand-Hoyer

Posted on September 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault: A Research Companion – forthcoming in November 2015 from Sverre Raffnsøe, Morten S Thaning, Marius Gudmand-Hoyer. Michel Foucault continues to be hugely influential. His diagnoses challenge us to rethink crucial phenomena such as madness, discipline, the human sciences, … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 3 – Théories et institutions pénales and activist work on health and asylums

Posted on September 17, 2015 by stuartelden

Since the last update, I’ve been working on two aspects of this project. The first was on the 1971-72 course Théories et institutions pénales, for Chapter Two. There are two main parts of the course, on the Nu-Pieds revolts of … Continue reading →

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Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On – a few thoughts after the Nottingham conference

Posted on September 14, 2015 by stuartelden

On Friday I gave the opening plenary lecture to the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On‘ conference, organised by Sophie Fuggle and held at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. The room we were in for much of the event was … Continue reading →

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Books received – Schmitt, Kurelić, Porchnev, JUCS, Annals, RP, The Funambulist

Posted on September 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Carl Schmitt’s Dialogues on Power and Space, Zoran Kurelić (ed.), Violence, Art and Politics (a gift from one of the contributors, Krešimir Petković), Boris Porchnev’s Les soulèvements populaires en France de 1623 à 1648 (see why here), and recent issues of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, Annals … Continue reading →

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Update on the Foucault/13 Years at the Collège de France at Columbia University – places closed; live streaming details

Posted on September 13, 2015 by stuartelden

via Foucault News Update on the 13/13 series of seminars from the website The first seminar will take place  on September 14, 2015. Thank you very much for your interest in the series Foucault 13/13. The seminar has received an … Continue reading →

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Foucault on Prisons (and Elden on Schmitt) in Radical Philosophy open access to link to Nottingham conference

Posted on September 10, 2015 by stuartelden

From the good people at Radical Philosophy, in relation to tomorrow’s conference: A free two-day conference, ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On,’ begins tomorrow at Nottingham Trent University, rethinking the legacy of Foucault’s text today and RP contributor … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On’ conference

Posted on September 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Tomorrow I’ll be giving the opening plenary lecture to the ‘Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On‘ conference, organised by Sophie Fuggle and held at the Galleries of Justice in Nottingham. My talk is entitled “Before the Punitive Society: The Inquiry … Continue reading →

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RSC new season announced – Hamlet, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dr Faustus, The Alchemist, Don Quixote – but no King Lear

Posted on September 8, 2015 by stuartelden

The RSC’s new season for summer 2016 has been announced – Hamlet, Cymbeline, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Dr Faustus, The Alchemist and Don Quixote…  The first three are in the main theatre; the non-Shakespeare plays in the Swan. I hope to get to all … Continue reading →

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