Category Archives: People

Books on Lefebvre in English – why are six of ten with Routledge?

Posted on February 1, 2015 by stuartelden

By my count, there are ten eleven books on Henri Lefebvre in English. Six of these are with Routledge – Shields, Merrifield, Goonewardena et. al., Butler, Middleton and Coleman – and four five with other publishers – Burkhard, Elden, Fraser, Stanek [and Stanek et. al.]. … Continue reading →

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Grégoire Chamayou – A Theory of the Drone published and excerpt available

Posted on January 30, 2015 by stuartelden

The translation of Grégoire Chamayou’s A Theory of the Drone is now published. An excerpt is available open access at Asymptote. Derek Gregory discussed the original French version of this book extensively on his Geographical Imaginations site. You can read my … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism + Biopolitics – Conference at Berkeley, 27-28 Feb 2015 – with Balibar, Brown, Harcourt, Mbembe…

Posted on January 29, 2015 by stuartelden

Neoliberalism + Biopolitics – Conference at Berkeley, 27-28 Feb 2015. Speakers include Étienne Balibar, Wendy Brown, Bernard Harcourt, and Achille Mbembe… Over the past two decades neoliberalism and biopolitics have emerged as essential terms for critical theorists of all stripes attempting to analyze ongoing … Continue reading →

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Franco Moretti on Lukács’s Theory of the Novel – Centenary Reflections

Posted on January 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Franco Moretti on Lukács’s Theory of the Novel – Centenary Reflections, in New Left Review (open access).

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 19: a nearly complete first draft

Posted on January 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Since the last update I’ve spent two long days working on the individual chapter files, checking and rechecking things, filling in references, and reorganising some things. In particular I reworked all the parts on the lettres de cachet. I’ve decided … Continue reading →

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Books received – more for the Foucault project

Posted on January 23, 2015 by stuartelden

A few books for the Foucault project, including two by Pierre Hadot.

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 18

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stuartelden

The last major task of the first draft was a discussion of the final two Paris lecture courses, The Government of Self and Others and The Courage of Truth. The first of these courses provides the basis for the October-November … Continue reading →

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Books received – Rancière Now, Badiou, Burke, Bourdieu, TCS and An Introduction to Political Geography

Posted on January 21, 2015 by stuartelden

Four books from Polity in recompense for review work; the new issue of TCS; and the second edition of An Introduction to Political Geography, which I endorsed.

Posted in Alain Badiou, Books, Jacques Rancière, Pierre Bourdieu, Theory, Culture and Society | 1 Comment

Todd May reviews Michel Foucault, Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling at NDPR

Posted on January 20, 2015 by stuartelden

Todd May reviews Michel Foucault’s 1981 Louvain lectures, Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling: The Function of Avowal in Justice, at NDPR. You can read my take on those lectures, and On the Government of the Living, at Berfrois.

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Günter Figal resigns as Heidegger Society Chair over the content of the Black Notebooks

Posted on January 19, 2015 by stuartelden

Günter Figal resigns as Heidegger Society Chair over the content of the Black Notebooks. Daily Nous has the story – thanks to Graham Harman for the link. I admit to being puzzled by this – Figal took up the chair in … Continue reading →

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