Category Archives: People

Photos from Nietzsche’s summer walks by Mark Anderson

Posted on September 29, 2014 by stuartelden

The Bloomsbury Philosophy blog has some photographs of the sites of Nietzsche’s walks in Italy. They are taken by Mark Anderson, author of the recently published book Plato and Nietzsche: Their Philosophical Art. They had an earlier post focusing on some important … Continue reading →

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Heidegger’s Black Notebooks – video of a discussion at CUNY Graduate Center

Posted on September 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Richard Wolin, Jeffrey Van Davis, Emmanuel Faye, Karsten Harries, and Thomas Sheehan discuss Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ at CUNY Graduate Center. Thanks to Enowning for the link.

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Stuart Elden and Todd Reisz opening lectures to ‘Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad’ conference

Posted on September 25, 2014 by stuartelden

This is the video of the opening keynote session of the ‘Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in the Building of Baghdad’ conference, which includes my lecture ‘Crises of Territorial Integrity: Iraq and Nigeria’. My talk is from 11.50-38 minutes – … Continue reading →

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My essay on Foucault’s La société punitive – forthcoming in Historical Materialism

Posted on September 24, 2014 by stuartelden

My substantial (c. 8,000 words) essay on Foucault’s La société punitive is forthcoming in Historical Materialism. Thanks to Sebastian Budgen for his invitation to write this, and Alberto Toscano for taking it through two rounds of review. My shorter review of this important … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Foucault's Last Decade, Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Politics, Writing | 1 Comment

Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (ed.), Inhuman Nature – open access book from Punctum

Posted on September 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Now available to download from Punctum books – Jeffrey Jerome Cohen (ed.), Inhuman Nature. Gathering into lively conversation scholars in medieval, early modern and object studies, Inhuman Nature explores the activity of the things, forces, and relations that enable, sustain and operate indifferently … Continue reading →

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‘Exercises in the History of Ideas’: An interview with Stuart Elden by Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani

Posted on September 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Back in March I was interviewed by two graduate students at the University of Melbourne, Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani, about my writing, background and approach to work. It covers my work on territory, Heidegger, Foucault, Lefebvre, and Shakespeare and some future plans. … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Foucault's Last Decade, Henri Lefebvre, Mapping the Present, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Politics, Publishing, Shakespearean Territories, Speaking Against Number, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World, Understanding Henri Lefebvre, urban/urbanisation, William Shakespeare, Writing | 1 Comment

Books received – Guattari, Foucault & Aron, Empson

Posted on September 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Three books added to some growing ‘to-read’ piles – Martin Empson’s Land and Labour: Marxism, Ecology and Human History, Gary Genosko’s other introduction to Guattari, and a short book of a radio interview between Michel Foucault and Raymond Aron, which I … Continue reading →

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A week at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design – speaking about Iraq and Nigeria, urban territory and Lefebvre

Posted on September 22, 2014 by stuartelden

I’m now on my way home from a very interesting and enjoyable week at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. The invitation was to give one of the two keynote talks to a conference on the Identity, Sovereignty, and Global Politics in … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Conferences, Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Music, Politics, Territory, Terror and Territory, Travel, urban/urbanisation | 1 Comment

General Organology conference on Bernard Stiegler – University of Kent, 20-22 November 2014

Posted on September 18, 2014 by stuartelden

General Organology: The Co-individuation of Minds, Bodies, Social Organisations and Technè 20-21-22 November 2014, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK. Download Conference Programme Register Online (for both guests and speakers) A good lineup of speakers, including a closing keynote from Stiegler … Continue reading →

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Gregory Fried reviews Heidegger’s Black Notebooks/Schwarze Hefte

Posted on September 14, 2014 by stuartelden

A thoughtful review essay by Gregory Fried on Heidegger’s Black Notebooks/Schwarze Hefte Vols. 94-96 in the LA Review of Books.

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