Category Archives: People

Alison Ross, Walter Benjamin’s Concept of the Image

Posted on November 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Just published – Alison Ross, Walter Benjamin’s Concept of the Image. In this book, Alison Ross engages in a detailed study of Walter Benjamin’s concept of the image, exploring the significant shifts in Benjamin’s approach to the topic over the course … Continue reading →

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Posted on November 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Tomorrow I fly to Zurich and then take the train to Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar at the University of Basel. The lecture will be the latest iteration of a paper I’ve given … Continue reading →

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A minor note on Michel Foucault and Peter Brown: From a watershed to the parting of the waters

Posted on November 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Update 5 October 2025 – an updated and expanded version of this post, based on the new sources available, is here. In the closing lines of ‘Le combat de la chasteté’, first published in May 1982, Foucault mentions Peter Brown’s … Continue reading →

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Preprints of a couple of forthcoming publications now available

Posted on November 21, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve added the preprints of a couple of forthcoming publications, on Foucault and territory respectively, to the page on this site.

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Mark Kelly, Foucault and Politics: A Critical Introduction

Posted on November 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Mark G. E. Kelly, Foucault and Politics: A Critical Introduction This book surveys Michel Foucault’s thought in the context of his life and times, utilising the latest primary and secondary materials to explain the political implications of each phase of … Continue reading →

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Marijn Nieuwenhuis – New Conceptualisations Of Space In The Work Of Peter Sloterdijk And Graham Harman (open access)

Posted on November 21, 2014 by stuartelden

My Warwick colleague Marijn Nieuwenhuis has just published an article entitled ‘ Taking Up The Challenge Of Space: New Conceptualisations Of Space In The Work Of Peter Sloterdijk And Graham Harman‘, in Continent – open access.

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Books received – Luxemburg, Sheehan, Burdon, Huggett

Posted on November 19, 2014 by stuartelden

All in recompense for review work – two for the ‘earth’/geopolitics project; Thomas Sheehan’s new book on Heidegger; and Rosa Luxemburg’s classic The Accumulation of Capital.

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“Foucault’s Risks” by Anna Shechtman, Peter Raccuglia & Susan Morrow in LA Review of Books

Posted on November 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Editor’s note: On October 17–18, 2014, Yale University hosted a conference exploring the intellectual and political legacy of Michel Foucault. The Los Angeles Review of Books asked three Yale graduate students to respond to this conference by focusing on what … Continue reading →

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The Natures of War

Posted on November 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I have – at last – uploaded what I hope is the final version of ‘The Natures of War’ (DOWNLOADS tab).  It’s the long-form version of the first Neil Smith Lecture I gave at St Andrew’s…

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Video of my ‘Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth’ lecture at Nottingham Contemporary

Posted on November 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Video of my ‘Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth‘ lecture and the discussion following it, at Nottingham Contemporary gallery last night. The introduction is by Emma Moore, the discussion is with Colin Wright, Sophie Fuggle and Alex Vasudevan. This was a really … Continue reading →

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