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Adam Kotsko to translate Agamben’s ‘Pilate and Jesus’ and ‘The Use of Bodies’

Posted on February 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Adam Kotsko has news of two forthcoming Agamben translations at AUFS. The first is a pamphlet-length book entitled Pilate and Jesus, which I have promised to complete this summer. The second, and presumably more interesting to most, is the final volume … Continue reading →

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Heidegger’s Schwarze Hefte (Black Notebooks) publishing details

Posted on January 31, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve done a bit of hunting around for details of the publication of the Schwarze Hefte (Black Notebooks). They are due out in March 2014, and comprise Volumes 94-96 of the Gesamtausgabe. Their overall title is Überlegungen – considerations or observations. Volume … Continue reading →

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More on Heidegger’s ‘Black Notebooks’ and anti-semitism

Posted on January 31, 2014 by stuartelden

Another piece in Die Zeit, and an English discussion in Prospect by Jonathan Derbyshire. Thanks to Enowning and Peter Gratton for the links. This one is going to run and run…

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“Medieval rules for sex in an easy to use flowchart”

Posted on January 30, 2014 by stuartelden

“Medieval rules for sex in an easy to use flowchart created by James A Brundage as posted in the @TheAtlantic“, via @MedievalArchive. Having spent the day working on Foucault’s History of Sexuality, this is certainly appropriate.

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The Structure of Hegel’s Logic – in visual form

Posted on January 30, 2014 by stuartelden

An interactive visualisation of the structure of Hegel’s Logic. Thanks to Sebastian Budgen for the link.

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Philippe Theophanidis on Foucault and the Problem of War

Posted on January 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Some useful bibliographical pointers to places where Foucault discusses the question of war from Philippe Theophanidis, beginning from this 1981 quotation. Therefore, if you like, I never stop getting into the issue of law and rights without taking it as a … Continue reading →

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“Interview with Stuart Elden” at Groundwork

Posted on January 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Another interview with me, conducted by Jordan Skinner, has been published at the Groundwork site – a blog run by past and present students of the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy at Kingston University. It ranges widely across … Continue reading →

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Thompson and Zizek (ed.) The Privatization of Hope: Ernst Bloch and the Future of Utopia

Posted on January 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Interesting looking new collection just out with Duke University Press. The concept of hope is central to the work of the German philosopher Ernst Bloch (1885–1977), especially in his magnum opus, The Principle of Hope (1959). The “speculative materialism” that he first … Continue reading →

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Discipline, Punish, Examine and Produce: Foucault’s La société punitive – Stuart Elden @berfrois

Posted on January 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. My review of Foucault’s La société punitive has now been published at Berfrois.

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Peter Trawny on Heidegger’s ‘black notebooks’ in Le Monde

Posted on January 28, 2014 by stuartelden

In Le Monde, Peter Trawny discusses Heidegger’s ‘black notebooks’ – thanks to enowning for the link.

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