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Derrida, The Death Penalty, Volume I

Posted on December 12, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve read some great books by Derrida, but the latest of his seminars, The Death Penalty, Volume I, is right up there with them. He is such a wonderful reader of texts. There is so much care, attention to detail, … Continue reading →

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Where to start with reading Henri Lefebvre?

Posted on December 11, 2013 by stuartelden

[The most recent version of this guide can be found here.] This comes in response to a question to me on Twitter. Where should you start with Henri Lefebvre? I think many people, especially in Geography, go to The Production … Continue reading →

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Critical.Theory.com’s 15 books to be excited about in 2014

Posted on December 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Critical.Theory.com’s 15 books to be excited about in 2014 – full list here. Some of these are new, some new translations, some new editions, but lots to get excited about – Derrida, Althusser, Jameson, Critchley, Laclau, Massumi & Manning etc.

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Christa Davis Acampora, Contesting Nietzsche – free excerpt

Posted on December 2, 2013 by stuartelden

University of Chicago Press have made an excerpt from Christa Davis Acampora’s Contesting Nietzsche available – here.

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Adam Shatz on Benoit Peeters’s biography of Derrida in the LRB

Posted on December 2, 2013 by stuartelden

Adam Shatz reviews Benoit Peeters’s biography of Derrida in the LRB.

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Agamben and Indifference – new book by William Watkin coming soon

Posted on November 30, 2013 by stuartelden

Agamben and Indifference, by William Watkin, coming soon with Rowman & Littlefield International: Since the publication of Homo Sacer in 1995, Giorgio Agamben has become one of the world’s most revered and controversial thinkers. His ideas on our current political … Continue reading →

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Books received – Stoler and Derrida

Posted on November 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Two books I’ve mentioned before – Ann Laura Stoler’s collection Imperial Debris, and Jacques Derrida’s The Death Penalty, Volume I.

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Books received – Macey, Roberts, Amoore, Barry, Dosse, Tel Quel Reader, TCS, JUCS

Posted on November 26, 2013 by stuartelden

Some older books ordered for the Foucault project – the Dosse has some important information on CERFI, there is a Foucault piece in The Tel Quel Reader; Andrew Barry’s Material Politics and Louise Amoore’s The Politics of Possibility sent by … Continue reading →

Posted in Andrew Barry, Foucault's Last Decade, Journal of Urban Cultural Studies, Louise Amoore, Michel Foucault, Theory, Culture and Society | 1 Comment

Foucault’s Last Decade – fifth update

Posted on November 25, 2013 by stuartelden

Having put together rough drafts of chapters 1 and 2 (see previous update), I was now able to move to the real focus of the book. But there is no simple break, and even as I go onto these chapters there … Continue reading →

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Grégoire Chamayou – A Theory of the Drone forthcoming in English

Posted on November 25, 2013 by stuartelden

Grégoire Chamayou, A Theory of the Drone is forthcoming in English translation with New Press, publication date of August 2014. It doesn’t appear on the press’s site, but is listed on various online bookstores (i.e. here). I’ve recently read the French … Continue reading →

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