Category Archives: People

Proceedings of the fourth annual Conference of XVIIth century French literature

Posted on August 7, 2013 by stuartelden

Does anyone have access to Acta: Proceedings of the fourth annual Conference of XVIIth century French literature, a publication that on pages 22 and 23 summarises a 1972 lecture by Foucault entitled “Ceremony, Theatre, and Politics in the 17th Century”? Worldcat suggests … Continue reading →

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Annuaire du Centre coordinateur de la recherche urbaine pour la France – a Foucault query

Posted on August 7, 2013 by stuartelden

In Daniel Defert’s ‘Chronologie’/’Chronology’ in Dits et écrits/A Companion to Foucault, he makes reference to a publication entitled Annuaire du Centre coordinateur de la recherche urbaine pour la France. This is in the entry for October 1973  (p. 44/55), and Defert suggests … Continue reading →

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Steve Mentz on Sloterdijk

Posted on August 6, 2013 by stuartelden

English Professor Steve Mentz has an interesting post on how Sloterdijk relates to his book-in-progress Shipwreck and the Ecology of Globalization. I really enjoyed his earlier book At the Bottom of Shakespeare’s Ocean, so looking forward to his work on this question. … Continue reading →

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Foucault audio files

Posted on August 5, 2013 by stuartelden

There are audio recordings of Foucault at various places online. This post attempts to make sense of them. Comments and additions gratefully received. update 9 Dec 2014 – see this page for a better, reorganised chronological list. Ubuweb has the … Continue reading →

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New Heidegger Research – book series

Posted on August 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Call for proposals for a new book series with Rowman International. New Heidegger Research publishes work by, about, and provoked by Martin Heidegger. The goal of the series is to promote informed and critical dialogue that breaks new philosophical ground … Continue reading →

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The Rhythmanalysis Laboratory

Posted on August 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Website on rhythmanalysis and its uses – thanks to Tahereh Af for the link.

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Slavoj Žižek, The Perverts’ Guide to Ideology – poster and trailer

Posted on August 3, 2013 by stuartelden

via critical-theory.com

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Manifesto of the Groupe d’Information sur les prisons – a full translation

Posted on August 2, 2013 by stuartelden

This text was co-authored by Michel Foucault, Pierre Vidal-Nacquet and Jean-Marie Domenach, and was first read at a news conference on 8 February 1971. It was subsequently published in Esprit in March 1971. As far as I know, the only partial … Continue reading →

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Books received – including Foucault, Power, Truth, Strategy

Posted on August 2, 2013 by stuartelden

Five interesting books. Two are older books by authors whose other work I’ve liked – Badie and Birnbaum’s The Sociology of the State and Adriana Caverero, Relating Narratives – that I got for review work. I got hold of François … Continue reading →

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Althusser, On the Reproduction of Capitalism

Posted on July 31, 2013 by stuartelden

Verso have announced the publication of Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Capitalism: Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses, for early 2014. What is perhaps Louis Althusser’s most famous text, “Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses,” published in 1970 and very influential ever since, … Continue reading →

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