Category Archives: People

‘Homage to the Hommage à Jean Hyppolite’ – Philosophy, Politics and Critique Vol 1 No 3 theme section

Posted on November 1, 2024 by stuartelden

‘Homage to the Hommage à Jean Hyppolite’ – Philosophy, Politics and Critique Vol 1 No 3 theme section Introduction and three essays – all require subscription, unfortunately: Joe Hughes, Introduction Christopher O’Neill, Error, Truth and Anxiety against Death: Reading Georges Canguilhem’s … Continue reading →

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Theory, Culture & Society special issue ‘Thinking with Latour’ – three papers open access

Posted on October 29, 2024 by stuartelden

Theory, Culture & Society special issue ‘Thinking with Latour‘ – three papers open access. Update: Thanks to dmf and others for the link to Steven Shapin’s piece at Journal of the History of Ideas blog

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On a Discourse that Might not Be a Semblance: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVIII, trans. Bruce Fink – Polity, October 2024

Posted on October 28, 2024 by stuartelden

On a Discourse that Might not Be a Semblance: The Seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book XVIII, trans. Bruce Fink – Polity, October 2024 The title is, at first glance, enigmatic. Clue: it concerns men and women—their most concrete, amorous, and … Continue reading →

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Jacques Lacan, First Writings, trans. Russell Grigg – Polity, October 2024

Posted on October 28, 2024 by stuartelden

Jacques Lacan, First Writings, trans. Russell Grigg – Polity, October 2024 Before he became an analyst, Lacan was a psychiatrist. The articles in the present volume would not be being republished if they didn’t invite us to read them retroactively. … Continue reading →

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Kevin Curran, Shakespeare’s Theater of Judgment: Six Keywords – Edinburgh University Press, September 2024 (print and open access)

Posted on October 27, 2024 by stuartelden

Kevin Curran, Shakespeare’s Theater of Judgment: Six Keywords – Edinburgh University Press, September 2024 Available open access at the above link Part of the Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy series.

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James Martell, Beckett and Derrida – Cambridge University Press, December 2024

Posted on October 25, 2024 by stuartelden

James Martell, Beckett and Derrida – Cambridge University Press, December 2024 Uncannily similar projects, Beckett’s and Derrida’s oeuvres have been linked by literary and philosophy scholars since the 1990s. Taking into consideration their shared historical and personal contexts as writers … Continue reading →

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Books received – Foucault, Rose, Machold, Hoffman, Miller

Posted on October 24, 2024 by stuartelden

Some books sent by editors or publishers – Michel Foucault, Généalogies de la sexualité, Rhys Machold, Fabricating Homeland Security, Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault in Brazil and Paul Allen Miller (ed.), Truth in the Late Foucault – and Gillian Rose, Marxist Modernism, … Continue reading →

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Books received – Dumézil, Koyré, Delaporte, Felsch, Febvre, Meillet

Posted on October 24, 2024 by stuartelden

Some second-hand books by dead French men bought recently, and Philipp Felsch’s How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold, translated by Daniel Bowles. The second and third books are translations by Alexandre Koyré, and the top book is a copy … Continue reading →

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Spanish and Chinese translations of Foucault’s Last Decade

Posted on October 23, 2024 by stuartelden

Pleased to receive copies of the Spanish and Chinese translations of Foucault’s Last Decade La última década de Foucault, trans. Albert Fuentes, Melusina, September 2004 福柯最后十年, Beijing Publishing Group, July 2024

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Derrida Seminars: A Digital Repository of Jacques Derrida’s Teaching Notes

Posted on October 20, 2024 by stuartelden

Derrida Seminars: A Digital Repository of Jacques Derrida’s Teaching Notes Several of Derrida’s Seminars (and some related material) have been edited over the past several years (Galilée and then Seuil) and translated with University of Chicago Press. I’ve only looked … Continue reading →

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