Category Archives: People

Working on the proofs of the critical edition of Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna – forthcoming in December 2024 with HAU books

Posted on August 27, 2024 by stuartelden

It has taken a long time to get to this stage, but I’m now working on the proofs of the critical edition of Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty – forthcoming in December 2024 with … Continue reading →

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Books received – The Anti-Security Collective, Barthes, de Beistegui, Duchesne-Guillemin, Nabokov, JHI, Barua, Dumézil

Posted on August 27, 2024 by stuartelden

A pile of recently bought or sent books including The Anti-Security Collective, The Security Abolition Manifesto, Miguel de Beistegui, Lacan: A Genealogy, Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin, Zoroastre, Vladimir Nabokov’s translation of The Song of Igor’s Campaign, the most recent issue of the … Continue reading →

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Matthew J. Smetona, Recovering the Later Georg Lukács: A Study on the Unity of His Thought – MIT Press, April 2023

Posted on August 23, 2024 by stuartelden

Matthew J. Smetona, Recovering the Later Georg Lukács: A Study on the Unity of His Thought – MIT Press, April 2023 New resources for the critique of capitalism in culture from the late writings of Georg Lukács, one of the … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, “Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, online first in History of European Ideas (open access)

Posted on August 21, 2024 by stuartelden

My article “Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, is now available online first in History of European Ideas, and it’s open access. This article discusses an important moment in the career of Alexandre Koyré, and the history of philosophy in … Continue reading →

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Books received – Koyré, Meillet, Benveniste, Canguilhem, Foucault

Posted on August 15, 2024 by stuartelden

Bought new or second-hand for various projects, along with the new collection of previously unpublished material by Foucault, sent by the publisher – Nietzsche: Cours, conférences et travaux, edited by Bernard Harcourt.

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New issue of Parrhesia with translation of a short text by Foucault, ‘Message or Noise?’ with a commentary by Chris O’Neill

Posted on August 12, 2024 by stuartelden

The latest issue of Parrhesia is out, with a translation of and commentary on a short text by Foucault. All open access. Foucault and information theory: on “message or noise?” (1966) – Chris O’Neill “Message or noise?” – Michel Foucault, … Continue reading →

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“Alexandre Koyré and the Collège de France”, forthcoming in History of European Ideas; and a talk on Canguilhem and Koyré in Bristol

Posted on August 11, 2024 by stuartelden

In some previous updates on my Indo-European thought project, I’d mentioned doing some research on Alexandre Koyré. In March and May. I said I’d been working on a piece about his unsuccessful attempt to get elected to a chair at … Continue reading →

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Ben Haworth, Shakespeare’s Liminal Spaces: Contesting Authority on the Early Modern Stage – Manchester University Press, July 2024

Posted on August 8, 2024 by stuartelden

Ben Haworth, Shakespeare’s Liminal Spaces: Contesting Authority on the Early Modern Stage – Manchester University Press, July 2024 This engaging study appreciably advances recent critical developments in the way the playwright created his worlds to reflect concurrent cartographic, geopolitical and … Continue reading →

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Stuart Blaney, Equality and Freedom in Rancière and Foucault – Bloomsbury, December 2024

Posted on August 7, 2024 by stuartelden

Stuart Blaney, Equality and Freedom in Rancière and Foucault – Bloomsbury, December 2024 Responding to the increasing need for new and peaceful forms of emancipation, Stuart Blaney offers a unique solution in the synergy between two pioneering strands of continental … Continue reading →

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Andreas Bandak and Daniel M. Knight (eds.), Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres – Duke University Press, March 2024

Posted on August 5, 2024 by stuartelden

Andreas Bandak and Daniel M. Knight (eds.), Porous Becomings: Anthropological Engagements with Michel Serres – Duke University Press, March 2024 One of the foremost intellectuals of his generation, French philosopher of science Michel Serres (1930–2019) broke free from disciplinary dogmas. His reflections … Continue reading →

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