Category Archives: People

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 – Discussant Comments

Posted on June 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Even though there was an audio recording, I decided to type up my handwritten comments from which I improvised my response to Daniel Defert; Colin Gordon; Peter Fitzpatrick and Maria Carolina Olarte. There is some material here that was cut due to the time – three long papers and already after 7pm when I spoke, so this is record of both what I said and would have said. This is very much a pièce d’occasion, rather than the basis for anything more, though some of the themes relate to previous concerns, or will become part of future work. Continue reading →

Posted in J.G.A. Pocock, Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, Stephen Greenblatt | 4 Comments

Harvey on Capital Vol II – coming soon

Posted on June 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Those who have enjoyed the lectures on Capital Vol I will be pleased to see the news here. update: Fredric Jameson’s book on Capital Vol I is reviewed here.

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New Interview with Graham Harman

Posted on June 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Among other things he talks about his love of sports and future directions for his work. Find it here.

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Heidegger – Being and Truth

Posted on June 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Heidegger’s lectures collected in volume 36/37 of the Gesamtausgabe have been translated as Being and Truth. There is some unpleasant stuff here – these are the lectures delivered at the time Heidegger was rector of Freiburg. Miguel de Beistegui provides a review here.

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More on the New College

Posted on June 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Birkbeck have issued a press release saying Grayling has resigned and that they are not providing facilities; Terry Eagleton calls it odious; the college is accused of copying syllabuses (shouldn’t that be syllabi?); in the same report we hear that Boris Johnston … Continue reading →

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The Foucault Effect conference

Posted on June 5, 2011 by stuartelden

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 conference held over the last couple of days was very good. The room was packed for the opening session on Friday evening, and then a good audience throughout Saturday. The first session included Daniel Defert on … Continue reading →

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William Connolly workshop audio files

Posted on May 31, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio files of the conference on A World of Becoming held last week are now available here, including Connolly’s own closing lecture. My own talk is here, along with the powerpoint slides of the full quotes from Connolly’s book.

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Lefebvre on the State

Posted on May 31, 2011 by stuartelden

When we were putting together State, Space, World, Neil Brenner and I discussed many texts for inclusion. We couldn’t include everything, due to space considerations, and hopefully some of the texts that didn’t make that volume will be in a … Continue reading →

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Colin Gordon on Foucault’s 70-71 lectures

Posted on May 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Colin Gordon, editor of Foucault’s Power/Knowledge and one of the editors of The Foucault Effect sent me these comments for posting: Stuart, Thanks for mentioning the event and agreeing to take part, and I agree with your comments on the new … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on May 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Bryan Magee’s TV interviews on philosophy are now available on You Tube here (via Leiter Reports). These interviews were collected as The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy which was one of the first books on philosophy I read, but … Continue reading →

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