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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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Samuel Mercer, The Ideology of Work: Theoretical Humanism, Work and Labour – Brill, 2024

Posted on August 4, 2024 by stuartelden

Samuel Mercer, The Ideology of Work: Theoretical Humanism, Work and Labour – Brill, 2024 Expensive hardback and e-book only at present, but as with other volumes in the Historical Materialism series, to follow 12 months later as a paperback with … Continue reading →

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Indo-European Thought in Twentieth-Century France update 22: finishing a draft of a chapter on Dumézil between 1938 and 1949; continuing work on Benveniste’s archive; and an article on “Foucault and Dumézil on Antiquity”

Posted on July 31, 2024 by stuartelden

July has been a steady month of progress on this project. I’d hoped to complete the chapter on Georges Dumézil’s work between 1938 and 1949 well before now, but it continued into this month too. It is another very long … Continue reading →

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Peter Osborne (ed.) Futurethoughts: Critical Histories of Philosophy – CRMEP, 2024 (open access; includes new translations of Foucault)

Posted on July 27, 2024 by stuartelden

Peter Osborne (ed.) Futurethoughts: Critical Histories of Philosophy – CRMEP, 2024 Available open access, this includes new translations of Foucault – parts of his 1950s course on anthropology and his tribute to Jean Hyppolite. Contributors: Isabelle Alfandary, Éric Alliez, Anna … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s revised texts – a list with links to comparisons

Posted on July 25, 2024 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault did not continually revise his earlier texts in the way some other authors do. But some of his books and articles do exist in different versions. This is not always fully recognised, and some of these changes are … Continue reading →

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Jean-Luc Nancy and Claire Denis, The Intruder – trans. Jeff Fort, Fordham University Press, May 2024

Posted on July 24, 2024 by stuartelden

Jean-Luc Nancy and Claire Denis, The Intruder – trans. Jeff Fort, Fordham University Press, May 2024 In 1991, Jean-Luc Nancy’s heart gave out. In one of the first such procedures in France, a stranger’s heart was grafted into his body. … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Généalogies de la sexualité – ed. Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini, Vrin, September 2024

Posted on July 23, 2024 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, Généalogies de la sexualité – ed. Henri-Paul Fruchaud and Daniele Lorenzini, Vrin, September 2024 A really important collection of material around the early stages of the History of Sexuality, including insights into volumes not published, and a critical … Continue reading →

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