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Indo-European thought in twentieth-century France update 11: Dumézil and Charachidzé’s work on Ubykh; Lévi-Strauss and his archive; Eliade’s correspondence; Koyré’s networks; and continuing work with Dumézil’s archive

Posted on April 28, 2023 by stuartelden

My attempt with this project to keep to a broadly chronological order of working through of Georges Dumézil’s major publications (see last update) took a bit of a detour, as his 1931 book La Langue des Oubykhs led me to follow the thread … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Koyré, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Italo Calvino, Jacques Lacan, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Mircea Eliade, Roman Jakobson, Umberto Eco, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Alexandre Koyré and a network of ideas – some additional reading suggestions

Posted on April 27, 2023 by stuartelden

Thank you to everyone who engaged with yesterday’s post Alexandre Koyré and a network of ideas. A few comments here and on Mastodon, but mostly on Twitter. Despite all its problems, I’ve yet to find anything which can replicate the engagement … Continue reading →

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Alexandre Koyré and a network of ideas

Posted on April 26, 2023 by stuartelden

In several previous projects – on Foucault, Heidegger, Canguilhem, territory – I’ve briefly mentioned the work of Alexandre Koyré. He’s coming up again in the new work in relation to Benveniste, Dumézil, Lévi-Strauss and Jakobson. Koyré introduced Lévi-Strauss to Jakobson … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Koyré, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Edmund Husserl, Emile Benveniste, Georges Canguilhem, Georges Dumézil, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Roman Jakobson, Territory | 13 Comments

Martial Gueroult, Critique de la raison pure de Kant – previously unpublished lecture course, Éditions du Collège de France, November 2022

Posted on April 24, 2023 by stuartelden

Martial Gueroult, Critique de la raison pure de Kant – Éditions du Collège de France, edited by Arnaud Pelletier, November 2022 A previously unpublished lecture course, from 1957-58. Gueroult held the history of philosophy chair at the Collège de France, succeeded by … Continue reading →

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Roland Barthes, Le Neutre: Cours au Collège de France (1978) – new edition, ed. Eric Marty, Seuil, April 2023

Posted on April 21, 2023 by stuartelden

Roland Barthes, Le Neutre: Cours au Collège de France (1978) – new edition, ed. Eric Marty, Seuil, April 2023 Published today, newly edited, based on the recordings rather than Barthes’s notes. Unlike the other reedited Barthes courses, this isn’t in … Continue reading →

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Daniele Lorenzini, The Force of Truth: Critique, Genealogy, and Truth-Telling in Michel Foucault – University of Chicago Press, September 2023

Posted on April 21, 2023 by stuartelden

Daniele Lorenzini, The Force of Truth: Critique, Genealogy, and Truth-Telling in Michel Foucault – University of Chicago Press, September 2023 Great to see this book going through production – and three great endorsements at the UCP site, from Arnold Davidson, … Continue reading →

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Hugh Lopes Williams, ‘Claude Lévi-Strauss and the Political Paradoxes of Structural Anthropology’ – Journal of the History of Ideas blog

Posted on April 19, 2023 by stuartelden

Hugh Lopes Williams, ‘Claude Lévi-Strauss and the Political Paradoxes of Structural Anthropology‘ – Journal of the History of Ideas blog In 1952, Claude Lévi-Strauss, then a respected but by no means famous anthropologist, published the short book Race and History, commissioned … Continue reading →

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Books received – Bataille, Eliade, Castree, Charnock & Christophers, Hakl

Posted on April 18, 2023 by stuartelden

The older collection L’Apprenti Sorcier and the new translation The Limit of the Useful by Bataille; a volume of Eliade correspondence; Noel Castree, Greig Charnock, Brett Christophers, David Harvey: A Critical Introduction to his Thought and Hans Thomas Hakl’s Eranos: An Alternative … Continue reading →

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Niki Kasumi Clements, “Foucault the Confessor”, University of Bristol, 19 April 2023, 3.30pm

Posted on April 17, 2023 by stuartelden

Niki Kasumi Clements, “Foucault the Confessor”, University of Bristol, 19 April 2023, 3.30pm Joint Research Talk  Department of French & the Institute of Greece, Rome, and the Classical Tradition Niki Kasumi Clements, Watt J. and Lilly G. Jackson Associate Professor … Continue reading →

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Paul Allen Miller, “Foucault’s Formative Years” – review of The Early Foucault (Polity, 2021) in Symploke

Posted on April 17, 2023 by stuartelden

Paul Allen Miller, “Foucault’s Formative Years” – a very generous review of my 2021 Polity book The Early Foucault in Symploke. The review requires subscription, unfortunately, but I’m happy to share if you email me. Stuart Elden has become the … Continue reading →

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