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Richard Lynch and Daniele Lorenzini, Bibliography of Foucault’s shorter works in English translation – newly updated (2023)

Posted on December 18, 2023 by stuartelden

Richard Lynch’s very useful Bibliography of Foucault’s shorter works in English translation has been newly updated by Daniele Lorenzini. This is a continual work in progress, and updates and corrections should be sent to Daniele for inclusion in future versions (details … Continue reading →

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Trailer for the film Umberto Eco: A Library of the World

Posted on December 16, 2023 by stuartelden

Umberto Eco: A Library of the World – Official Trailer I’ve shared the video below before, but a few years ago, and it’s still great. Umberto Eco, “I was always narrating“

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Six degrees of T.S. Eliot – the links through Jean de Menasce to Émile Benveniste

Posted on December 15, 2023 by stuartelden

Given how connected he was, I suppose it was only a matter of time before my Indo-European research project led me in the direction of T.S. Eliot. It came in the lead I was following with Jean de Menasce, who … Continue reading →

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Bruno Latour, How to Inhabit the Earth: Interviews with Nicolas Truong, trans. Julie Rose – Polity, October 2023

Posted on December 14, 2023 by stuartelden

Bruno Latour, How to Inhabit the Earth: Interviews with Nicolas Truong, trans. Julie Rose – Polity, October 2023 In a series of televised interviews broadcast in spring 2022, Bruno Latour explained, in clear and straightforward terms, how humans have changed … Continue reading →

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Foucault News Info wanted: What fountain pen did Foucault write with?

Posted on December 9, 2023 by stuartelden

At Foucault News, Clare O’Farrell asks for information – What fountain pen did Foucault write with? Editor: I have recently developed an interest in fountain pens and was wondering if anybody knew what brand of fountain pen Foucault used? He may have used a … Continue reading →

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The 13/13 Essays – material linked to the seminars of The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought

Posted on December 9, 2023 by stuartelden

For several years Bernard Harcourt and colleagues at The Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought have been running a series of 13/13 seminars. The seminars usually have short essays by participants available online, and now they are being collected on … Continue reading →

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W.C. Hackett, Outside the Gates – Angelico, 2021 (historical novel about Jean Wahl)

Posted on December 8, 2023 by stuartelden

W.C. Hackett, Outside the Gates – Angelico, 2021 The gates of Drancy Internment Camp in the northeast suburbs of Paris served as a holding pen for thousands of Jews during the German occupation of France in World War II. Jean … Continue reading →

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Catherine Malabou, Stop Thief! Anarchism and Philosophy – Polity, trans. Carolyn Shread, November 2023

Posted on December 4, 2023 by stuartelden

Catherine Malabou, Stop Thief! Anarchism and Philosophy – Polity, trans. Carolyn Shread, November 2023 Many contemporary philosophers – including Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and Giorgio Agamben – ascribe an ethical or political value to anarchy, but none ever called themselves … Continue reading →

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Bruce Lincoln, Secrets, Lies, and Consequences: A Great Scholar’s Hidden Past and his Protégé’s Unsolved Murder – Oxford University Press, March 2024

Posted on December 3, 2023 by stuartelden

Bruce Lincoln, Secrets, Lies, and Consequences: A Great Scholar’s Hidden Past and his Protégé’s Unsolved Murder – Oxford University Press, March 2024 The tale of a legendary scholar, an unsolved murder, and the mysterious documents that may connect themIn early … Continue reading →

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Books received – Mauss, Ginzburg, Amin, Lefebvre, Foucault, Jackson, Danielsson

Posted on December 1, 2023 by stuartelden

A mix of recently bought books along with Ash Amin, After Nativism: Belonging in an Age of Intolerance, sent by Polity, and the long-awaited hardback of Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography. I think I’ve mentioned all the … Continue reading →

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