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Indo-European thought project update 8: working on Barthes, Lévi-Strauss and the Mission Paul Pelliot

Posted on December 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Since the last update on this project I’ve not done quite what I intended. I had thought I’d begin working systematically through Georges Dumézil’s works in a chronological way, filling in much detail and some gaps in my previous reading. Instead I went down … Continue reading →

Posted in Aurel Stein, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Clémence Ramnoux, Emile Benveniste, Georges Dumézil, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Roman Jakobson, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault | 1 Comment

Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program, trans. Kevin B. Anderson and Karel Ludenhoff – PM Press, October 2022

Posted on December 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Program, trans. Kevin B. Anderson and Karel Ludenhoff – PM Press, October 2022 Marx’s Critique of the Gotha Program is a revelation. It offers the fullest elaboration of his vision for a communist future, free from … Continue reading →

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Jacques Lacan, Premiers écrits, Seuil, January 2023 [updated]

Posted on December 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Jacques Lacan, Premiers écrits, Seuil, January 2023 Avant que d’être psychanalyste, Lacan a été psychiatre. On n’aurait pas republié ses premiers écrits s’ils n’invitaient à une lecture après coup. Que nous apprennent-ils de la formation du futur analyste ? Sa … Continue reading →

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Books received – Blanchot, Lévi-Strauss, Hollier, Jackson, Barthes

Posted on December 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Mainly second-hand books bought for the Indo-European thought project, but also Mark Laurence Jackson, Diagrams of Power in Benjamin and Foucault: The Recluse of Architecture, in recompense for review work.

Posted in Claude Lévi-Strauss, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Michel Foucault, Roland Barthes, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

Sally Sedgwick, Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit – Oxford University Press, March 2023

Posted on December 21, 2022 by stuartelden

Sally Sedgwick, Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit – Oxford University Press, March 2023 Just an expensive hardback listed at the moment, unfortunately. Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit examines a conspicuous feature of Hegel’s major works: … Continue reading →

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Ludovico Silva, Marx’s Literary Style – Verso, January 2023

Posted on December 19, 2022 by stuartelden

Ludovico Silva, Marx’s Literary Style – Verso, January 2023 Update: Verso editor Sebastian Budgen comments on the book here A true understanding of Marx’s work requires a careful study of his literary choices

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Andy Merrifield, Beyond Plague Urbanism – Monthly Review, Spring 2023

Posted on December 19, 2022 by stuartelden

Andy Merrifield, Beyond Plague Urbanism – Monthly Review, Spring 2023 Andy tells me the striking cover image is by André Kertész.

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Melissa Pawelski, “Between ‘Körper’ and ‘Leib’ – Translating Michel Foucault’s concept of the body after Friedrich Nietzsche”, Perspectives, 2022 (open access)

Posted on December 18, 2022 by stuartelden

Melissa Pawelski, “Between ‘Körper’ and ‘Leib’ – Translating Michel Foucault’s concept of the body after Friedrich Nietzsche“, Perspectives: Studies in Translation Theory and Practice, 2022 (open access) This article analyses the German words ‘Leib’ and ‘Körper’ that can both be … Continue reading →

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Two new Heidegger translations from Polity, December 2022

Posted on December 18, 2022 by stuartelden

Two new Martin Heidegger translations from Polity Metaphysics and Nihilism: 1 – The Overcoming of Metaphysics 2 – The Essence of Nihilism, trans. Arun Iyer On the Essence of Language and the Question of Art, trans. Adam Knowles

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Stuart Elden, The Archaeology of Foucault – Polity, December 2022

Posted on December 16, 2022 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, The Archaeology of Foucault – Polity, December 2022 The fourth and final book in my series of studies of Foucault’s career is now published in the UK. US and rest of the world will follow in early 2023. … Continue reading →

Posted in Canguilhem (book), Etienne Balibar, Foucault's Last Decade, Foucault: The Birth of Power, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Bataille, Georges Canguilhem, Mapping Indo-European Thought in Twentieth Century France, Michel Foucault, My Publications, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 2 Comments