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Books received – Lévi-Strauss, Hyppolite, Balibar, Balibar & Wallenstein, Dumézil, Neocleous, Eliade, Benveniste

Posted on February 10, 2021 by stuartelden

Mainly second-hand books for the ongoing Foucault research and related projects, but also a copy of Mark Neocleous, A Critical Theory of Police Power, and Etienne Balibar, Passions du concept, sent by their authors.

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Nigel Thrift, Killer Cities – Sage, February 2021

Posted on February 4, 2021 by stuartelden

Nigel Thrift, Killer Cities – Sage, February 2021 Killer Cities uses a combination of social theory, polemic and close attention to empirical detail to tell the story of how and why cities cause mass animal death and, in the process, … Continue reading →

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Simon Critchley on Finding Clarity in Philosophy and Comedy, interview by Andrew Zuckerman

Posted on February 3, 2021 by stuartelden

Simon Critchley on Finding Clarity in Philosophy and Comedy, interview by Andrew Zuckerman Simon Critchley has seen his share of accidents. In his younger years, he damaged his hands while working in manufacturing plants, and ruined his hearing by rehearsing with … Continue reading →

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Arlette Farge, Instants de Vie, with Clémentine Vidal-Naquet, Éditions EHESS, February 2021 (and discussion with Luc Darieaux)

Posted on February 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Arlette Farge, Instants de Vie, presented by Clémentine Vidal-Naquet, Éditions EHESS, February 2021 Le XVIIIe siècle d’Arlette Farge est sonore, odorant, tactile, à la fois familier et exotique, attachant. Elle a rencontré le peuple de Paris dans les archives, bavardes et … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, The Early Foucault, Polity, June 2021 – three endorsements

Posted on January 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, The Early Foucault – Polity, June 2021 Three really generous endorsements for the book, from people whose own work I really admire. ‘Elden’s compendious coverage of Foucault’s intellectual career constitutes the contemporary apogee of scholarship on Foucault.’Mark G. … Continue reading →

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Books received – Martinet, Lévi-Strauss, Althusser, Saussure, Faustino & Ferraro

Posted on January 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Mainly second-hand books for the Foucault work, and related projects, but also a copy of the new collection The Late Foucault, edited by Martin Faustino and Gianfranco Ferraro, sent by the publisher.

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Minor revisions – new podcast from editors of Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

Posted on January 21, 2021 by stuartelden

Minor revisions – new podcast from editors of Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space introduction from Eugene McCann here; Episode 1: Luiza Bialasiewicz & Sabrina Stallone, ‘Focalizing new-Fascism’ here Minor Revisions is a podcast that demystifies the process of writing for … Continue reading →

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Claude Lévi-Strauss, Structural Anthropology Zero – Polity, July 2021

Posted on January 20, 2021 by stuartelden

Claude Lévi-Strauss, Structural Anthropology Zero – Polity, July 2021, translated by Ninon Vinsonneau and Jonathan Magidoff The original French edition of these texts was published by Seuil in 2019 as Anthropologie structurale zéro. This volume of Lévi-Strauss’s writings from 1941 … Continue reading →

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Marcello Musto, The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography – Stanford University Press, July 2020

Posted on January 20, 2021 by stuartelden

Marcello Musto, The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography – Stanford University Press, July 2020 An innovative reassessment of the last writings and final years of Karl Marx. In the last years of his life, Karl Marx expanded … Continue reading →

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Daniele Lorenzini on Foucault and Descartes (open access and video abstract) – part of Theory, Culture & Society Special Issue: ‘Foucault Before the Collège de France’

Posted on January 15, 2021 by stuartelden

Daniele Lorenzini’s article “Philosophical Discourse and Ascetic Practice: On Foucault’s Readings of Descartes’ Meditations” is now available open access. The article is part of a Theory, Culture & Society Special Issue: ‘Foucault Before the Collège de France’ which I’m co-editing with … Continue reading →

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