Category Archives: People

Books received – Dumézil, Lévi-Strauss, Mountz, Balzac

Posted on July 31, 2020 by stuartelden

Some recently published or reprinted books from University of Minnesota Press in recompense for review work, including Alison Mountz, The Death of Asylum: Hidden Geographies of the Enforcement Archipelago and a new translation of Balzac’s Lost Illusions, and some second-hand books, mainly in … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler: on COVID-19, the politics of non-violence, necropolitics, and social inequality – and in conversation with Amia Srinivasan

Posted on July 30, 2020 by stuartelden

Judith Butler: on COVID-19, the politics of non-violence, necropolitics, and social inequality – and in conversation with Amia Srinivasan (via Verso blog) In this event (hosted by the Whitechapel Gallery and British Library, on the occasion of Verso’s 50th anniversary), … Continue reading →

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John Agnew ed. The Confines of Territory – Routledge, November 2020

Posted on July 28, 2020 by stuartelden

John Agnew ed. The Confines of Territory – Routledge, November 2020 A collection of papers from Territory, Politics, Governance, edited by John Agnew, the former editor of the journal. Pleased to have one of my articles in here (original available here). Only … Continue reading →

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Five letters from père Festugière to Michel Foucault (1956-1957), edited by Pierre Vesperini, Anabases (requires subscription)

Posted on July 22, 2020 by stuartelden

Pierre Vesperini,“« Un gentil mécréant, avec qui l’on entre aussitôt dans le seul monde qui compte »: Cinq lettres du père Festugière à Michel Foucault (1956-1957)”, Anabases 31, 2020, 125-130. André-Jean Festugière was known to me as the translator of … Continue reading →

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Lynne Huffer, Foucault’s Strange Eros – Columbia University Press, June 2020

Posted on July 20, 2020 by stuartelden

Lynne Huffer, Foucault’s Strange Eros – Columbia University Press, June 2020 What is the strange eros that haunts Foucault’s writing? In this deeply original consideration of Foucault’s erotic ethics, Lynne Huffer provocatively rewrites Foucault as a Sapphic poet. She uncovers … Continue reading →

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Martin Jay, Splinters in Your Eye: Frankfurt School Provocations – Verso, July 2020, and discussion at New Books Network

Posted on July 16, 2020 by stuartelden

Martin Jay, Splinters in Your Eye: Frankfurt School Provocations – Verso, July 2020. There is a discussion at New Books Network with Ryan Tripp. Thanks to dmf for this link. Although successive generations of the Frankfurt School have attempted to adapt … Continue reading →

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Francesco Biagi, Henri Lefebvre’s Critical Theory of Space – Palgrave, October 2020

Posted on July 16, 2020 by stuartelden

Francesco Biagi, Henri Lefebvre’s Critical Theory of Space – Palgrave, October 2020 Just an expensive hardback and not-much-cheaper e-book at present, unfortunately. Originally published in Italian and translated into English for the first time, Henri Lefebvre’s Critical Theory of Space offers … Continue reading →

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Jacques Derrida, Geschlecht III: Sex, Race, Nation, Humanity – University of Chicago Press, July 2020

Posted on July 14, 2020 by stuartelden

Jacques Derrida, Geschlecht III: Sex, Race, Nation, Humanity – University of Chicago Press, July 2020. Speaking of Derrida, his text Geschlecht III, first published in French in 2018, edited by Geoffrey Bennington, Katie Chenoweth, and Rodrigo Therezo has now been translated by Katie … Continue reading →

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Jacques Derrida, Le Calcul des Langues – Seuil, June 2020 – previously unpublished manuscript, edited by Geoff Bennington and Katie Chenoweth

Posted on July 14, 2020 by stuartelden

Jacques Derrida, Le Calcul des Langues – Seuil, June 2020 News of a previously unpublished manuscript by Derrida, edited by Geoff Bennington and Katie Chenoweth. Texte énigmatique et entièrement inédit, Le Calcul des langues marque la première tentative de Jacques … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 1: Organisation, textual comparisons and a working timeline

Posted on July 13, 2020 by stuartelden

After an initial burst of enthusiasm, I’m already beginning to realise the scale of some of the tasks ahead of me with this book. The final chapter of The Early Foucault discusses the way History of Madness was initially received, … Continue reading →

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