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The Archaeology of Foucault update 8: a nearly complete draft of the chapter on art, and progress with literature and linguistics

Posted on July 30, 2021 by stuartelden

One excellent piece of advice I picked up sometime in June [here] was that while it might make sense to think of the autumn term as the beginning of the academic year, for research it makes sense to think of … Continue reading →

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Panagiotis Sotiris, A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser – Haymarket, July 2021

Posted on July 30, 2021 by stuartelden

Panagiotis Sotiris, A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser – Haymarket, July 2021 In A Philosophy for Communism: Rethinking Althusser, Panagiotis Sotiris undertakes a reading of the work of the French philosopher centered upon his deeply political conception of philosophy. Althusser’s endeavour is … Continue reading →

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Books received – Klossowski, Borges, Rancière, Lukács

Posted on July 28, 2021 by stuartelden

A few books picked up second-hand, and three by Lukács from Verso.

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Antonio Gramsci, Subaltern Social Groups: A Critical Edition of Prison Notebook 25 – Columbia University Press, August 2021

Posted on July 28, 2021 by stuartelden

Antonio Gramsci, Subaltern Social Groups: A Critical Edition of Prison Notebook 25 – edited and translated by Joseph A. Buttigieg and Marcus E. Green, Columbia University Press, 2021 Antonio Gramsci is widely celebrated as the most original political thinker in … Continue reading →

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A minor note on the two versions of Foucault’s ‘This is Not a Pipe’, and the problems of the translation in Essential Works

Posted on July 8, 2021 by stuartelden

Foucault’s text on René Magritte, “Ceci n’est pas une pipe”, was published first in French in 1968 (reprinted in Dits et écrits as text 53), and then in a revised and expanded form as a book in 1973. The 1973 book was … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden, ‘Terrain, Politics, History’ – Dialogues in Human Geography article with responses from Gastón Gordillo, Kimberley Peters, Bruno Latour, Rachael Squire and Deborah P. Dixon, and a reply (most open access)

Posted on July 6, 2021 by stuartelden

My 2019 Dialogues in Human Geography lecture, ‘Terrain, Politics, History‘ has been published in the journal (open access). The responses are by: Gastón Gordillo, The power of terrain: The affective materiality of planet Earth in the age of revolution (open … Continue reading →

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Alain Brossat et Daniele Lorenzini (dir.), Foucault et… Les liaisons dangereuses de Michel Foucault – Vrin, August 2021

Posted on July 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Alain Brossat et Daniele Lorenzini (dir.), Foucault et… Les liaisons dangereuses de Michel Foucault – Vrin, August 2021 Michel Foucault est un philosophe qui, loin de plancher sur d’autres philosophes, avance avec et contre eux – et contre pas moins … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 7: more UK library work on Foucault and Dumézil; Foucault work on literature and art

Posted on July 1, 2021 by stuartelden

Now that marking is complete, and the end of term is here, it’s been great to regain time and focus for this work. Some of the nice comments I had about The Early Foucault helped to encourage this. I’m not tired of this book, … Continue reading →

Posted in Georges Dumézil, Pierre Klossowski, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault | 2 Comments

Lauren Berlant (1957-2021) – tributes from University of Chicago, Duke University Press and Critical Inquiry (with open access papers)

Posted on June 30, 2021 by stuartelden

The news of the sad death of Lauren Berlant has been all over social media, with many heartfelt tributes to the impact of their work. I won’t try to link to all of them, but these three are useful. University … Continue reading →

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Books received – Farge, Todorov, Badir, Ornicar? Benjamin, Olssen, Jones, Rennie, Forest, Ortigues

Posted on June 29, 2021 by stuartelden

Some older books bought second-hand, along with the recent books Arlette Farge, Instants de Vie, Sémir Badir. Magritte et les philosophes, Foucault – Duby – Dumézil – Changeux – Thom, Cinq grands entretiens au Champ Freudien, the new critical edition of … Continue reading →

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