Category Archives: People

Mitchell Dean on Foucault’s Last Decade; Peter Beilharz on Foucault: The Birth of Power in Thesis Eleven

Posted on August 10, 2020 by stuartelden

Two interesting reviews of my books in Thesis Eleven. Mitchell Dean reviews Foucault’s Last Decade and Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights; and Peter Beilharz reviews Foucault: The Birth of Power. Both reviews require subscription, unfortunately. Dean is generous in his praise, but also … Continue reading →

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Video and audio recordings of Hannah Arendt

Posted on August 10, 2020 by stuartelden

Samantha Rose Hill (@Samantharhill) shared these on Twitter – a really useful resource. UpdateL there is some useful discussion at Aphelis Recordings of Hannah Arendt: with Joachim Fest https://t.co/3sOLQtVzPC On Heidegger https://t.co/3myge0R7ZP On Brecht https://t.co/r7iHPVO0Pa On Power & Violence https://t.co/b3MPsHPUQk … Continue reading →

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Bernard Stiegler (1952-2020)

Posted on August 7, 2020 by stuartelden

Sorry to hear the news of the death of Bernard Stiegler. There is a brief note in Libération. I only met him once, at the Association for Philosophy and Literature/Theory, Culture & Society conference in Klagenfurt, Austria last year. His … Continue reading →

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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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