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Bruno Latour (1947-2022) [updated]

Posted on October 9, 2022 by stuartelden

Sorry to hear this news – Libération, L’Obs, Le Monde Update: I’ll add other links here – Radio France, France Bleu The Guardian obituary (and 2020 interview) Adrian Ivakhiv at Immanence; Graham Harman at Object-Orientated Philosophy Graham Harman, Bruno Latour: … Continue reading →

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Indo-European thought project update 6: beginning the Leverhulme fellowship, my self-imposed guidelines for writing and time-discipline, and some summer cycling and writing

Posted on October 7, 2022 by stuartelden

I’m in the incredibly privileged position of beginning a Leverhulme major research fellowship this week, to work on the Indo-European thought in Twentieth-Century France project. As a note to myself, I’m going to try to work with the guidelines I set myself seven years … Continue reading →

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Mark Neocleous, A Critical Theory of Police Power – new edition, Verso, January 2021 [and New Books discussion]

Posted on October 6, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Mark Neocleous, A Critical Theory of Police Power – new edition, Verso, January 2021 [update – discussion of the new edition at the New Books podcast] https://progressivegeographies.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/9781788735209-d7dbfa54f50de69ba3c29b8ba492010a.jpg Putting police power into the centre of the…

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Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty, trans. Derek Coltman, ed. Stuart Elden – HAU books, June 2023

Posted on October 3, 2022 by stuartelden

Georges Dumézil, Mitra-Varuna: An Essay on Two Indo-European Representations of Sovereignty, trans. Derek Coltman, ed. Stuart Elden – HAU books, June 2023. Pre-order details at the University of Chicago Press site, who distribute HAU books. A classic text that develops one … Continue reading →

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Pierre Nora : “Figure de la vie intellectuelle française, historien et éditeur”, Paris, 27 September 2022

Posted on September 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Pierre Nora : “Figure de la vie intellectuelle française, historien et éditeur”, mk2 Bibliothèque, Paris, 27 September 2022 Free, but registration required. Après Jeunesse (Gallimard) paru en 2021, l’historien Pierre Nora présente le second volet de ses Mémoires : Une étrange obstination (Gallimard). En … Continue reading →

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The Political Economy of Land: Rent, Financialization and Resistance, edited By Mika Hyötyläinen, Robert Beauregard – Routledge, November 2022

Posted on September 23, 2022 by stuartelden

The Political Economy of Land: Rent, Financialization and Resistance, edited By Mika Hyötyläinen, Robert Beauregard – Routledge, November 2022 Looks interesting, but that price is terrible, especially given the topic…

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Workshop on Foucault’s Historical Method – Brisbane, Australia (2022)

Posted on September 23, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
A Workshop on Foucault’s Historical Method Tuesday 27 September 2022 To be held from 1.00 to 5.00 p.m. in the Level 6 Seminar Room, Forgan-Smith Tower, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Institute for Advanced Studies…

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Pierre Hadot, Don’t Forget to Live: Goethe and the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises – University of Chicago Press, March 2023

Posted on September 21, 2022 by stuartelden

Pierre Hadot, Don’t Forget to Live: Goethe and the Tradition of Spiritual Exercises – University of Chicago Press, March 2023, translated by Michael Chase, with a Foreword by Arnold I. Davidson and Daniele Lorenzini In his final book, renowned philosopher Pierre Hadot explores Goethe’s … Continue reading →

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Harvey J. Kaye, The British Marxist Historians – Zer0, September 2022

Posted on September 21, 2022 by stuartelden

Harvey J. Kaye, The British Marxist Historians – John Hunt/Zer0 – reissue, September 2022

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Special Issue: Genealogy, The Monist (2022)

Posted on September 18, 2022 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Genealogy. Advisory Editor: Daniele Lorenzini The Monist, Volume 105, Issue 4, October 2022 CONTENTS Articles Genealogy, Evaluation, and Engineering Matthieu Queloz Genealogy as Meditation and Adaptation with the Han Feizi Lee Wilson Dripping with Blood…

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