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The Southern Journal of Philosophy – Spindel supplement on Critical Theories of the Present (open access)

Posted on August 30, 2017 by stuartelden

The proceedings of last year’s Spindel Conference at the University of Memphis on the topic “Critical Histories of the Present” have now been published in The Southern Journal of Philosophy. Edited by Verena Erlenbusch, it has contributions from Bilge Akbalik, … Continue reading →

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How to really ensure ‘no posthumous publications’ – Pratchett vs Foucault

Posted on August 30, 2017 by stuartelden

I have never read a Terry Pratchett novel, but he has ensured that no-one will read the ones he left incomplete at his death. The hard-drive of his computer was, according to his wishes, crushed by a steamroller. Story in … Continue reading →

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The 2017 Antipode RGS-IBG Lecture – “Retelling Stories, Disrupting ‘the Social’, Relearning the World” by Richa Nagar

Posted on August 29, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The 2017 Antipode RGS-IBG Lecture Retelling Stories, Disrupting “the Social”, Relearning the World Richa Nagar (University of Minnesota) The 2017 Antipode RGS-IBG Lecture will take place on Wednesday 30th August between 16:50 and 18:30 in the…

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Foucault, History of Sexuality Vol IV, Les Aveux de la Chair scheduled for January 2018

Posted on August 29, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned before that the fourth volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality, Les aveux de la chair, was finally going to be published. It is now appearing in online bookstores with a January 2018 date – see, for example, Les … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 10: translations of Binswanger, von Weizsäcker and by ‘G-J Verdeaux’

Posted on August 25, 2017 by stuartelden

After a too-short holiday, I’ve been back working on the Foucault book. Although I’d drafted some of this material before, my focus has been on the translations of Binswanger and von Weizsäcker. With Binswanger’s ‘Dream and Existence’, Foucault was not … Continue reading →

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Jo van Every on ‘using all three types of writing time’, and some thoughts

Posted on August 25, 2017 by stuartelden

The always interesting and useful Jo van Every has a post on using all three types of writing time. These range from ‘full days’, to ‘longish periods’, to ‘short snatches of time’. I think this is helpful – too many people … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s inaugural lecture at the Collège de France – audio re-recording

Posted on August 24, 2017 by stuartelden

Leçon inaugurale de Michel Foucault – L’ordre du discours Quelle est cette volonté de vérité dans nos discours, qui a traversé tant de siècles de notre histoire ? demande Michel Foucault dans sa leçon inaugurale. Qu’est ce qui est en … Continue reading →

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5 Critical Theory books that came out in July 2017

Posted on August 21, 2017 by stuartelden

A useful roundup of some recently-published books

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Books received – Eribon, von Weizsäcker, Althusser, Žižek, Wyrsch, Foucault, Funnell & Dodds, Bier

Posted on August 21, 2017 by stuartelden

Some recently received books – Eribon, von Weizsäcker, Wyrsch, Bochner & Halpern, and The Cambridge Companion for the research on the early Foucault, plus Althusser, Žižek and Lisa Funnell & Klaus Dodds’s Geographies, Genders and Geopolitics of James Bond in recompense for … Continue reading →

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Gary Shapiro, Nietzsche’s Earth: Great Events, Great Politics reviewed at NDPR

Posted on August 21, 2017 by stuartelden

Gary Shapiro, Nietzsche’s Earth: Great Events, Great Politics is reviewed at NDPR by Gabriel Zamosc. This book offers a valuable and provocative contribution to the growing literature on Nietzsche’s political philosophy. It invites us to understand Nietzsche’s politics as consisting … Continue reading →

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