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The Early Foucault update 11: Working in the Canguilhem archive at the École normale supérieure and at the Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève

Posted on September 8, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve been in Paris again for a few days, this time mainly to work at the Canguilhem archive at the Centre d’Archives de Philosophie, d’Histoire et d’Édition des Sciences (CAPHÉS) at the École normale supérieure. The collection comprises multiple boxes … Continue reading →

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London Group of Historical Geographers seminar series autumn 2017

Posted on September 7, 2017 by stuartelden

London Group of Historical Geographers seminar series autumn 2017 – details here Venue: Wolfson Room NB01, Basement, IHR, North block, Senate House unless otherwise stated Time: Tuesday 17:15 Convenors: Ruth Craggs (King’s College London), Felix Driver (Royal Holloway, London), Innes … Continue reading →

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Sur les toits – full film on prison revolts in early 1970s France now available on Youtube

Posted on September 4, 2017 by stuartelden

Nicolas Drolc’s excellent film Sur les toits is now available in full on Youtube. It’s a documentary on the prison revolts in early 1970s France, with some references to the Prisons Information Group Foucault co-founded. The film is in French, with … Continue reading →

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Judith Butler interviewed by Aaron Aquilina and Kurt Borg in CounterText

Posted on September 4, 2017 by stuartelden

Judith Butler is interviewed by Aaron Aquilina and Kurt Borg in CounterText (requires subscription). It’s a fascinating interview with a particular focus on her interests in literature, especially Kafka, and then moves to a discussion of her career trajectory and relation … Continue reading →

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Nicholas de Genova (ed.), The Borders of “Europe”: Autonomy of Migration, Tactics of Bordering

Posted on September 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Nicholas de Genova (ed.), The Borders of “Europe”: Autonomy of Migration, Tactics of Bordering now out with Duke University Press. In recent years the borders of Europe have been perceived as being besieged by a staggering refugee and migration crisis. … Continue reading →

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Foucault in Warsaw (2017)

Posted on September 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault in Warsaw, Durieux.eu blog, 31 August 2017.  Le Soir spends ample space on an article by Maya Szymanowska about a new Polish publication by sociologist Remigiusz Ryzinski, ‘Foucault W Warszawie’ (Foucault in Warsaw – no translations yet).…

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Extract from Michel Serres’s The Birth of Physics (open access), with whole book forthcoming

Posted on September 2, 2017 by stuartelden

The same issue of Parrhesia also includes an extract from Michel Serres’s The Birth of Physics. The translation is by David Webb, with an introduction by Bill Ross. The entire book is forthcoming in a new edition from Rowman and Littlefield International. … Continue reading →

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Nicole Loraux, “War in the Family”, translated by Adam Kotsko (open access)

Posted on September 2, 2017 by stuartelden

Nicole Loraux’s essay “War in the Family” has been translated by Adam Kotsko, and is open access in the new issue of Parrhesia. As Adam writes, “This previously untranslated essay is discussed at length in the first half of Agamben’s … Continue reading →

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Books received – Evangelou, Gratton, Girard, Webster, Shakespeare?

Posted on September 1, 2017 by stuartelden

Some books received in recompense for review work for Palgrave and Bloomsbury – King Edward III, Webster’s The Duchess of Malfi, Girard’s Violence and the Sacred, Peter Gratton’s Speculative Realism and Angelos Evangelou’s Philosophizing Madness from Nietzsche to Derrida. Although … Continue reading →

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New Perspectives essay by Peter Sloterdijk on ‘On Pseudonymous Politics: Regarding Implicit and Explicit Misconceptions of Democracy’ (open access)

Posted on September 1, 2017 by stuartelden

New Perspectives has just published an open access essay by Peter Sloterdijk on ‘On Pseudonymous Politics: Regarding Implicit and Explicit Misconceptions of Democracy’ Editor Benjamin Tallis writes: ‘On Pseudonymous Politics: Regarding Implicit and Explicit Misconceptions of Democracy’ is an intervention … Continue reading →

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