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Encounters in Law and Philosophy – call for book proposals

Posted on January 16, 2017 by stuartelden

Encounters in Law and Philosophy – call for book proposals Series Editors: Thanos Zartaloudis, University of Kent Anton Schütz, Birkbeck, University of London General Advisor: Giorgio Agamben This series simultaneously investigates the laws of philosophy and the philosophies of law: their formations, … Continue reading →

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Nicolas Drolc’s new film on Serge Livrozet (trailer)

Posted on January 16, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Nicolas Drolc’s film Sur les toits before. It’s a documentary on the prison revolts in the early 1970s France, with some references to the Prisons Information Group Foucault co-founded. There is an open access symposium on the film, following … Continue reading →

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Dominique Janicaud, Heidegger in France reviewed by Dennis Schmidt

Posted on January 16, 2017 by stuartelden

Dominique Janicaud, Heidegger in France is reviewed by Dennis Schmidt at NDPR. Dominique Janicaud claimed that every French intellectual movement—from existentialism to psychoanalysis—was influenced by Martin Heidegger. This translation of Janicaud’s landmark work, Heidegger en France, details Heidegger’s reception in philosophy … Continue reading →

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Mark Fisher (1968-2017)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by stuartelden

I’m sorry to hear of the death of Mark Fisher, author of Capitalist Realism and publisher, also a blogger at K-punk. I never met him, but knew and appreciated his work. He also wrote powerfully about mental health, and his own … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power (2017)

Posted on January 13, 2017 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Stuart Elden, Foucault: The Birth of Power, Polity, 2017 Michel Foucault’s The Archaeology of Knowledge was published in March 1969; Discipline and Punish in February 1975. Although only six years apart, the difference in tone…

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Etienne Balibar – From Althusserian Marxism to the Philosophies of Marx? Twenty Years After

Posted on January 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Etienne Balibar “From Althusserian Marxism to the Philosophies of Marx?” – a reflection on his The Philosophy of Marx, twenty (three) years after. The book has been reissued by Verso, with some new material, and is currently on sale.

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Books received – Spitzer, Foucault, RIPE, TCS, Binswanger

Posted on January 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault translated an essay in this Spitzer collection (see my query over dating here); the first edition of Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique; Binswanger’s analysis of Suzanne Urban; and the new issues of RIPE and TCS. … Continue reading →

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Two questions about Georges Canguilhem – both answered in the negative

Posted on January 11, 2017 by stuartelden

Earlier this week I posted two questions about Georges Canguilhem – biography and archives Two questions about Georges Canguilhem – does a biography exist in English or French? And are all his papers archived at CAPHÉS at the ENS? That looks quite extensive, but what … Continue reading →

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Zygmunt Bauman has died, aged 91

Posted on January 9, 2017 by stuartelden

Zygmunt Bauman has died, aged 91 – obituary in New York Times.

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Two questions about Georges Canguilhem – biography and archives

Posted on January 9, 2017 by stuartelden

Two questions about Georges Canguilhem – does a biography exist in English or French? And are all his papers archived at CAPHÉS at the ENS? That looks quite extensive, but what I am looking for isn’t listed, so I wondered if there might, possibly, … Continue reading →

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