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13 Critical Theory books that came out in November

Posted on December 5, 2016 by stuartelden

13 Critical Theory books that came out in November – as ever, a very useful roundup.

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(Almost…) In the Ruins of the Cold War Bunker – materiality, affect and meaning making

Posted on December 5, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on lukebennett13:
Nearly there – the manuscript will be with the publisher by the end of this week. Here’s a sneak peek at the 14 essays that make up my bunker book (due for publication by Rowman &…

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Jacques Lacan’s earliest seminars from 1952-53 – a question

Posted on December 5, 2016 by stuartelden

Jacques Lacan began his weekly seminars in 1951, and these moved to the Sainte-Anne hospital in 1952. There are reports that from the first Sainte-Anne series these were typed by a shorthand typist. These shorthand typescripts were the basis for … Continue reading →

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From Our Fellows podcast 02, December 2016 – including a piece by me on Shakespeare and Territory

Posted on December 2, 2016 by stuartelden

The British Academy has begun a series of short podcasts where fellows talk about aspects of their work. I’m featured in the second of these, just released. The task was to speak about our work, but to keep to six minutes. … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault – beginning work on a possible book

Posted on December 2, 2016 by stuartelden

When I was in Australia early last year I bumped into Mark Kelly on the University of Melbourne campus. We had a conversation about the work each of us was doing on Foucault, and I said that after I’d finished … Continue reading →

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David Harvey Marx & Capital Lecture 4: The Space and Time of Value

Posted on November 30, 2016 by stuartelden

David Harvey Marx & Capital Lecture 4: The Space and Time of Value

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The University and its Worlds – video discussion with Achille Mbembe, Judith Butler, Wendy Brown and David Theo Goldberg

Posted on November 30, 2016 by stuartelden

The Flagship on Critical Thought in African Humanities hosted a panel discussion on The University and its Worlds with Achille Mbembe, Judith Butler, Wendy Brown and David Theo Goldberg on 26 May 2016 at the University of the Western Cape.

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10 Talking Points from Jason W. Moore’s Capitalism in the Web of Life

Posted on November 30, 2016 by stuartelden

The Past & Present reading group at the University of Sydney has just completed reading Jason W. Moore’s major new book Capitalism in the Web of Life: Ecology and the Accumulation of Capital (Verso, 2015). The book provided very fertile … Continue reading →

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The Vertigo of Power: A Review of Stephen Graham’s “Vertical: The City from Satellites to Bunkers”

Posted on November 30, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
In his 1991 tome on postmodernism, Frederic Jameson famously suggested that under “late capitalism” – that is, the kind of globalized, flexible capitalism that tore past the limit points imposed by earlier stages of development…

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Interview with Tank magazine on Foucault’s Last Decade

Posted on November 23, 2016 by stuartelden

I’m interviewed by Thomas Roueché in the new issue of Tank magazine about Foucault’s Last Decade. The interview was conducted by phone, and then transcribed.

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