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Foucault and the Making of Subjects – book launch at Goldsmiths,28 Nov 2016, 6pm

Posted on November 10, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault and the Making of Subjects – book launch at Goldsmiths,28 Nov 2016, 6pm Michel Foucault’s account of the subject has a double meaning: it relates to both being a “subject of” and being “subject to” political forces. This book … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre, Politics – audio recording of Cambridge talk

Posted on November 10, 2016 by stuartelden

On 7 November 2016 I gave a talk to the Political Thought and Intellectual History seminar, University of Cambridge, entitled “Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre, Politics”. An audio recording is available here.

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Towards a Geography of Injustice

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
Just in time for anyone still wondering what they should pack to read by the beach this summer, here is a short paper by me entitled  Towards a Geography of Injustice, available open access at the Finnish…

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Carl Schmitt, Land and Sea – a new translation

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

In 2015 Telos Press published a new translation of Carl Schmitt, Land and Sea: A World-Historical Meditation. While in Cambridge earlier this week I was kindly given a copy by the translator, Samuel Garrett Zeitlin. Originally published in 1942, at … Continue reading →

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‘European Union and Disunion – videos from the British Academy seminar

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

Leading academics came together at the Academy on 4 November for a one day seminar examining some of the most crucial questions facing the UK in the wake of the EU referendum. ‘European Union and Disunion: What Has Held Europeans … Continue reading →

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The morning after the day before – contemporary politics and research directions

Posted on November 9, 2016 by stuartelden

There are many things on which to reflect from yesterday’s events in the USA. One side of my extended family is in Ohio, Michigan and Alabama, so this is personally as well as generally political. But I was supposed to … Continue reading →

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Abstract Expressionism at the Royal Academy of Arts

Posted on November 7, 2016 by stuartelden

The Royal Academy of Arts in London has a major exhibition of Abstract Expressionism. I went on Friday after an interesting, but deeply depressing, day at the British Academy at a workshop on European Union and Disunion. Here’s the Royal … Continue reading →

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Books and journals received – Symposium, Radical Philosophy, Esposito and an early piece by Foucault

Posted on November 7, 2016 by stuartelden

A few books and journals received. The final issue of Radical Philosophy in its present form; Roberto Esposito’s Two; an issue of Symposium and a book which contains an early piece by Foucault. The Symposium issue has the discussion between me, Peter Gratton, Eduardo … Continue reading →

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‘Step onto the map: the British Library’s exhibition is open’

Posted on November 7, 2016 by stuartelden

I mentioned the new British Library maps exhibition on Friday, and lead curator Tom Harper now has a post on the BL maps blog discussing it. Welcome to Maps & the 20th century: Drawing the Line, the biggest map exhibition of the … Continue reading →

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12 Critical Theory books that came out in October 2016

Posted on November 7, 2016 by stuartelden

12 Critical Theory books that came out in October 2016 – another useful roundup. Includes Rowbotham, Rancière, Perreau, Lacan, Cavarero etc.

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