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<P>Stuart</P>
<P>As you know I am already reading your book with a lot of interest. Although I am bit late and slow than expacted. One addidtional reason being muslim month of fasting which utterly 'disturb' normal schedule. I hope to finish it soon though. </P>
<P>regards</P>
<P>ali<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows----
<DIV></DIV>From: Stuart Elden <STUART.ELDEN@xxxxxxxxxxx>
<DIV></DIV>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<DIV></DIV>To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Heidegger List <HEIDEGGER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Mapping the Present
<DIV></DIV>Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:50:42 -0000
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>You may be interested to note that my book, Mapping the Present: Heidegger,
<DIV></DIV>Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History (Continuum, 2001) is now out.
<DIV></DIV>It's available in a very expensive hardback, but also a paperback edition.
<DIV></DIV>Amazon.co.uk have the paperback, as do bol.com, but amazon.com doesn't seem
<DIV></DIV>to yet. Here's the blurb from the back cover, and the two endorsements:-
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>In a late interview, Foucault suggested that
<DIV></DIV>Heidegger was for him the "essential philosopher".
<DIV></DIV>Taking this claim seriously, Mapping the Present
<DIV></DIV>assesses the relationship between these two
<DIV></DIV>thinkers, particularly on the issue of space and
<DIV></DIV>history. It suggests that space and history need to
<DIV></DIV>be rethought, and combined as a spatial history,
<DIV></DIV>rather than as a history of space. In other words,
<DIV></DIV>space should become not merely an object of
<DIV></DIV>analysis, but a tool of analysis.
<DIV></DIV>The first half of the book concentrates on
<DIV></DIV>Heidegger: from the early occlusion of space,
<DIV></DIV>through the politically charged readings of
<DIV></DIV>Nietzsche and Hlderlin, to the later work on art,
<DIV></DIV>technology and the polis which accord equal status
<DIV></DIV>to issues of spatiality. Foucault's work is then
<DIV></DIV>rethought in the light of the analysis of Heidegger,
<DIV></DIV>and the project of a spatial history established
<DIV></DIV>through re-readings of his works on madness and
<DIV></DIV>discipline.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>"Offers a powerful reinterpretation of Foucault and reveals the frequently
<DIV></DIV>neglected significance of the work of Heidegger to Foucault's intellectual
<DIV></DIV>project. Mapping the Present provides analytically rigorous yet accessible
<DIV></DIV>reinterpretations of relevant works of both Foucault and Heidegger and
<DIV></DIV>demonstrates the crucial importance of spatial relations in the exercise of
<DIV></DIV>modern forms of power."
<DIV></DIV>--Barry Smart
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>"A marvellous book - critical and generous, clear and sophisticated, wise
<DIV></DIV>and witty. For those interested in the project of a spatial history, Elden
<DIV></DIV>has opened up wholly new ways of thinking about (and working with) Heidegger
<DIV></DIV>and Foucault that are alert to the philosophical and theoretical
<DIV></DIV>complexities of their writings and to the political and ethical
<DIV></DIV>responsibilities of a history of the present."
<DIV></DIV>--Derek Gregory
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Best wishes
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Stuart
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Dr Stuart Elden
<DIV></DIV>Lecturer in Politics
<DIV></DIV>Department of Politics and International Studies
<DIV></DIV>University of Warwick
<DIV></DIV>Coventry
<DIV></DIV>CV4 7AL, UK
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>+44 (0)2476 523303
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>http://www.warwick.ac.uk/PAIS/staff/elden.htm
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<P>Stuart</P>
<P>As you know I am already reading your book with a lot of interest. Although I am bit late and slow than expacted. One addidtional reason being muslim month of fasting which utterly 'disturb' normal schedule. I hope to finish it soon though. </P>
<P>regards</P>
<P>ali<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>----Original Message Follows----
<DIV></DIV>From: Stuart Elden <STUART.ELDEN@xxxxxxxxxxx>
<DIV></DIV>Reply-To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<DIV></DIV>To: foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Heidegger List <HEIDEGGER@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
<DIV></DIV>Subject: Mapping the Present
<DIV></DIV>Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 20:50:42 -0000
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>You may be interested to note that my book, Mapping the Present: Heidegger,
<DIV></DIV>Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History (Continuum, 2001) is now out.
<DIV></DIV>It's available in a very expensive hardback, but also a paperback edition.
<DIV></DIV>Amazon.co.uk have the paperback, as do bol.com, but amazon.com doesn't seem
<DIV></DIV>to yet. Here's the blurb from the back cover, and the two endorsements:-
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>In a late interview, Foucault suggested that
<DIV></DIV>Heidegger was for him the "essential philosopher".
<DIV></DIV>Taking this claim seriously, Mapping the Present
<DIV></DIV>assesses the relationship between these two
<DIV></DIV>thinkers, particularly on the issue of space and
<DIV></DIV>history. It suggests that space and history need to
<DIV></DIV>be rethought, and combined as a spatial history,
<DIV></DIV>rather than as a history of space. In other words,
<DIV></DIV>space should become not merely an object of
<DIV></DIV>analysis, but a tool of analysis.
<DIV></DIV>The first half of the book concentrates on
<DIV></DIV>Heidegger: from the early occlusion of space,
<DIV></DIV>through the politically charged readings of
<DIV></DIV>Nietzsche and Hlderlin, to the later work on art,
<DIV></DIV>technology and the polis which accord equal status
<DIV></DIV>to issues of spatiality. Foucault's work is then
<DIV></DIV>rethought in the light of the analysis of Heidegger,
<DIV></DIV>and the project of a spatial history established
<DIV></DIV>through re-readings of his works on madness and
<DIV></DIV>discipline.
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>"Offers a powerful reinterpretation of Foucault and reveals the frequently
<DIV></DIV>neglected significance of the work of Heidegger to Foucault's intellectual
<DIV></DIV>project. Mapping the Present provides analytically rigorous yet accessible
<DIV></DIV>reinterpretations of relevant works of both Foucault and Heidegger and
<DIV></DIV>demonstrates the crucial importance of spatial relations in the exercise of
<DIV></DIV>modern forms of power."
<DIV></DIV>--Barry Smart
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>"A marvellous book - critical and generous, clear and sophisticated, wise
<DIV></DIV>and witty. For those interested in the project of a spatial history, Elden
<DIV></DIV>has opened up wholly new ways of thinking about (and working with) Heidegger
<DIV></DIV>and Foucault that are alert to the philosophical and theoretical
<DIV></DIV>complexities of their writings and to the political and ethical
<DIV></DIV>responsibilities of a history of the present."
<DIV></DIV>--Derek Gregory
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Best wishes
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Stuart
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Dr Stuart Elden
<DIV></DIV>Lecturer in Politics
<DIV></DIV>Department of Politics and International Studies
<DIV></DIV>University of Warwick
<DIV></DIV>Coventry
<DIV></DIV>CV4 7AL, UK
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>+44 (0)2476 523303
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>http://www.warwick.ac.uk/PAIS/staff/elden.htm
<DIV></DIV>
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