Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 07:58:39 +1100 From: Barry Hindess <bxh306-AT-coombs.anu.edu.au> Subject: Re: Mapping the Present Stuart, Thanks for informing us about the book. I'll look forward to reading it. best wishes, Barry At 08:50 PM 25/11/01 +0000, you wrote: >You may be interested to note that my book, Mapping the Present: Heidegger, >Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History (Continuum, 2001) is now out. >It's available in a very expensive hardback, but also a paperback edition. >Amazon.co.uk have the paperback, as do bol.com, but amazon.com doesn't seem >to yet. Here's the blurb from the back cover, and the two endorsements:- > >In a late interview, Foucault suggested that >Heidegger was for him the "essential philosopher". >Taking this claim seriously, Mapping the Present >assesses the relationship between these two >thinkers, particularly on the issue of space and >history. It suggests that space and history need to >be rethought, and combined as a spatial history, >rather than as a history of space. In other words, >space should become not merely an object of >analysis, but a tool of analysis. >The first half of the book concentrates on >Heidegger: from the early occlusion of space, >through the politically charged readings of >Nietzsche and Hlderlin, to the later work on art, >technology and the polis which accord equal status >to issues of spatiality. Foucault's work is then >rethought in the light of the analysis of Heidegger, >and the project of a spatial history established >through re-readings of his works on madness and >discipline. > > >"Offers a powerful reinterpretation of Foucault and reveals the frequently >neglected significance of the work of Heidegger to Foucault's intellectual >project. Mapping the Present provides analytically rigorous yet accessible >reinterpretations of relevant works of both Foucault and Heidegger and >demonstrates the crucial importance of spatial relations in the exercise of >modern forms of power." >--Barry Smart > >"A marvellous book - critical and generous, clear and sophisticated, wise >and witty. For those interested in the project of a spatial history, Elden >has opened up wholly new ways of thinking about (and working with) Heidegger >and Foucault that are alert to the philosophical and theoretical >complexities of their writings and to the political and ethical >responsibilities of a history of the present." >--Derek Gregory > > >Best wishes > >Stuart > >Dr Stuart Elden >Lecturer in Politics >Department of Politics and International Studies >University of Warwick >Coventry >CV4 7AL, UK > >+44 (0)2476 523303 > >http://www.warwick.ac.uk/PAIS/staff/elden.htm
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