Category Archives: Foucault: The Birth of Power

Michel Foucault, Penal Theories and Institutions – Palgrave, November 2018

Posted on September 11, 2018 by

Michel Foucault, Penal Theories and Institutions: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1971-1972 – Palgrave, November 2018 “What characterizes the act of justice is not resort to a court and to judges; it is not the intervention of magistrates (even if they … Continue reading →

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Mattias Leanza review of Foucault’s Last Decade in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (requires subscription)

Posted on August 27, 2018 by

Mattias Leanza reviews Foucault’s Last Decade (Polity, 2016) in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (requires subscription). It’s a generous and positive review which ‘highly recommends’ the book. All the reviews of this book, and of Foucault: The Birth of Power (Polity … Continue reading →

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Recent reviews of my Foucault books – Mike Gane, JM Moore and Nancy Luxon

Posted on May 22, 2018 by

Foucault: The Birth of Power is reviewed by Nancy Luxon in Perspectives in Politics, and by JM Moore in Justice, Power and Resistance. That book, and Foucault’s Last Decade are also discussed in a review essay by Mike Gane in … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power reviewed by Audrey Borowski in Politics, Religion & Ideology

Posted on March 11, 2018 by

My 2017 book Foucault: The Birth of Power is generously reviewed by Audrey Borowski in Politics, Religion & Ideology (requires subscription). Links to other reviews and discussions of this book, and its companion Foucault’s Last Decade are archived here.  

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Foucault’s visit to Attica prison in 1972

Posted on January 28, 2018 by

In April 1972, during a visit to SUNY Buffalo, Foucault visited Attica prison. This was only one year after the uprising and its brutal suppression. John K. Simon, chair of the Buffalo French department, interviewed him about what he saw. … Continue reading →

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A year in review – publications, writing, talks, etc.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

This is my last day of work in 2017. Tomorrow we head to Tenerife for ten days holiday, hoping for sunshine and lots of cycling. The last major work task I completed today was the copyediting queries for Shakespearean Territories. … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden’s Foucault books reviewed and discussed (PAIS News)

Posted on November 13, 2017 by

Stuart Elden’s Foucault books reviewed and discussed Stuart Elden’s two books Foucault’s Last Decade (Polity 2016) and Foucault: The Birth of Power (Polity 2017) have recently been reviewed and discussed in a number of places. A review of both books can be found in The … Continue reading →

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Interview on Foucault: The Birth of Power at New Books in Critical Theory

Posted on November 7, 2017 by

How did Foucault become a public, political intellectual? In Foucault: The Birth of Power (Polity Press, 2017), Stuart Elden, Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick, follows up his book on Foucault’s Last Decade with research … Continue reading →

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Interviews about my Foucault books on New Books in Critical Theory (audio)

Posted on November 3, 2017 by

I’ve just been interviewed by Dave O’Brien for the New Books in Critical Theory series about Foucault: The Birth of Power. The podcast of that interview should be available shortly and I’ll share when available [update: now available here]. In the … Continue reading →

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Bruce Robbins in The Nation reviews Foucault’s Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power

Posted on November 2, 2017 by

Bruce Robbins in The Nation reviews my two books Foucault’s Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power. It’s a generous and thoughtful review, and while I wouldn’t agree with all of it, I’m very grateful for the review and the … Continue reading →

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