Category Archives: Foucault: The Birth of Power

Michel Foucault, On the Punitive Society – forthcoming in translation from Palgrave

Posted on June 18, 2015 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, On the Punitive Society, translated by Graham Burchell, forthcoming from Palgrave – date unclear: Palgrave say June; Amazon August. Thanks to Chatham Vemuri for the link to the updated Palgrave page. These thirteen lectures on the ‘punitive society,’ delivered … Continue reading →

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Review essay of Michel Foucault, Théories et institutions pénales: Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972 at Berfrois

Posted on June 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. My review essay of Michel Foucault, Théories et institutions pénales: Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972, edited by … Continue reading →

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Books received 2 – various things for the Foucault projects

Posted on June 1, 2015 by stuartelden

Books received – various things for the Foucault projects, including the new lecture course, background on May 68 and the abortion rights struggle in France, one of Foucault’s major sources on the revolt of the Nu-pieds, and a book about his … Continue reading →

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“Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre and Politics”, abstract for workshop at Theatre, Performance, Foucault!, King’s College London, 4 July 2015

Posted on May 22, 2015 by stuartelden

I previously shared the call for papers for the Theatre, Performance, Foucault! workshop at King’s College London on 4 July 2015. I’ll be presenting on the topic of “Foucault and Shakespeare: Ceremony, Theatre and Politics”. This is the intersection of my two … Continue reading →

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Foucault books: update 23 – working with the Semiotext(e) archive

Posted on May 19, 2015 by stuartelden

I have now finished working through all the papers in Sylvère Lotringer’s Semiotext(e) archive in the Fales Library at New York University which have a relation to this project. In among a lot of things that were of little interest, … Continue reading →

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Hot off the press – Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales is published

Posted on May 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Hot off the press – Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales is published. This is the last Collège de France course to appear, though it is the second in sequence, from 1971-72. Bernard E. Harcourt edited the text, it comes with … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 22: work with the Semiotext(e) archive and manuscript submitted for review

Posted on May 12, 2015 by stuartelden

The manuscript of Foucault’s Last Decade, as I’ve said, was almost complete. It is now with the press for review. In the last couple of weeks, while in New York, I’ve chased down a few final references; read the very … Continue reading →

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Day three in the Foucault archive at UC Berkeley

Posted on May 7, 2015 by stuartelden

A final day in the Bancroft library at UC Berkeley (see my notes on day one and day two). Today I listened to some recordings they had of lectures in São Paulo. The library catalogue provides no information at all, and Beaulieu’s list just … Continue reading →

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Jamin Raskin, “A last interview with French philosopher Michel Foucault”, City Paper – now found and available online

Posted on May 5, 2015 by stuartelden

I’d almost given up on this, but I now have a copy of one of the really elusive texts I’ve been hunting for – Jamin Raskin, “A last interview with French philosopher Michel Foucault”, City Paper, Vol 8 No 3, Jul 27-Aug 2 … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales – forthcoming in May 2015

Posted on April 27, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1971-72 course at the Collège de France, Théories et institutions pénales, is forthcoming in May 2015. This is the last of the courses to be published, though I understand some courses from elsewhere may appear in the future. The … Continue reading →

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