Category Archives: Foucault: The Birth of Power

Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 14 – receiving the reader reports, and working on Farge and Foucault, Le désordre des familles

Posted on April 28, 2016 by stuartelden

I now have the two reader reports on Foucault: The Birth of Power, which are overwhelmingly positive about the manuscript. But I still have a bit of work to do revising it. I aim to complete the revisions in the … Continue reading →

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Foucault: the Birth of Power Update 13: Another (final?) trip to the Bibliothèque Nationale archive

Posted on April 11, 2016 by stuartelden

While waiting for the reader reports on Foucault: The Birth of Power I have been almost exclusively working on Shakespeare. That project is taking shape, and I’ve been developing conference and seminar papers into more polished prose, with fuller notes … Continue reading →

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No joke – Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today

Posted on April 1, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s Last Decade is officially published today. The date is mere coincidence. If you order direct from Wiley – Polity’s distributor – then the book should be sent now. Other online retailers will be getting copies shortly. Thank you to … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade Update 26: advanced copy received and some final reflections

Posted on March 21, 2016 by stuartelden

This is the 26th and probably final update on the writing and production of Foucault’s Last Decade, as I received an advanced copy of the physical book a couple of days ago. Copies should be available in online stores and elsewhere in … Continue reading →

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Foucault: the Birth of Power Update 12: Another trip to Paris and submission of the manuscript

Posted on March 9, 2016 by stuartelden

I’ve spent most of my time since the last update working on Shakespeare, but I made a trip to Paris in February to do some further work on Foucault. At Richelieu site I continued working on the manuscripts, moving to boxes … Continue reading →

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Manifesto of the Groupe d’information sur les prisons translation in Viewpoint

Posted on February 17, 2016 by stuartelden

The manifesto of the Groupe d’information sur les prisons, authored by Foucault, Pierre Vidal-Naquet and Jean-Marie Domenich, which I translated for this site a couple of years ago, has been reprinted in Viewpoint magazine. The prison group, along with Foucault’s … Continue reading →

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The GIP, the 1972 Nancy prison revolt and the Gauche révolutionnaire – a request for help

Posted on February 11, 2016 by stuartelden

I wonder if anyone can help. I am looking for a brochure entitled ‘Révolte à la prison de Charles III de Nancy’, authored by the Groupe d’Information sur les prisons. It appeared as a supplement to Gauche révolutionnaire, no 9, … Continue reading →

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Foucault: the Birth of Power Update 11: clearing the decks and beginning to move from Foucault to Shakespeare

Posted on January 19, 2016 by stuartelden

The UCL talk last week was the last one in the diary until September – a very deliberate choice to open up some time that needed quite a bit of forward-planning to achieve. I might do one or two book … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Groupe Information Santé – a bibliography

Posted on January 19, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s involvement with the Groupe d’Information sur les prisons is fairly well-known, with important collections of documentary material published in French, a forthcoming English translation of material, and a growing secondary literature in French and English. His involvement with the Groupe … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Politics of Health: Collaborative research and activism – audio recording of UCL talk

Posted on January 18, 2016 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my talk of 12 January 2016 to the Geography Department seminar, University College London is now available here. The introduction is by Tariq Jazeel. “Foucault and the Politics of Health – Collaborative research and activism” Concentrating … Continue reading →

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