Category Archives: Foucault’s Last Decade

Foucault, the Archive and the Writing of Intellectual History – audio of lecture

Posted on July 26, 2016 by stuartelden

At the end of June I gave the plenary lecture to my Warwick department’s annual conference. It was entitled ‘Foucault, the Archive and the Writing of Intellectual History’, and discussed the writing of the two books Foucault’s Last Decade and … Continue reading →

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11 Critical Theory books that came out in May 2016

Posted on May 31, 2016 by stuartelden

Another roundup of recently published books at Critical Theory – including my own Foucault’s Last Decade, but also recent books by Rancière, Bidet, Weeks, Sloterdijk, Badiou….

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 15 – revision and resubmission of the manuscript, and table of contents

Posted on May 16, 2016 by stuartelden

While I had made some changes to the manuscript after submission, and again after receiving the reports, on Sunday evening I finished four long days of thoroughly revising the text and resubmitted it to the publisher. Just as I was beginning … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – essay on the content and process at Berfrois

Posted on May 13, 2016 by stuartelden

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. At the Berfrois website I have a short essay discussing Foucault’s Last Decade, both in terms of its … Continue reading →

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Danger, Crime and Rights: A 1983 Conversation between Michel Foucault and Jonathan Simon – published in Theory, Culture & Society

Posted on May 11, 2016 by stuartelden

“Danger, Crime and Rights: A Conversation between Michel Foucault and Jonathan Simon” has just been published by Theory, Culture and Society (Online First). The discussion from 1983 was previously only available as a recording in the Bancroft library at UC Berkeley. Katie Dingley … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – now available worldwide

Posted on May 9, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s Last Decade is now available worldwide – I’ve been getting a few messages to say that copies in North America are now being received. You can order direct from Polity’s distributor Wiley and, of course, other online retailers. Thank you to … Continue reading →

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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, Subjectivity and Truth course due in English in October 2016

Posted on April 20, 2016 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 course, Subjectivity and Truth, is due for publication in English in October/November 2016. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for alerting me to this. At the moment details are few, but the price is high at £82 or $119. I hope … 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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