Category Archives: Books

Indo-European thought in twentieth-century France – the next major project

Posted on December 10, 2021 by stuartelden

Although the manuscript on Foucault in the 1960s is not complete, the end is in sight, and I hope to have most of it done by early 2022. That book will complete my four-volume intellectual history of Foucault’s entire career. … Continue reading →

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Books received – Kristeva, Lacan, Cahiers pour l’analyse, Benveniste

Posted on December 6, 2021 by stuartelden

All bought second-hand, including the issue of Cahiers pour l’analyse with the questions to Foucault and his reply.

Posted in Emile Benveniste, Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Foucault | Leave a comment

The Archaeology of Foucault update 12: archival work in Paris on drafts of The Archaeology of Knowledge and Foucault’s notebooks

Posted on November 26, 2021 by stuartelden

As the last update on this book said, I was able to make a trip to Paris over reading week. I spent most of the time at the BNF working on archival materials related to The Archaeology of Knowledge. There is a manuscript on philosophical … Continue reading →

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Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – edited by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, translated by Robert Bononno and others, University of Minnesota Press, March 2022

Posted on November 2, 2021 by stuartelden

Henri Lefebvre, On the Rural: Economy, Sociology, Geography – edited by Stuart Elden and Adam David Morton, translated by Robert Bononno and others, University of Minnesota Press, March 2022 Now listed on the University of Minnesota Press site, with description … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 11: A new term, work on Nietzsche and planning another archive trip

Posted on October 29, 2021 by stuartelden

While the start of term was as busy as ever, I have managed to keep a bit of time each week to work on this project. So far at least this term seems more manageable than the equivalent last year, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, Pierre Klossowski, René Descartes, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault | 2 Comments

Michel Foucault, Phénoménologie et Psychologie 1953-1954, edited by Philippe Sabot, Gallimard/Seuil/EHESS, November 2021

Posted on October 28, 2021 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, Phénoménologie et Psychologie 1953-1954, edited by Philippe Sabot, Gallimard/Seuil/EHESS, November 2021 The next volume of the courses and manuscripts before the Collège de France is a really interesting one. I discuss this in The Early Foucault, but it … Continue reading →

Posted in Edmund Husserl, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

My first book, Mapping the Present is 20 years old…

Posted on October 4, 2021 by stuartelden

It was twenty years ago today that my first book, Mapping the Present: Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History was published. I received an advance on 4 October 2001. The contract was signed with Athlone, who became … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden: The Early Foucault reviewed by Michael Maiden, Phenomenological Reviews

Posted on October 4, 2021 by stuartelden

The Early Foucault (Polity, 2021) is reviewed by Michael Maiden at Phenomenological Reviews Stuart Elden’s The Early Foucault is the third of a four-volume study of the origins and development of Michel Foucault’s thought. This book is the first one regarding the … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 10: cycling in Wales, work on The Order of Things, Nietzsche and a short trip to Paris

Posted on October 1, 2021 by stuartelden

In the last part of the summer I was able to make some good progress on this manuscript. In late August and early September I had two-week writing and cycling break in Wales. The weather was good until the last … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 9: further work on linguistics, Roussel and the 1970 visits to Buffalo and Japan

Posted on August 27, 2021 by stuartelden

This manuscript is slowly coming together. I’ve continued working on the linguistics and literary analysis texts in Folie, langage, littérature. For space reasons, I’ve had to keep the discussion of these down, though in many respects they reinforce or supplement points made in the … Continue reading →

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