Category Archives: Books

Stuart Elden, ‘Foucault as Translator of Binswanger and von Weizsäcker’, Theory, Culture & Society, 2020 (open access)

Posted on November 17, 2020 by stuartelden

My article ‘Foucault as Translator of Binswanger and von Weizsäcker‘, is now available online first in Theory, Culture & Society, 2020 Foucault’s Introduction to a translation of Ludwig Binswanger’s essay ‘Dream and Existence’ was published in late 1954. The translation … Continue reading →

Posted in Ludwig Binswanger, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault | 2 Comments

Stuart Elden, The Early Foucault – Polity, June 2021

Posted on November 3, 2020 by stuartelden

Stuart Elden, The Early Foucault – Polity, June 2021 Great to see the Polity page for this book is now up, and to be able to share the cover and description here. It was not until 1961 that Foucault published … Continue reading →

Posted in Alberto Toscano, Books, Edmund Husserl, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Dumézil, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Lacan, Jean Hyppolite, Louis Althusser, Ludwig Binswanger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault | 1 Comment

Books received – Montinari, Dumézil, Othmani, Lazreg, Deleuze, Watkin, BNF

Posted on October 15, 2020 by stuartelden

All bought this time, mainly for the ongoing Foucault work. Marnia Lazreg’s Foucault’s Orient is now in paperback, and finally got a copy of Christopher Watkin’s Michel Serres: Figures of Thought. Ahmed Othmani was one of Foucault’s students in Tunisia, … Continue reading →

Posted in Friedrich Nietzsche, Georges Dumézil, Michel Foucault, Michel Serres, The Archaeology of Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

The Archaeology of Foucault update 3: Early versions of some texts, the Port-Royal Grammar, Foucault’s work on literature, Bataille and Nietzsche, and a writing break in Wales

Posted on October 5, 2020 by stuartelden

A lot of the time recently has been spent revising The Early Foucault, but that is now done, and in the run-up to term I spent a bit of time on this manuscript. Ordinarily I’d have had to spend this time preparing teaching, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Michel Foucault, teaching, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

The Early Foucault Update 33: Completion of the manuscript, expanded table of contents, and moving into production

Posted on October 2, 2020 by stuartelden

In the last update on the writing of this book, back in May, I talked about how the impact of the coronavirus had made it impossible to complete the manuscript. At that time, it wasn’t clear when I would be able … Continue reading →

Posted in Jean Hyppolite, Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault | 2 Comments

Books received – Port-Royal, Gregory, Roussel, Dumézil, Said, Love

Posted on September 11, 2020 by stuartelden

Jeff Love’s biography of Alexandre Kojève, Edward Said’s Beginnings – both in recompense for review work, and some second-hand books for various things, mainly in relation to the Foucault work. Foucault introduced the Port-Royal Grammaire, and the issue of Langages … Continue reading →

Posted in Derek Gregory, Edward Said, Georges Dumézil, Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Foucault | 1 Comment

The Archaeology of Foucault update 2: The Birth of the Clinic, a trip to Paris, working on courses on Sexuality and Les mots et les choses

Posted on August 14, 2020 by stuartelden

While I continue to find focus a challenge as the world lurches from one crisis to another, I’ve been doing various bits of work for this book on Foucault’s work in the 1960s. I continued work on the comparison of … Continue reading →

Posted in Ludwig Binswanger, Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault | 4 Comments

Mitchell Dean on Foucault’s Last Decade; Peter Beilharz on Foucault: The Birth of Power in Thesis Eleven

Posted on August 10, 2020 by stuartelden

Two interesting reviews of my books in Thesis Eleven. Mitchell Dean reviews Foucault’s Last Decade and Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights; and Peter Beilharz reviews Foucault: The Birth of Power. Both reviews require subscription, unfortunately. Dean is generous in his praise, but also … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Foucault: The Birth of Power, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Books received – Dumézil, Lévi-Strauss, Mountz, Balzac

Posted on July 31, 2020 by stuartelden

Some recently published or reprinted books from University of Minnesota Press in recompense for review work, including Alison Mountz, The Death of Asylum: Hidden Geographies of the Enforcement Archipelago and a new translation of Balzac’s Lost Illusions, and some second-hand books, mainly in … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Georges Dumézil, Michel Foucault, The Archaeology of Foucault, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Five letters from père Festugière to Michel Foucault (1956-1957), edited by Pierre Vesperini, Anabases (requires subscription)

Posted on July 22, 2020 by stuartelden

Pierre Vesperini,“« Un gentil mécréant, avec qui l’on entre aussitôt dans le seul monde qui compte »: Cinq lettres du père Festugière à Michel Foucault (1956-1957)”, Anabases 31, 2020, 125-130. André-Jean Festugière was known to me as the translator of … Continue reading →

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