Category Archives: Books

Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair – just picked up a copy

Posted on February 7, 2018 by stuartelden

It’s officially published tomorrow, but I’ve just picked up a copy of the fourth volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality – Les Aveux de la chair [Confessions, or Avowals, of the Flesh]. Some of the book is available to view here (essentially just … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s visit to Attica prison in 1972

Posted on January 28, 2018 by stuartelden

In April 1972, during a visit to SUNY Buffalo, Foucault visited Attica prison. This was only one year after the uprising and its brutal suppression. John K. Simon, chair of the Buffalo French department, interviewed him about what he saw. … Continue reading →

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Philosophie Magazine issue on Foucault, including extract of Les Aveux de la chair

Posted on January 26, 2018 by stuartelden

Philosophie Magazine has a new special issue on Foucault, including an extract from Les Aveux de la chair, the soon-to-be-published volume IV of the History of Sexuality. You can read some of the issue, though not the extract, on a viewer on the issue page. … Continue reading →

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Territory’s Value: An Interdisciplinary Workshop with Charles Maier, Queen Mary, University of London, 14 February 2018

Posted on January 24, 2018 by stuartelden

14 February 2018, Territory’s Value: An Interdisciplinary Workshop with Charles Maier, Queen Mary, University of London,Francis Bancroft Building, Room 3.26 (see here for a map of the campus). I’ll be speaking about my forthcoming book Shakespearean Territories. Registration is free, but required. … Continue reading →

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Back to writing in 2018 – Foucault, Canguilhem and Lefebvre

Posted on January 3, 2018 by stuartelden

As the blog posts of the last couple of days indicate, I’m back at my desk working. The first writing submitted this year was a 2000 word piece entitled ‘Foucault, Biography, and Posthumous Publications’, destined for the American Book Review. … Continue reading →

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A year in review – publications, writing, talks, etc.

Posted on December 20, 2017 by stuartelden

This is my last day of work in 2017. Tomorrow we head to Tenerife for ten days holiday, hoping for sunshine and lots of cycling. The last major work task I completed today was the copyediting queries for Shakespearean Territories. … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault Update 15: Working on Maladie mentale et personnalité and some archival and library work in Paris

Posted on December 15, 2017 by stuartelden

Earlier this month I finished working through Maladie mentale et personnalité, which I discussed beginning in the last update, and have drafted a substantial section analyzing the book. I imagine I can only use a fraction of the quotes I … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade reviewed at Manchester Review of Books

Posted on December 2, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve been rather preoccupied the last few days with hosting the second Territory workshop of the ICE-LAW project, of which more later. But I’ve just seen this very nice review of my 2016 book Foucault’s Last Decade in Manchester Review of … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault Update 14 – another month of slow, steady progress

Posted on November 20, 2017 by stuartelden

It’s been a month since the last update on this book, and it’s been another one of slow, steady progress. As I said in the last update, before term began I made a list of smaller tasks which I thought … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem, Œuvres complètes Tome V : Histoire des sciences, épistémologie, commémorations 1966-1995 – to appear in March 2018

Posted on November 17, 2017 by stuartelden

Georges Canguilhem, Œuvres complètes Tome V : Histoire des sciences, épistémologie, commémorations 1966-1995 will appear in January 2018 [update: the Vrin site now says March]. Quelque cent vingt écrits publiés de 1966 à 1995 composent ce tome V des Œuvres complètes de … Continue reading →

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