Category Archives: Books

The Early Foucault Update 16: Other writing, and working on the Lille courses, the Hegel thesis and Canguilhem in Paris

Posted on February 9, 2018 by stuartelden

I began 2018 with some shorter pieces to write, which took me away from the focus on The Early Foucault, even though two of them were on Foucault. First was a piece for the American Book Review, which is hosting … Continue reading →

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Fourth volume of Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality published – Warwick news release

Posted on February 8, 2018 by stuartelden

There is a Warwick news release of information about Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair, in which I briefly explain how the book fits within Foucault’s work and its importance. I’ve already agreed to write a longer review of the book, … Continue reading →

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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

Update March 2026: A revised and expanded version of this post has been included in the ‘Sunday Histories’ series – Foucault’s 1972 visit to Attica prison In April 1972, during a visit to SUNY Buffalo, Foucault visited Attica prison. This was … 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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