Category Archives: Books

Books received – Foucault, Binswanger, Lacan

Posted on January 4, 2017 by stuartelden

Some recently bought books for the project on the early Foucault – a seminar by Lacan which he likely attended, some works by Binswanger and the original source of one of his first publications.

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Books received – author copies of Foucault: The Birth of Power

Posted on January 4, 2017 by stuartelden

The remaining author copies of Foucault: The Birth of Power – which means that the book is now shipping if you order direct. Amazon etc. might take a bit longer to have stocks…  

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A year in review – talks, publications and writing, plus links to my ‘best-of’ lists

Posted on December 31, 2016 by stuartelden

I began 2016 with a lengthy manuscript on the 1969-75 period of Foucault’s work, partly developed from the large sections cut from the manuscript of Foucault’s Last Decade. The main task accomplished in the first part of this year was … Continue reading →

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An early Christmas present – an advance copy of Foucault: The Birth of Power

Posted on December 24, 2016 by stuartelden

Just before I head off on holiday, an advance copy of Foucault: The Birth of Power. The book will be available in the UK in January and a little later worldwide. There is a short post about it on the Polity … Continue reading →

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Short blog post on Foucault: The Birth of Power

Posted on December 15, 2016 by stuartelden

Over at the Polity Books blog I have a short piece on Foucault: The Birth of Power, which will be out in very early 2017. In 1969 Foucault published The Archaeology of Knowledge, a theoretical and methodological treatise which summarised … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 1: a week at the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on December 7, 2016 by stuartelden

My post at the end of last week on beginning work on a possible book on the early Foucault got some attention and enthusiasm, for which I am grateful. By the time I posted it I was already in Paris, … Continue reading →

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Jacques Lacan’s earliest seminars from 1952-53 – a question

Posted on December 5, 2016 by stuartelden

Jacques Lacan began his weekly seminars in 1951, and these moved to the Sainte-Anne hospital in 1952. There are reports that from the first Sainte-Anne series these were typed by a shorthand typist. These shorthand typescripts were the basis for … Continue reading →

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From Our Fellows podcast 02, December 2016 – including a piece by me on Shakespeare and Territory

Posted on December 2, 2016 by stuartelden

The British Academy has begun a series of short podcasts where fellows talk about aspects of their work. I’m featured in the second of these, just released. The task was to speak about our work, but to keep to six minutes. … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault – beginning work on a possible book

Posted on December 2, 2016 by stuartelden

When I was in Australia early last year I bumped into Mark Kelly on the University of Melbourne campus. We had a conversation about the work each of us was doing on Foucault, and I said that after I’d finished … Continue reading →

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Interview with Tank magazine on Foucault’s Last Decade

Posted on November 23, 2016 by stuartelden

I’m interviewed by Thomas Roueché in the new issue of Tank magazine about Foucault’s Last Decade. The interview was conducted by phone, and then transcribed.

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