Category Archives: Books

The Early Foucault and the Politics of European Intellectual History – Amsterdam lecture, 31 May 2017

Posted on April 12, 2017 by stuartelden

While visiting ACCESS Europe in Amsterdam, I’ll be giving this public lecture: “The Early Foucault and the Politics of European Intellectual History“, 31st May, 5pm This lecture by ACCESS EUROPE Visiting Scholar Stuart Elden reports on a project tracing the intellectual … Continue reading →

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The textual issues around Foucault’s ‘What is an Author?’

Posted on April 11, 2017 by stuartelden

While it is somewhat outside the time period I am currently working on, Foucault’s ‘What is an Author?’ lecture is interesting because it is one of the few instances for which there is a textual record of an engagement between … Continue reading →

Posted in Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 8 Comments

The Early Foucault update 5: Canguilhem, Merleau-Ponty, Politzer, Lacan…

Posted on April 4, 2017 by stuartelden

Until about a week ago I was focusing on the terrain work, for the London Review of International Law lecture, the conference in Oslo, and the lecture in Maynooth. But in and around other things I was also doing a … Continue reading →

Posted in Georges Canguilhem, Henri Lefebvre, Jacques Lacan, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Michel Foucault, Sigmund Freud, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

On the appearance of books in a series

Posted on April 1, 2017 by stuartelden

This post probably speaks to a collector’s instinct in me, or something else, but I really dislike the way that publishers mess with the design of books in a series. It is especially annoying when the books are released in sequence, … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Friedrich Nietzsche, Immanuel Kant, Jacques Derrida, Judith Butler, Karl Marx, Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault, Sigmund Freud, Uncategorized, William Shakespeare | 2 Comments

Freud’s papers on technique in English – a summary of the suggestions

Posted on April 1, 2017 by stuartelden

Earlier this week I asked this question: As part of my work on the early Foucault, I’m working through Lacan’s early seminars. I want to read the texts of Freud which Lacan is discussing first. The first extant volume of … Continue reading →

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Books received – Freud, Yates, Wilson, Toal

Posted on March 29, 2017 by stuartelden

Two volumes of Freud for the Foucault work; Julian Yates, Of Sheep, Oranges, and Yeast: A Multi-Species Impression sent by the publisher; Richard Wilson’s Will Power: Essays on Shakespearean Authority; and Gerard Toal’s Near Abroad: Putin, the West and the Contest … Continue reading →

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A question on Freud’s papers on technique in English

Posted on March 28, 2017 by stuartelden

As part of my work on the early Foucault, I’m working through Lacan’s early seminars. I want to read the texts of Freud which Lacan is discussing first. The first extant volume of Lacan’s seminar is on ‘Freud’s Papers on … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault, Dire vrai sur soi-même – 1982 Toronto lectures out from Vrin

Posted on March 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, Dire vrai sur soi-même: Conférences prononcées à l’Université Victoria de Toronto is forthcoming from Vrin in February 2017. This is a volume in a series which has, until this point, largely comprised updated and critical editions of texts previously available in English or French, like the 1980 Berkeley/Dartmouth lectures or the 1983 parrēsia lectures from […]

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Some responses to the post about ‘Why I prioritise writing books over articles, even in an era of research assessment’

Posted on March 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Some responses to the post about ‘Why I prioritise writing books over articles, even in an era of research assessment‘. The post got a lot of hits, partly through multiple retweets. While I also replied to the comments I saw … Continue reading →

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Back from Maynooth and Dublin – terrain and Foucault

Posted on March 27, 2017 by stuartelden

I had two very enjoyable days in Ireland last week. First, to give a talk entitled “Terrain: The Materiality of Territory” to the Department of Geography seminar, at the National University Ireland, Maynooth. I also met with students over lunch to … Continue reading →

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