Category Archives: Books

The most important academic books to me from 2014

Posted on December 31, 2014 by stuartelden

A non-systematic, alphabetically ordered list of the academic books published this year I read and most liked – the photo is of some that were to hand. Louis Althusser, On the Reproduction of Capitalism (Verso) Ben Anderson, Encountering Affect: Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions (Ashgate) Étienne Balibar, Equaliberty: … Continue reading →

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Foucault – uncollected notes, lectures and interviews, a list on Progressive Geographies

Posted on December 29, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve made a list of uncollected notes, lectures and interviews by Michel Foucault. Many of these have been posted on this site before, but this is an attempt at collecting details and links in one place. There are a couple of scans … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s preparatory notes to Les mots et les choses (The Order of Things)

Posted on December 24, 2014 by stuartelden

This isn’t recent news, but I hadn’t seen this before. Foucault’s preparatory notes to Les mots et les choses (The Order of Things) are available online at La bibliothèque de Foucault : Guide des papiers de travail de Michel Foucault. The … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Simeon Wade – and the elusive ‘Chez Foucault’ publication

Posted on December 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Last week I posted about Time magazine’s profile of Foucault from 1981. The piece included this photograph: James Miller‘s biography of Foucault says that this picture was of Simeon Wade, and Wade’s friend ‘Michael’ (The Passion of Michel Foucault, pp. 437-8 n. 1). … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 16

Posted on December 22, 2014 by stuartelden

I have now a complete draft of Chapter Eight, but this has partly been achieved by moving discussion of the final two volumes of the History of Sexuality into the next chapter. The main thing I’ve accomplished is typing up … Continue reading →

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Foucault audio and video recordings – minor updates to chronological list

Posted on December 20, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve now updated the list of Foucault audio and video recordings, including a recording of the first few lectures of L’hermeneutique du sujet from 1982. This recording then jumps to lectures from 1984. This list is part of the ‘Foucault Resources‘ part … Continue reading →

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88 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in 2014

Posted on December 20, 2014 by stuartelden

critical-theory.com rounds up ‘88 Critical Theory Books That Came Out in 2014‘ Some of these will also be on my end of year list, which I hope to post soon. But plenty more ideas here for things I’ve not yet … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s ‘Rêver de ses plaisirs’ – comparison of the 1983 article and 1984 chapter (and a request for help)

Posted on December 19, 2014 by stuartelden

As a kind of appendix to my comparison of the three different introductions to the History of Sexuality volume II, I thought I would share my working notes on the two different versions of the first chapter of History of Sexuality volume … Continue reading →

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Time Magazine profile of Foucault from 1981

Posted on December 19, 2014 by stuartelden

In 1981 Foucault was profiled in Time magazine – Otto Friedrich with Sandra Burton, “France’s Philosopher of Power”, Time, November 16 1981, pp. 58-9. I’d seen a few references to this piece before, such as in Mark Kelly’s guide to the first … Continue reading →

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Radio Benjamin – Walter Benjamin’s radio transcripts reviewed in Berfrois by David Beer

Posted on December 19, 2014 by stuartelden

  Radio Benjamin is reviewed by David Beer in Berfrois. Here’s the opening two paragraphs: Writing at sometime around 1930 or 1931, Walter Benjamin (p.364) suggested that the voice on the radio is a like a visitor in the home, … Continue reading →

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