Category Archives: The Early Foucault

Books received – Gilot, Boehringer and Lorenzini, Debrix, Chimisso, Merleau-Ponty, Sloterdijk, Stratford, Johnston and Sidaway

Posted on June 8, 2017 by stuartelden

A pile of recently received books, many in recompense for review work. The Chimisso and Merleau-Ponty are for the Foucault and Canguilhem projects; but also second-hand copies of Françoise Gilot’s biography Life with Picasso, and Boehringer and Lorenzini’s collection on … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 7: Canguilhem, Barraqué, von Weizsäcker, and a short trip to the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on June 2, 2017 by stuartelden

My focus for the last several weeks has been the work on Canguilhem, although as I’ve previously noted, I see these two projects as supporting each other. There have been lots of moments when I’ve thought ‘I know that because … Continue reading →

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“The early Foucault and the politics of European intellectual history” – Amsterdam, 31 May 2017

Posted on May 30, 2017 by stuartelden

Tomorrow in Amsterdam I’m giving a lecture on my research on the early Foucault: Public Lecture: Prof. Stuart Elden (University of Warwick), “The early Foucault and the politics of European intellectual history” Time: Wednesday 31 May, 17.00-19.00, UvA University Library, … Continue reading →

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The Canguilhem book project – Oeuvres complètes, initial work, aims and translation

Posted on May 15, 2017 by stuartelden

I don’t plan to write detailed posts on the work I’m doing on Georges Canguilhem for the book for Polity’s Key Contemporary Thinkers series, unlike the ones which I’ve been writing on the work on Foucault. (More background on this … Continue reading →

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Writing a book on Georges Canguilhem for Polity’s Key Contemporary Thinkers series

Posted on April 28, 2017 by stuartelden

As part of my research on the very early Foucault, I’ve been looking at the work of some of his teachers and other inspirations. One of those figures was Georges Canguilhem, who ended up being the rapporteur for Foucault’s doctoral … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 6: Foucault’s teachers, and returning to his work on Binswanger

Posted on April 13, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve largely been able to continue the focus of the last update, with a series of fairly uninterrupted days’ research and writing. Aside from continuing work on Lacan, I’ve also been looking at the people who taught Foucault. Merleau-Ponty is … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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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