Category Archives: The Early Foucault

The Early Foucault update 3: Another week at the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on January 23, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve just spent another week at the Bibliothèque Nationale manuscript room – newly renovated and now a dedicated space. This is at the older Richelieu site in the centre of the city. I worked through boxes relating to two key … Continue reading →

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Books received – Binswanger, Canguilhem, Lacan

Posted on January 23, 2017 by stuartelden

Some books for the new Foucault project – works by Georges Canguilhem and Jacques Lacan, picked up in Paris, and Jacqueline Verdeaux’s translation of Ludwig Binswanger’s Dream and Existence which Foucault advised and introduced.

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Books received – Spitzer, Foucault, RIPE, TCS, Binswanger

Posted on January 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault translated an essay in this Spitzer collection (see my query over dating here); the first edition of Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique; Binswanger’s analysis of Suzanne Urban; and the new issues of RIPE and TCS. … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 2 – Uppsala, Binswanger, Lacan and Bedlam

Posted on January 11, 2017 by stuartelden

While I did take a proper break over Christmas and the New Year, I have been continuing work on the very early Foucault. One of the things I’ve done is some initial research on the time he spent in Uppsala. … Continue reading →

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Books received – Lacan and Binswanger

Posted on January 6, 2017 by stuartelden

The French originals of Lacan’s first two published seminars, and some French and English translations of Binswanger’s work. More preparatory reading for the project on the early Foucault.

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Ludwig Binswanger – a bibliography of major German works and available French or English translations

Posted on January 5, 2017 by stuartelden

As part of my work on the early Foucault, I’ve been doing some work on Ludwig Binswanger, including finding several of his works. For my own purposes I compiled a bibliography of his major German works, and all the work … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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