Category Archives: J.G.A. Pocock

The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 – Discussant Comments

Posted on June 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Even though there was an audio recording, I decided to type up my handwritten comments from which I improvised my response to Daniel Defert; Colin Gordon; Peter Fitzpatrick and Maria Carolina Olarte. There is some material here that was cut due to the time – three long papers and already after 7pm when I spoke, so this is record of both what I said and would have said. This is very much a pièce d’occasion, rather than the basis for anything more, though some of the themes relate to previous concerns, or will become part of future work. Continue reading →

Posted in J.G.A. Pocock, Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, Stephen Greenblatt | 3 Comments

History of Philosophy, History of Ideas, History of Geography

Posted on March 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Brian Leiter links to an interesting open letter on why graduate students should seriously consider studying the history of philosophy. The Leiter page also has some interesting discussion. The discussion appears, largely, to be framed within a more ‘analytic’ discourse, … Continue reading →

Posted in David N. Livingstone, J.G.A. Pocock, Medieval Studies, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck | 12 Comments

The Birth of Territory introduction

Posted on February 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I don’t like writing introductions, and The Birth of Territory was definitely no exception. I’d been struggling with working out how to shape this, but now have what I think is a good working version. One of the things I … Continue reading →

Posted in J.G.A. Pocock, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Michel Foucault, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

Pocock, Barbarism and Religion

Posted on October 25, 2010 by stuartelden

Update 2015: all six volumes have now been published; volumes 1-5 in paperback; 6 earlier this year in hardback. This is a  work of jaw-dropping ambition and erudition. J.G.A. Pocock, Barbarism and Religion, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Four Volumes to date, … Continue reading →

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