Category Archives: Jean Hyppolite

It seems Jacques Lacan struggled to get his students to do the reading too…

Posted on April 10, 2017 by stuartelden

Last time I wanted to give you an initial insight into the meaning of the question – what happens beyond the pleasure principle? My great friend Jean Hyppolite, who isn’t here today because he is in Germany, told me he … Continue reading →

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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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When did Foucault lecture on Nietzsche?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by stuartelden

Until recently, there were only two texts by Foucault explicitly on Nietzsche. 1. ‘Nietzsche, Freud, Marx’, Cahiers de Royaumont, VI, 1967, pp. 183-200. (The note in Dits et écrits says this was from a symposium at Royaumont in July 1964.) 2. ‘Nietzsche, … Continue reading →

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Althusser, Lenin and Philosophy discussion

Posted on May 25, 2012 by stuartelden

The discussion that followed Althusser’s famous ‘Lenin and Philosoophy’ lecture is freely available here, in Ted Stolze’s translation. Jean Wahl, Jean Hyppolite, Paul Ricoeur and others asking questions – thanks to David McInerney for the link.

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