Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Books received – Duménil and Lévy, Massumi, Nietzsche, Clark, Shakespeare, Comité d’action santé, Langlois

Posted on October 17, 2015 by stuartelden

A pile of recently acquired books – Dumenil and Levy’s The Crisis of Neoliberalism, Brian Massumi’s Ontopower, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Writing from the Early Notebooks, Timothy Clark, Ecocriticism on the Edge, the Penguin edition of Shakespeare’s Richard II, Comité d’action santé, … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Oeuvres: more details on the Pleiade edition, c.3600 pages in two volumes

Posted on October 17, 2015 by stuartelden

More details of the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade edition of Foucault’s Oeuvres. Two volumes, 1712 and 1792 pages – all the books under his name, plus a selection of shorter texts. Not clear if that includes the 1954 book Maladie mentale et personnalité, as … Continue reading →

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‘No Posthumous Publications’ – responses to some questions about Foucault and the future publication of the History of Sexuality Vol IV

Posted on October 16, 2015 by stuartelden

In the German interview with Daniel Defert I linked to earlier this week, it was revealed that the fourth volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality will eventually be published. This is my attempt at answering some of the common questions – some I’ve received … Continue reading →

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Daniel Defert interview in German – History of Sexuality IV, Les aveux de la chair, will be published

Posted on October 14, 2015 by stuartelden

There is an interview with Daniel Defert in German here, in which he discusses Foucault’s life and work, Adorno, May 68 and political activism, the AIDES group he founded after his death, the lecture courses and the material sold to … Continue reading →

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Barry Stocker on Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales lecture course

Posted on October 9, 2015 by stuartelden

Barry Stocker has been making a series of posts on Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales lecture course, which appeared earlier this year – an English translation is likely to be a couple of years away, since The Punitive Society has just … Continue reading →

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Today, 1pm, Architectural Association, London – “Territory – Political Technology, Volume, Terrain”

Posted on October 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Today at 1pm I’ll be giving a lecture to the Landscape Urbanism Programme at the Architectural Association, London: “Territory – Political Technology, Volume, Terrain”,  (abstract and details). I understand that the talk will be recorded and made available online. The lecture will range … Continue reading →

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Books received – Foucault, Brown, Golder, Ashgate, etc.

Posted on October 5, 2015 by stuartelden

A pile of recently bought, earned or complimentary books: Foucault’s The Punitive Society, Wendy Brown’s Undoing the Demos, Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights, four books in recompense for review work for Ashgate, and recent issues of Theory, Culture & Society and Transactions … Continue reading →

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History and Theory special forum on Foucault and Neoliberalism

Posted on October 5, 2015 by stuartelden

History and Theory have a special forum on Foucault and Neoliberalism (requires subscription). Thanks to Timothy Johnson and others for the alert.

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 4 – collaborative work and a complete draft of Chapter One on the Lectures on the Will to Know and related materials

Posted on October 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Since the last update, I’ve been working on various aspects of this project. The first was a return to some of Foucault’s collaborative projects around CERFI. Quite late in the drafting of Foucault’s Last Decade I removed most of the … Continue reading →

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Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault, The Disorder of Families – to appear in fall 2016 with University of Minnesota Press

Posted on September 30, 2015 by stuartelden

Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault, The Disorder of Families [Le Désordre des Familles] will appear in fall 2016 with University of Minnesota Press. Nancy Luxon is editing the text, and her website says there will be a companion scholarly volume – also announced … Continue reading →

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