Category Archives: People

Roundup of media discussion of Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair (mostly French)

Posted on February 9, 2018 by stuartelden

Some of the media discussion of Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair. Will add other pieces as I see them – do add comments if you know of more. Michel Foucault, culture physique – FranceCulture podcast Il est comment le … Continue reading →

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Fourth volume of Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality published – Warwick news release

Posted on February 8, 2018 by stuartelden

There is a Warwick news release of information about Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair, in which I briefly explain how the book fits within Foucault’s work and its importance. I’ve already agreed to write a longer review of the book, … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair – just picked up a copy

Posted on February 7, 2018 by stuartelden

It’s officially published tomorrow, but I’ve just picked up a copy of the fourth volume of Foucault’s History of Sexuality – Les Aveux de la chair [Confessions, or Avowals, of the Flesh]. Some of the book is available to view here (essentially just … Continue reading →

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Roger-Pol Droit on Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair

Posted on February 4, 2018 by stuartelden

Roger-Pol Droit on Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair – “Foucault, les mots et les sexes” in Les Echos. There is relatively little about the book itself, and much of this sets the scene through Foucault’s career as a whole. … Continue reading →

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Launch event for Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair – Paris, 17 February 2017

Posted on February 3, 2018 by stuartelden

Launch event for Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair – Paris, 17 February 2017 (via Vrin)

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Frantz Fanon, Alienation and Freedom – translated collection of previously unpublished writings forthcoming from Bloomsbury

Posted on February 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Frantz Fanon, Alienation and Freedom – forthcoming from Bloomsbury Since the publication of The Wretched of the Earth in 1961, Fanon’s work has been deeply significant for generations of intellectuals and activists from the 60s to the present day. Alienation … Continue reading →

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‘Michel Foucault: The Last Interview and Other Conversations’ on ‘indefinite hold’ – anyone know more?

Posted on February 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Last year I started seeing notices for a book entitled Michel Foucault: The Last Interview and Other Conversations (for example, see Google Books or Rizzoli Bookstore). Online bookstores list it but do not stock it, and Worldcat suggests no libraries have … Continue reading →

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Bernard E. Harcourt, The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens (out in February with Basic Books)

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

Bernard E. Harcourt, The Counterrevolution: How Our Government Went to War Against Its Own Citizens – out in February with Basic Books. A distinguished political theorist sounds the alarm about the counterinsurgency strategies used to govern Americans Militarized police officers with … Continue reading →

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France Culture on Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

France Culture has a piece by Jacques Munier on Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair, which is described as ‘without doubt the last great unpublished work of philosophy of the twentieth century’. The book is due to be published by Gallimard … Continue reading →

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Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50

Posted on January 29, 2018 by stuartelden

Derrida’s Quarrel: “La Différance” at 50 in the Los Angeles Review of Books, by Birger Vanwesenbeeck. Two days late linking to this, but… On Saturday, January 27, 1968, Jacques Derrida, then maître assistant at the Ecole Normale Supérieure, delivered his lecture “La … Continue reading →

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