Category Archives: People

Marnia Lazreg, Foucault’s Orient: The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, From Tunisia to Japan

Posted on February 15, 2018 by stuartelden

Marnia Lazreg, Foucault’s Orient: The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, From Tunisia to Japan – now out with Berghahn. Looks fascinating, and the use of archives and interviews should make this revealing. The Introduction is available online and has some interesting, though not … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Discussion of Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair in Quartz (in English, open access)

Posted on February 15, 2018 by stuartelden

Olivia Goldhill, “Foucault has a new book out, and it’s the key to understanding his entire work on sexuality“, Quartz, 14 February 2018 Another piece on Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair, including some quotes from me. I’ve added this to … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

“Michel Foucault, l’Iran et le pouvoir du spirituel” – previously unpublished 1979 interview

Posted on February 15, 2018 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, l’Iran et le pouvoir du spirituel – previously unpublished 1979 interview in Bibliobs (requires subscription). A shorter version is published in the print version of L’Obs, 8 February 2018. I have the print version, but if anyone can … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 5 Comments

‘Key’ fourth book of Foucault’s History of Sexuality published in France – The Guardian

Posted on February 13, 2018 by stuartelden

‘Key’ fourth book of Foucault’s History of Sexuality published in France There is a discussion of Foucault’s Les Aveux de la chair in The Guardian including some quotes from John Forrester, the editor Frédéric Gros, and me.   I’ve added this … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Books received (3) – Shakespeare, Santner, Diamantides and Schutz, Watkin, Nail, Dikec, Danchev

Posted on February 13, 2018 by stuartelden

Books in recompense for review work for Edinburgh University Press, and a couple of ones I’d requested from Bloomsbury and OUP which have only just been published. They include the Arden third series edition of King John, Eric Santner’s The … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized, William Shakespeare | Leave a comment

Books received (2) – Lacan, Sartre, Schmitt, Carver, Foucault, Mukerji, Husserl

Posted on February 13, 2018 by stuartelden

Books in recompense for review work for Polity and Routledge, including Lacan, Sartre, Schmitt, Carver, Foucault, Mukerji, Husserl. Lacan’s The Triumph of Religion and Transference are fairly recent translations, as is Carl Schmitt’s Ex Captivitate Salus, by Matthew Hannah. Terrell … Continue reading →

Posted in Carl Schmitt, Edmund Husserl, Jacques Lacan, Jean-Paul Sartre, Karl Marx, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Books received (1) – Cohen and Duckert, Publicover, Kaplan, Longo, Kelly, Fouchard and Lorenzini, Staszak

Posted on February 13, 2018 by stuartelden

A lot of books arrived while I was away. These ones have all been sent by publishers or authors. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen and Lowell Duckert’s collection Veer Ecology: A Companion for Environmental Thinking Laurence Publicover, Dramatic Geography: Romance, Intertheatricality, and Cultural … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Caren Kaplan, Jeffrey Jerome Cohen, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

The Early Foucault Update 16: Other writing, and working on the Lille courses, the Hegel thesis and Canguilhem in Paris

Posted on February 9, 2018 by stuartelden

I began 2018 with some shorter pieces to write, which took me away from the focus on The Early Foucault, even though two of them were on Foucault. First was a piece for the American Book Review, which is hosting … Continue reading →

Posted in Canguilhem (book), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Georges Canguilhem, Jean Hyppolite, Michel Foucault, The Early Foucault, Uncategorized | 3 Comments

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 →

Posted in Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 9 Comments

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 →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment