Category Archives: People

Michel Foucault, Iran, quand la terre tremble: Reportage 1978-1979 – eds. Fabienne Brion, Julien Cavagnis, Sajjad Lohi and Chowra Makarem – Gallimard, September 2026

Posted on August 31, 2026 by stuartelden

I previously shared news of three Foucault books being published by Gallimard to coincide with his 100th birthday, one of which was Iran, quand la terre tremble: Reportage 1978-1979. Further details of this are now on the Gallimard site. It is … Continue reading →

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Puzzles, Patience and Clues: Carlo Ginzburg and Adriano Prosperi

Posted on August 30, 2026 by stuartelden

In an interview with Maria Lúcia G. Pallares-Burke in October 1998, published in The New History: Confessions and Conversations, Carlo Ginzburg mentions the critical attitude he has to some of his earlier works. One was his 1970 book Il nicodemismo: Simulazione e dissimulazione … Continue reading →

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Foucault on Frans Hals, The Regents and the illustration of his History of Madness

Posted on August 23, 2026 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault’s discussion on Dutch television with Noam Chomsky, moderated by Fons Elders, is of course well known.  The interview was part of a series, also including dialogues between A.J. Ayer and Arne Naess, Karl Popper and John Eccles, and Leszek … Continue reading →

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Books received – Ginzburg, Bachelard, Shatz, de Beauvoir, Pallares-Burke, De Genova & Morales, Stob

Posted on August 21, 2026 by stuartelden

Carlo Ginzburg, Dialogue avec Marc Bloch (a collection of his texts from various places); the critical edition of Gaston Bachelard, La rationalism appliqué; Adam Shatz, The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon; Simone de Beauvoir, Une fois que … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Carlo Ginzburg, Frantz Fanon, Gaston Bachelard, Marc Bloch, Simone de Beauvoir | 1 Comment

The Foucault Century – Symposium 24-25 September 2026

Posted on August 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Speakers Sabeen AhmedAmy AllenVerena Erlenbusch-AndersonNiki Kasumi ClementsPenelope DeutscherDavid HalperinAmy HollywoodLynne HufferDaniele LorenziniDonovan Schaefer Register for each day separately Register: Sept 24 Register: Sept 25

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Ian Hunter, The Kantian Religion – Princeton University Press

Posted on August 19, 2026 by stuartelden

Ian Hunter, The Kantian Religion – Princeton University Press, April/June 2026 Interview at the Journal of the History of Ideas blog with Rex Butler Thanks to Foucault News and dmf for the links Kantian philosophy is typically viewed as providing … Continue reading →

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Helen Deutsch, The Last Amateur: Jonathan Swift, Edward Said, and the Profession of Literature – University of Chicago Press, June 2026

Posted on August 18, 2026 by stuartelden

Helen Deutsch, The Last Amateur: Jonathan Swift, Edward Said, and the Profession of Literature – University of Chicago Press, June 2026 Joining the unfinished conversation between the satirist Jonathan Swift and the critic Edward Said, The Last Amateur argues for the transformative … Continue reading →

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Simone de Beauvoir, Une fois que les femmes ont ouvert les yeux: Écrits et paroles féministes (1947-1985) – Gallimard, April 2026

Posted on August 17, 2026 by stuartelden

Simone de Beauvoir, Une fois que les femmes ont ouvert les yeux: Écrits et paroles féministes (1947-1985) – Gallimard, April 2026 Publier aujourd’hui les Écrits et paroles féministes (1947-1985), c’est rappeler que Le Deuxième Sexe n’a été qu’un commencement. Pendant près de quarante … Continue reading →

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Suzanne Bachelard – between Husserl’s Logic and the Philosophy of Science 

Posted on August 16, 2026 by stuartelden

Suzanne Bachelard (18 October 1919-3 November 2007) was the daughter of Gaston Bachelard. Her mother died in June 1920 when she was still an infant, and she was brought up by her father. She would sit in on his teaching … Continue reading →

Posted in Alexandre Koyré, Canguilhem (book), Edmund Husserl, Gaston Bachelard, Georges Canguilhem, Jacques Derrida, Jean Cavaillès, Jean Hyppolite, Michel Foucault, Sunday Histories, Suzanne Bachelard | Leave a comment

Giorgio Agamben, The Time of Thinking: The Le Thor Seminars with Heidegger (1966 and 1968), trans. Francesco Guercio and Ian Alexander Moore, Seagull, January 2027

Posted on August 15, 2026 by stuartelden

Giorgio Agamben, The Time of Thinking: The Le Thor Seminars with Heidegger (1966 and 1968), trans. Francesco Guercio and Ian Alexander Moore, Seagull, January 2027 A glimpse into philosopher Giorgio Agamben’s formative encounter with Martin Heidegger, told through his notes from the Le Thor … Continue reading →

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