Category Archives: People

Foucault on Parrhesia – translation of a 1982 lecture forthcoming in Critical Inquiry

Posted on December 24, 2014 by stuartelden

A lecture by Foucault in 1982 at Université de Grenoble, on “Parrēsia” was first published in French in 2012 in the journal Anabases. Another lecture from this same trip, “Rêver de ses plaisirs”, was published in 1983, and is a variant of … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Iran (and Ernst Bloch) – an August 1979 interview newly available in French

Posted on December 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to a reader who wishes to remain anonymous for sending me these details of an interview with Foucault about Iran conducted in August 1979, which was first published in French in 2013. I’ve stumbled upon an interview with Foucault from this era … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Simeon Wade – and the elusive ‘Chez Foucault’ publication

Posted on December 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Last week I posted about Time magazine’s profile of Foucault from 1981. The piece included this photograph: James Miller‘s biography of Foucault says that this picture was of Simeon Wade, and Wade’s friend ‘Michael’ (The Passion of Michel Foucault, pp. 437-8 n. 1). … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 16

Posted on December 22, 2014 by stuartelden

I have now a complete draft of Chapter Eight, but this has partly been achieved by moving discussion of the final two volumes of the History of Sexuality into the next chapter. The main thing I’ve accomplished is typing up … Continue reading →

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Étienne Balibar discusses Foucault’s La société punitive, with a response from Judith Butler

Posted on December 22, 2014 by stuartelden

Étienne Balibar discusses Foucault’s La société punitive and his relation to Marx, with a response from Judith Butler. Audio files available here, via Multipliciudades. For his lecture “Foucault and Marx: A Disjunctive Synthesis?”, Étienne Balibar discusses connections and disjunctions between Michel Foucault … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Neoliberalism – the debate continues (on Progressive Geographies)

Posted on December 22, 2014 by stuartelden

There are some interesting comments on last week’s thoughts on the Foucault and Neoliberalism debate – here. In particular the points made by Stephen Shapiro and Michael Behrent are worth reading – both are situating the discussion within a wider … Continue reading →

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Foucault audio and video recordings – minor updates to chronological list

Posted on December 20, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve now updated the list of Foucault audio and video recordings, including a recording of the first few lectures of L’hermeneutique du sujet from 1982. This recording then jumps to lectures from 1984. This list is part of the ‘Foucault Resources‘ part … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s ‘Rêver de ses plaisirs’ – comparison of the 1983 article and 1984 chapter (and a request for help)

Posted on December 19, 2014 by stuartelden

As a kind of appendix to my comparison of the three different introductions to the History of Sexuality volume II, I thought I would share my working notes on the two different versions of the first chapter of History of Sexuality volume … Continue reading →

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Time Magazine profile of Foucault from 1981

Posted on December 19, 2014 by stuartelden

In 1981 Foucault was profiled in Time magazine – Otto Friedrich with Sandra Burton, “France’s Philosopher of Power”, Time, November 16 1981, pp. 58-9. I’d seen a few references to this piece before, such as in Mark Kelly’s guide to the first … Continue reading →

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Radio Benjamin – Walter Benjamin’s radio transcripts reviewed in Berfrois by David Beer

Posted on December 19, 2014 by stuartelden

  Radio Benjamin is reviewed by David Beer in Berfrois. Here’s the opening two paragraphs: Writing at sometime around 1930 or 1931, Walter Benjamin (p.364) suggested that the voice on the radio is a like a visitor in the home, … Continue reading →

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