Category Archives: People

Stockerblog on Foucault’s Punitive Society II

Posted on January 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Stockerblog continues the reading of Foucault’s  La société punitive – here (part one here).

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On Derrida’s 1964-65 course on Heidegger (review in French)

Posted on January 7, 2014 by stuartelden

A review (in French) of Derrida’s 1964-65 course Heidegger la Question de l’Être et l’Histoire. Thanks to Sebastian Budgen for the link.

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Foucault’s Lectures on the Punitive Society I

Posted on January 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Stockerblog:
Last month EHESS/Gallimard/Seuil Paris published Michel Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France in the 1972-73 academic session, in fact they all date from 1973. The edition has been prepared by Bernard Harcourt under the direction…

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London Critical Theory Summer School 2014

Posted on January 7, 2014 by stuartelden

The fifth London Critical Theory Summer School will take place at Birkbeck, University of London from 7th July – 18th July. This unique opportunity is for graduate students and academics to follow a course of study with some of the … Continue reading →

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Foucault – ‘Power, Moral Values, and the Intellectual’ 1980 interview online

Posted on January 6, 2014 by stuartelden

The Foucault interview entitled ‘Power, Moral Values, and the Intellectual’ was conducted on 3 November 1980, and first published in History of the Present 4 (Spring 1988), 1-2, 11-13, although some excerpts appeared in the Berkeley student newspaper in 1980. Because it … Continue reading →

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Shakespearean Territories – planned book now has a dedicated page

Posted on January 6, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve consolidated all the links to audio recordings and other pieces on a dedicated page for the Shakespearean Territories planned book project. This project has slipped a bit recently, as I’ve been concentrating on the Foucault’s Last Decade book, but I … Continue reading →

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Kyle McGee – Bruno Latour: The Normativity of Networks

Posted on January 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Kyle McGee’s Bruno Latour: The Normativity of Networks was published late last year. Looks interesting, with an examination of Latour’s legal theory. It comes with two very positive endorsements, including one from Latour himself. Great shame about the price though.

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Heidegger, race, calculation – more comments on the notebooks (in German)

Posted on January 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Some interesting discussion in Die Zeit in German (see also my previous post with links to discussion in France). Especially interesting how it links the racial thought to calculation – a major theme of his work, but especially of the posthumous writings. … Continue reading →

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Caesar Must Die – trailer and brief comments

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire) is a very powerful piece of cinema, now on dvd release, showing the rehearsals for a performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. The performers are all inmates of a high-security prison in Rome, and while they do … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s ‘About the Concept of the Dangerous Individual’ lecture in Toronto in 1977 – three minor questions

Posted on January 2, 2014 by stuartelden

In 1977 Foucault gave a lecture in Toronto entitled ‘About the Concept of the ‘Dangerous Individual’ in 19th Century Legal Psychiatry’. It was published first in English in International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, Vol 1 No 1, pp, 1-18. It … Continue reading →

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