Category Archives: People

Foucault’s Last Decade – second update

Posted on July 29, 2013 by stuartelden

Over the last week I did some further work on the timeline I mentioned in the last update. I’m finding this really useful already. In particular I used the bibliography of English translations compiled by Richard Lynch (also in A Companion … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Writing | 3 Comments

A Feeling for Things – Jane Bennett, 4-5 October, London

Posted on July 27, 2013 by stuartelden

From Bodies in Movement Birkbeck (University of London) offers another fantastic two-day event in early October, “A Feeling for Things: A Conversation around the work of Jane Bennett”. The evening of 4 October will feature a public lecture by Jane Bennett, some of whose work we … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Jane Bennett | 2 Comments

The Foucault/Habermas debate that never was

Posted on July 26, 2013 by stuartelden

James Schmidt has two very interesting posts about the Foucault/Habermas ‘debate that never was’ – part one and part two. Part One includes a letter from Foucault from late 1983. Part three is promised soon.

Posted in Jürgen Habermas, Michel Foucault | 1 Comment

Verso radical thinkers – brief introductory videos in The Guardian

Posted on July 26, 2013 by stuartelden

From the Verso blog: At the beginning of the year we published another twelve titles in our seventh edition of The Radical Thinkers series including works by Alain Badiou, Willhelm Reich, Max Horkheimer, Simon Critchley and Ludwig Feuerbach. A fortnightly series of events introducing this latest set was … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Nina Power, Peter Hallward, Simon Critchley | Leave a comment

Two decisions in the translation of Lectures on the Will to Know

Posted on July 26, 2013 by stuartelden

Graham Burchell has provided another excellent translation of a Foucault lecture course – Lectures on the Will to Know. I worked on that course extensively in the French and have over the past few days spent a lot of time … Continue reading →

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

Michael Dillon on The Courage of Truth

Posted on July 26, 2013 by stuartelden

The chair group on History and Theory of International Relations at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) is launching an annual Lecture series entitled ‘Modes of Reasoning’. The lectures are intended as a space for leading intellectuals to reflect on … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Michael Dillon, Michel Foucault | 1 Comment

Willing the impossible: an interview with Judith Butler

Posted on July 25, 2013 by stuartelden

At Open Democracy (via Maoquai)

Posted in Judith Butler, Politics | Leave a comment

When did Foucault lecture on Nietzsche?

Posted on July 25, 2013 by stuartelden

Until recently, there were only two texts by Foucault explicitly on Nietzsche. 1. ‘Nietzsche, Freud, Marx’, Cahiers de Royaumont, VI, 1967, pp. 183-200. (The note in Dits et écrits says this was from a symposium at Royaumont in July 1964.) 2. ‘Nietzsche, … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Hyppolite, Michel Foucault | 10 Comments

Critical Theory on five forthcoming books

Posted on July 23, 2013 by stuartelden

critical-theory.com lists five forthcoming books to get excited about from William V Spanos, Etienne Balibar, Jasbir Puar, Dirk Johnston… and me. The last is flattering, if somewhat premature – the book isn’t due out until 2016. Thanks to Verso Books … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Etienne Balibar, Foucault's Last Decade | Leave a comment

Foucault and heredity

Posted on July 23, 2013 by stuartelden

In 1969 Foucault gave two lecture courses at Vincennes, one on ‘Sexuality and Individuality’ and one on ‘Nietzsche and Genealogy’. Some time back there was talk that the second would be published, but this has not come to pass. Daniel … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault | 3 Comments