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Michel Foucault, “Literature and Madness: Madness in the Baroque Theatre and the Theatre of Artaud”, Theory, Culture and Society (requires subscription)

Posted on October 12, 2021 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault, “Literature and Madness: Madness in the Baroque Theatre and the Theatre of Artaud”, Theory, Culture and Society (requires subscription) A translation of a piece by Foucault, online first in Theory, Culture and Society – part of the special issue on … Continue reading →

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My first book, Mapping the Present is 20 years old…

Posted on October 4, 2021 by stuartelden

It was twenty years ago today that my first book, Mapping the Present: Heidegger, Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History was published. I received an advance on 4 October 2001. The contract was signed with Athlone, who became … Continue reading →

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Stuart Elden: The Early Foucault reviewed by Michael Maiden, Phenomenological Reviews

Posted on October 4, 2021 by stuartelden

The Early Foucault (Polity, 2021) is reviewed by Michael Maiden at Phenomenological Reviews Stuart Elden’s The Early Foucault is the third of a four-volume study of the origins and development of Michel Foucault’s thought. This book is the first one regarding the … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 10: cycling in Wales, work on The Order of Things, Nietzsche and a short trip to Paris

Posted on October 1, 2021 by stuartelden

In the last part of the summer I was able to make some good progress on this manuscript. In late August and early September I had two-week writing and cycling break in Wales. The weather was good until the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Alain Badiou, Cycling, Foucault's Last Decade, Foucault: The Birth of Power, Friedrich Nietzsche, Gilles Deleuze, Jean Hyppolite, Michel Foucault, Pierre Klossowski, The Archaeology of Foucault, The Early Foucault, Travel, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Books received – Patron, Kristeva, Eliade, Foucault et. al., Derrida, Lévi-Strauss

Posted on October 1, 2021 by stuartelden

An edited collection on the Critique journal, Kristeva’s memoir, the final volume of Mircea Eliade’s journal, the long-awaited Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970–1980), the translation of Foucault’s 1982 seminar in Toronto, Speaking the Truth … Continue reading →

Posted in Jacques Derrida, Julia Kristeva, Michel Foucault, Mircea Eliade | 1 Comment

Jon Stewart, Hegel’s Century: Alienation and Recognition in a Time of Revolution – Cambridge University Press, October 2021

Posted on September 14, 2021 by stuartelden

Jon Stewart, Hegel’s Century: Alienation and Recognition in a Time of Revolution – Cambridge University Press, October 2021 The remarkable lectures that Hegel gave in Berlin in the 1820s generated an exciting intellectual atmosphere which lasted for decades. From the … Continue reading →

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Books received – Federici, Kitchin, Morton, Morton & Bieler, Vincent, Caillois, Gamble, Garrett

Posted on September 13, 2021 by stuartelden

Some books in recompense for review work for Bristol University Press and one pre-ordered from Polity, the new edition of Silvia Federici’s modern classic, Caliban and the Witch and two books from Adam David Morton, which he kindly sent to … Continue reading →

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The Archaeology of Foucault update 9: further work on linguistics, Roussel and the 1970 visits to Buffalo and Japan

Posted on August 27, 2021 by stuartelden

This manuscript is slowly coming together. I’ve continued working on the linguistics and literary analysis texts in Folie, langage, littérature. For space reasons, I’ve had to keep the discussion of these down, though in many respects they reinforce or supplement points made in the … Continue reading →

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Books received – Eliade, Barthes, Foucault, Kristeva, Griffiths

Posted on August 27, 2021 by stuartelden

Mostly bought second-hand, but also the new translation of Foucault’s early courses on sexuality from Columbia University Press. My endorsement is on the website but didn’t make the cut for the back cover.

Posted in Julia Kristeva, Michel Foucault, Mircea Eliade, Roland Barthes | 6 Comments

Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980), University of Minnesota Press – book launch, 3 September 2021

Posted on August 23, 2021 by stuartelden

Intolerable: Writings from Michel Foucault and the Prisons Information Group (1970-1980), University of Minnesota Press – book launch, 3 September 2021 The book was edited by Kevin Thompson and Perry Zurn, and translated by Perry Zurn and Erik Beranek. Register for … Continue reading →

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