Category Archives: Michel Foucault

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

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

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

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

Foucault’s Last Decade – initial work

Posted on July 22, 2013 by stuartelden

I thought I’d begin writing something each week or so on what I’ve done on this project. I know that this book is going to take some time to come together, and that I may need to set it aside … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Writing | 4 Comments

Foucault’s Last Decade

Posted on July 15, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve just signed a contract with Polity for a book entitled Foucault’s Last Decade. I had a really good experience with Polity for the Sloterdijk Now edited volume, and am very pleased to be working with them and the philosophy editor Emma … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Publishing | 4 Comments

Foucault, La société punitive

Posted on July 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1972-73 Collège de France course, La société punitive, appears on amazon.fr with an October a late November 2013 publication date. It doesn’t yet appear on the Seuil page.

Posted in Books, Michel Foucault | 2 Comments

Two other NDPR reviews – books on the early Foucault and Heidegger

Posted on June 8, 2013 by stuartelden

David Webb, Foucault’s Archaeology: Science and Transformation and Denis McManus, Heidegger and the Measure of Truth: Themes from His Early Philosophy are also reviewed at NDPR.

Posted in Martin Heidegger, Michel Foucault | 1 Comment

MANCEPT workshop on Methods in Political Theory

Posted on June 1, 2013 by stuartelden

A call for papers for a workshop as part of the Tenth MANCEPT Annual Conference: 4th – 6th September 2013. During the 1960s and 70s the methodological orthodoxy of enquiries into the study of political thought became the target of historical critique. Dissatisfied with … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Friedrich Nietzsche, Michel Foucault, Politics, Quentin Skinnner, Reinhart Koselleck | 1 Comment