Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Foucault and the critique of our present – seminars

Posted on October 28, 2012 by stuartelden

The first of a series of speakers under the overall theme of “Foucault and the critique of our present: Reworking the Foucauldian tool-box”, organised with the support of the Department of Politics, Goldsmiths, University of London. More details here. Alberto Toscano, “Sub-power … Continue reading →

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Maastricht talk cancelled

Posted on October 22, 2012 by stuartelden

Due to unforeseen circumstances I have had to withdraw from the talk I was scheduled to give on 7 November 2012 at the “Michel Foucault and the late lecture courses at Collège de France” conference at the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht. … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Lectures on the Will to Know

Posted on October 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Amazon have a page up for the English translation of Foucault’s Lectures on the Will to Know, scheduled for May 2013. The date may change, as have others in the past, but this is the first indication I’ve seen for … Continue reading →

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Mark Poster (1941-2012)

Posted on October 11, 2012 by stuartelden

Mark Poster, intellectual historian of French thought and theorist of media and information, died yesterday. I never met him or heard him speak, but he was important to me through his writings. Perhaps best known for his work on Baudrillard, Sartre, … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies 14 – including an unpublished Foucault interview

Posted on September 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies 14 is now out. The bulk of the issue is a theme section on Foucault and Queer Theory, but the highlight is a 1978 interview with Foucault conducted by Colin Gordon and Paul Patton, and introduced by Alain Beaulieu … Continue reading →

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Heterotopian Studies – now with blog

Posted on September 25, 2012 by stuartelden

The Heterotopian Studies site I mentioned a few months back has a blog attached to it – http://www.heterotopiastudies.com/blog/ It is extraordinary how this short piece by Foucault, which was not published for almost twenty years, has generated so much interest and … Continue reading →

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New books received

Posted on September 19, 2012 by stuartelden

A pile of new books received recently. Foucault’s Mal faire, dire vrai is probably the first I will tackle. The Polity ones here were in recompense for a review of a manuscript for them; Alex Jeffrey kindly sent me a copy … Continue reading →

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Du Gouvernement des vivants – more details

Posted on September 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1979-80 course is forthcoming in a little over a month – the date has been put back a couple of weeks. Seuil now has a page up, which Clare O’Farrell’s Foucault News blog has just linked to. Both Clare … Continue reading →

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Foucault – The Mesh of Power

Posted on September 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1976 lecture ‘The Mesh of Power’ is available online in English (with a link to the French) at Viewpoint Magazine. This lecture was previously translated by Gerald Moore for the Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography collection Jeremy Crampton … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming talks

Posted on September 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Several talks for the 2012/13 academic year have been arranged. Two lectures have been in the diary for a while – the Critical International and Political Studies annual lecture at the University of Warwick in October (abstract here), and the George M. … Continue reading →

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