Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Territory, Communication, Speed

Posted on August 15, 2011 by stuartelden

In his 1982 interview ‘Space, Knowledge and Power’, Foucault and Paul Rabinow discuss architecture in some detail. It was originally published in the journal Skyline, so this is not surprising. There are some interesting passages, which I’m going over for … Continue reading →

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Foucault on lettres de cachet and their contemporary relevance

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting post from Jeremy Crampton here on Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault’s collection Le désordre des familles and the more recent National Security Letters in the US. He ends with a tantalising suggestion for a paper: “It would be very useful if someone … Continue reading →

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“Sovereignty, Territory and the Imperium” – review essay by Karena Shaw

Posted on August 11, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting review essay of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory, and Ronnie D. Lipschutz’s The Constitution of Imperium has just appeared in Geopolitics (subscription required). Written by Karena Shaw of the School of Environmental Studies at the … Continue reading →

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Radical Foucault registration

Posted on August 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Radical Foucault – An International Conference September 8 & 9, 2011. 9.30am – 6.30pm University of East London The Centre for Cultural Studies Research at the University of East London is pleased to announce that registration is now open for … Continue reading →

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What I’ve done so far this summer…

Posted on July 30, 2011 by stuartelden

I posted my list of things to do this summer some weeks ago. I don’t feel I’ve been at my most productive by a long way, due to a whole range of things, but… The two introductions to the Sage … Continue reading →

Posted in Cycling, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Peter Sloterdijk, Society and Space, teaching, The Birth of Territory | Leave a comment

Foucault on Writing; Making Time for Writing

Posted on July 29, 2011 by stuartelden

From Clare O’Farrell’s Foucault site – reposted with commentary at her Refracted Input blog: Does there exist a pleasure in writing? I don’t know. One thing is certain, that there is, I think, a very strong obligation to write. I don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Graham Harman, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Publishing | 16 Comments

Schmitt, Foucault, war

Posted on July 27, 2011 by stuartelden

Carl Schmitt, Writings on War is a new collection that gathers up some interesting, and politically appalling, pieces. Hopefully this will mean that The Nomos of the Earth is, in future, read in a wider political, and geopolitical context. By … Continue reading →

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Reactions to the Berfrois review

Posted on July 27, 2011 by stuartelden

Peter Gratton offers some thoughts in response to my review of Foucault’s 1970-71 course here. Interesting ideas about how the claims could be read as a critique of the crisis of legitimation argument in modernity. I think this might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Jeremy Crampton, Michel Foucault, Peter Gratton, Publishing | 2 Comments

Foucault lectures

Posted on July 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Devin Shaw kindly links to my Berfrois review of Leçons sur la volonté de savoir. He mentions that I don’t elaborate on a point I make about the provenance of the material – “Unlike the other courses published to date, this … Continue reading →

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Review of Foucault’s Leçons sur la volonté de savoir

Posted on July 20, 2011 by stuartelden

My review of Foucault’s Leçons sur la volonté de savoir is available here.

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