Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Camus, ‘Reflections on the Guillotine’

Posted on September 23, 2011 by stuartelden

Eduardo Mendieta suggests that Albert Camus’s ‘Reflections on the Guillotine’ is worth another look. Of course the French debate happened some time ago, but not that long ago – one of the things Foucault did when involved with the Groupe … Continue reading →

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Interview with Ladelle McWhorter at New APPS

Posted on September 23, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting interview conducted by John Protevi here. McWhorter is best known – to me at least – for her book Bodies and Pleasures: Foucault and the Politics of Sexual Normalization; but has a more recent book out entitled Racism and Sexual … Continue reading →

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Foucault and Meillassoux

Posted on September 21, 2011 by stuartelden

After a hugely frustrating day on teaching bureaucracy (assessment proformas, reading lists, online teaching sites, etc.) amazon.fr sends me an email saying they’ve just sent my copies of Quentin Meillassoux, Le nombre et la sirène (on Mallarmé, released today) and Foucault … Continue reading →

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Berkeley and Tucson

Posted on September 19, 2011 by stuartelden

Now back in the UK. Both visits were a lot of fun, and it was great to visit Berkeley for the first time – a lovely campus and great walks in the hills behind it – and Tucson again for … Continue reading →

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‘How should we do the history of territory?’ – Berkeley audio

Posted on September 16, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my Berkeley talk is now available. Many thanks to Ilaria Giglioli for making the recording. “How should we do the history of territory”, University of California, Berkeley, 14 September 2011.

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Foucault sculpture in a nursing home

Posted on September 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Okay, this is odd. A Dutch nursing home, built in the form of a panopticon, has a sculpture of Foucault’s head and one forearm in the foyer. Brief video clip below, and story here. Thanks to Mark Kelly for the … Continue reading →

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Details of Berkeley and Tucson lectures

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

14 September 2011 – “How should we do the history of territory?” Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, USA (details) 16 September 2011 – ”How should we do the history of territory?” School of Geography and Development, University of … Continue reading →

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Sensualising Deformity – Call for papers

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

This could be interesting. Sensualising Deformity: Communication and Construction of Monstrous Embodiment, at the University of Edinburgh, June 15-16 2012. The link takes you to the call for papers, and they have a linked blog. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is one of … Continue reading →

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Radical Foucault

Posted on September 10, 2011 by stuartelden

The conference was very good, and my lecture seemed to be well received. There were a lot of questions and good discussion afterwards, which I always take to be a good sign. Lots of interest in the course I was … Continue reading →

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Foucault and the Twin Towers

Posted on September 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at his Open Geography blog, Jeremy Crampton offers some thoughts on the cover of our Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography edited book. He also links to a very interesting New York Times photo gallery on the towers, … Continue reading →

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