Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Chris Philo on the ‘new Foucault’

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Chris Philo discusses the Foucault lecture courses, and their potential for human geography, in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (requires subscription). This paper argues that we may now speak of a ‘new Foucault’ with more to say to … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Ascesis, Medieval Studies

Posted on December 17, 2011 by stuartelden

Eileen Joy has an interesting post here about the late Foucault and Medieval Studies. The focus is particularly on the fragments of Foucault’s work on the Christian saints. In that vein, Philippe Chevalier’s new book Michel Foucault et le christianisme … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault et le christianisme

Posted on December 5, 2011 by stuartelden

This book by Philippe Chevalier looks really important. Thanks to Colin Gordon for the link.

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Secure the Volume abstract

Posted on December 3, 2011 by stuartelden

This is the abstract for the Kentucky Committee for Social Theory lecture (late March) and the Political Geography plenary lecture at the RGS-IBG conference in Edinburgh (early July). Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power We all-too-often … Continue reading →

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Elden, Gregory, Sevilla-Buitrago in ACME

Posted on November 12, 2011 by stuartelden

ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Vol 10 No 2 is now available. It includes the English version of a discussion between me, Derek Gregory and Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago that was originally published earlier this year in a Spanish translation: … Continue reading →

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David Macey obituary

Posted on November 3, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned his sad death a few weeks back. There is now an obituary in The Guardian.

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Foucault on the disciplinary society

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

Just an audio recording, but Foucault on Discipline and Punish and what he was showing in that book – in English. I played the first five minutes to my students today to help explain the relation between the prison and … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies 12

Posted on October 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies 12 has now been published. You can find the table of contents here. There is a theme section on race, some papers on neoliberalism, lots of reviews. There is also a translation of a revealing interview with Foucault’s … Continue reading →

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David Macey

Posted on October 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Some sad news. David Macey, author of the best biography of Foucault, translator of Society Must Be Defended and author of Lacan in Contexts, among other works, has died. The Verso blog has the news and more details. he was … Continue reading →

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Wanted: audiotapes of Foucault’s 1973 lectures

Posted on October 10, 2011 by stuartelden

reposted from Clare O’Farrell’s Foucault News blog: The French publishing houses, Le Seuil and Gallimard, publishers of the official edition of Michel Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France, are seeking copies of any cassette tape recordings that might have … Continue reading →

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