Category Archives: Michel Foucault

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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Foucault, Fossils and Leibniz

Posted on September 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Three good days in the British Library rare books room. First up was Daniel Defert, Philippe Artières, Laurent Quéro and Michelle Zancarini-Fournel, Le groupe d’information sur les prisons: Archives d’une lutte, 1970-1972, so that I can offer some thoughts on … Continue reading →

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Lectures on Foucault

Posted on September 1, 2011 by stuartelden

I give two different lectures on Foucault this month. One is at the Radical Foucault conference in London (8th-9th Sept), and then the second is given at both UC Berkeley and University of Arizona the following week. The paper for … Continue reading →

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Foucault on Politics, Security and War short review

Posted on August 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Foucault on Politics, Security and War came out in paperback earlier this year. There is a brief review at the LSE ‘Politics and Policy’ blog. I have a piece in this collection that I think is one of my best pieces on … Continue reading →

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Foucault audio

Posted on August 26, 2011 by stuartelden

A collection of audio recordings of Foucault – in both English and French – can be found here (via Clare O’Farrell’s Foucault News blog). Some of these have been available before, and some of the dates are wrong. The last ’11 … Continue reading →

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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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