Category Archives: Michel Foucault

The Early Foucault Update 19: A Writing and Cycling Retreat in the Peak District

Posted on August 27, 2018 by stuartelden

I’m just back from a couple of weeks in the Peak District, in the south near Bakewell and the north in Holmfirth. The idea was to have a consolidated period of work on this book. The internet connection was somewhere … Continue reading →

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Mattias Leanza review of Foucault’s Last Decade in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (requires subscription)

Posted on August 27, 2018 by stuartelden

Mattias Leanza reviews Foucault’s Last Decade (Polity, 2016) in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute (requires subscription). It’s a generous and positive review which ‘highly recommends’ the book. All the reviews of this book, and of Foucault: The Birth of Power (Polity … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 18: back to work, and thinking about the 1960s

Posted on August 10, 2018 by stuartelden

It’s taken longer than anticipated for me to return to the work on The Early Foucault. The last update was back in April. Through the spring the book on Canguilhem was drafted, revised and then submitted to Polity Press on 4 … Continue reading →

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Spaces of Crisis and Critique: Heterotopias Beyond Foucault, edited by Anthony Faramelli, David Hancock, Robert G. White – Bloomsbury September 2018

Posted on August 7, 2018 by stuartelden

Spaces of Crisis and Critique: Heterotopias Beyond Foucault, edited by Anthony Faramelli, David Hancock, Robert G. White – Bloomsbury 2018. Unfortunately only hardback and expensive e-book. In Of Other Spaces Foucault coined the term “heterotopias” to signify “all the other … Continue reading →

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Kingston Shakespeare Series Conference: Shakespeare and Derrida, 1 September 2018

Posted on August 1, 2018 by stuartelden

Kingston Shakespeare Series Conference: Shakespeare and Derrida, 1 September 2018, Garrick’s Temple, Hampton – initial details here. This follows various other conferences on Shakespeare and theorists – I spoke at the one on Shakespeare and Foucault last month – and … Continue reading →

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Cycling across borders – Slovenia, Austria, Italy

Posted on July 30, 2018 by stuartelden

Just back from a week on holiday in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia. A little hiking but mainly cycling. Kranjska Gora is in the north-west of the country, close to the borders with Italy and Austria. I’ve crossed borders within the Schengen area … Continue reading →

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Canguilhem – book for Polity’s Key Contemporary Thinkers series, forthcoming 2019

Posted on July 20, 2018 by stuartelden

My study of Georges Canguilhem was resubmitted earlier this month. It’s now been accepted in final form and will appear in Polity’s Key Contemporary Thinkers series in early 2019. As I’ve mentioned before, the book developed out of the work I’ve … Continue reading →

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Francesco Vitale, Biodeconstruction: Jacques Derrida and the Life Sciences reviewed

Posted on July 17, 2018 by stuartelden

Francesco Vitale, Biodeconstruction: Jacques Derrida and the Life Sciences is reviewed at NDPR by Hans-Jörg Rheinberger. The book appeared earlier this year with SUNY Press, translated by Mauro Senatore. Update: another good review at Critical Inquiry (thanks to Peter Gratton for this link) … Continue reading →

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Foucault, La Sexualité – 1964 course from Clermont-Ferrand scheduled for October 2018

Posted on July 11, 2018 by stuartelden

The publication of Foucault’s courses from the 1950s and 1960s has been planned for some time, and now his 1964 course from Clermont-Ferrand La sexualité is listed as forthcoming in October 2018. Limited details at the moment, but here are the listings … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies 24 published – with new Foucault translation, feature on Foucaudian Spaces, and review of Subjectivity and Truth (open access)

Posted on July 2, 2018 by stuartelden

Foucault Studies 24 published – with new Foucault translation, feature on Foucaudian Spaces, and my review of the Subjectivity and Truth lecture course. Editorial Editorial – Special Issue, Foucauldian Spaces Sverre Raffnsøe PDF 1-5 Section in collaboration with Foucault Circle … Continue reading →

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