Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Two reviews of Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights

Posted on January 27, 2017 by stuartelden

Two reviews of Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights – Andrew Dilts at NDPR (open access) and Marcelo Hoffman in New Political Science (requires access).

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Books received – Canguilhem, Lefebvre, Farge and Foucault, Nail, Weber, Repo, Pasnau

Posted on January 26, 2017 by stuartelden

Four books from OUP in recompense for review work (Thomas Nail, Theory of the Border; Cynthia Weber, Queer International Relations; Jemina Repo, The Biopolitics of Gender and Robert Pasnau, Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671), the long-awaited English translation of Arlette Farge and Michel … Continue reading →

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Books received – Brenner, Foucault, Macauley, Binswanger

Posted on January 25, 2017 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner’s Critique of Urbanization, the translation of Foucault’s Mental Illness and Psychology (for the intro by Hubert Dreyfus); David Macauley’s Elemental Philosophy and Ludwig Binswanger’s Ausgewählte Werke. Neil kindly sent me a copy of his book, the Macauley was recompense for review work, and … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 3: Another week at the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on January 23, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve just spent another week at the Bibliothèque Nationale manuscript room – newly renovated and now a dedicated space. This is at the older Richelieu site in the centre of the city. I worked through boxes relating to two key … Continue reading →

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Books received – Binswanger, Canguilhem, Lacan

Posted on January 23, 2017 by stuartelden

Some books for the new Foucault project – works by Georges Canguilhem and Jacques Lacan, picked up in Paris, and Jacqueline Verdeaux’s translation of Ludwig Binswanger’s Dream and Existence which Foucault advised and introduced.

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Foucault and the Modern International – new collection (and my essay preprint)

Posted on January 19, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault and the Modern International: Silences and Legacies for the Study of World Politics is a new collection with Palgrave, edited by Philippe Bonditti with Didier Bigo and Frédéric Gros. This book addresses the possibilities of analyzing the modern international through the thought of Michel Foucault. … Continue reading →

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Nicolas Drolc’s new film on Serge Livrozet (trailer)

Posted on January 16, 2017 by stuartelden

I’ve mentioned Nicolas Drolc’s film Sur les toits before. It’s a documentary on the prison revolts in the early 1970s France, with some references to the Prisons Information Group Foucault co-founded. There is an open access symposium on the film, following … Continue reading →

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Books received – Spitzer, Foucault, RIPE, TCS, Binswanger

Posted on January 12, 2017 by stuartelden

Foucault translated an essay in this Spitzer collection (see my query over dating here); the first edition of Folie et déraison: Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique; Binswanger’s analysis of Suzanne Urban; and the new issues of RIPE and TCS. … Continue reading →

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The Early Foucault update 2 – Uppsala, Binswanger, Lacan and Bedlam

Posted on January 11, 2017 by stuartelden

While I did take a proper break over Christmas and the New Year, I have been continuing work on the very early Foucault. One of the things I’ve done is some initial research on the time he spent in Uppsala. … Continue reading →

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Foucault Studies 22 – ‘Foucault and Rome’, interview with me, and review of Foucault’s Last Decade

Posted on January 6, 2017 by stuartelden

The new issue of Foucault Studies is now out – the bulk is a theme section on ‘Foucault and Roman Antiquity: Foucault and Rome’, edited by Richard Alston and Shreyaa Bhatt. The issue also includes separate articles, a translation of Foucault’s … Continue reading →

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