Category Archives: Michel Foucault

‘Maurice Florence’ on Michel Foucault – the missing opening paragraph

Posted on January 14, 2015 by stuartelden

One of the things I’ve been doing with the Foucault’s Last Decade project is checking the original publication of texts in several instances, rather than relying on the reprints in Dits et écrits. Sometimes this is because the company Foucault … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Publishing | 2 Comments

Kathleen Biddick, Make and Let Die: Untimely Sovereignties – forthcoming from Punctum Books

Posted on January 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Kathleen Biddick’s Make and Let Die: Untimely Sovereignties is forthcoming from Punctum Books. This collection of essays by one of medieval studies’ most brilliant and prescient historians argues that the analysis and critique of biopower, as conventionally defined by Michel Foucault … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, Politics, Publishing | Leave a comment

Foucault on Parrēsia – translation of a 1982 lecture in Critical Inquiry (now available)

Posted on January 11, 2015 by stuartelden

A lecture by Foucault in 1982 at Université de Grenoble, on “Parrēsia” was first published in French in 2012 in the journal Anabases; it is now published in English in Critical Inquiry, translated by Graham Burchell (requires subscription). It is followed by … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Publishing | 1 Comment

Foucault’s Collaborative Projects – some updates

Posted on January 10, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve updated this blog’s page on Foucault’s Collaborative Projects. The page now discusses Généalogie du capital; Généalogie des équipements de normalisation; Les machines à guérir; Politiques de l’habitat, L’impossible prison and Génealogie de la défense sociale en Belgique.

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Foucault on Kant’s ‘What is Enlightenment?’ – a mini bibliography

Posted on January 10, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault discussed Kant’s essay ‘What is Enlightenment?’ in various places. DE = Dits et écrits; EW = Essential Works; PT = The Politics of Truth lecture of 27 May 1978, published as “Qu’est-ce que la critique? (Critique et Aufklärung)”, Bulletin … Continue reading →

Posted in Immanuel Kant, Michel Foucault | 2 Comments

Books received – for the Foucault project

Posted on January 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Some books for the Foucault project – new editions of a couple of Foucault’s books; Jacques Donzelot’s L’invention du social; recent books by Jacques Bizet and Pierre Macherey; and the original outlets of a couple of Foucault essays and interviews.

Posted in Arlette Farge, Books, Foucault's Last Decade, Georges Canguilhem, Michel Foucault, Pierre Macherey | Leave a comment

Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 17

Posted on January 5, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve made good progress on Chapter 9 around Christmas and the New Year. A productive day in the British Library today filled in some missing references to primary or secondary material Foucault utilised, as well as tracking down two little-known … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Writing | 2 Comments

Foucault and Neoliberalism AUFS Event – four commentaries

Posted on January 5, 2015 by stuartelden

The interview with Daniel Zamora at Jacobin, about his edited book Critiquer Foucault: Les années 1980 et la tentation néolibérale, has led to a number of commentaries. ‘An und für sich’ is hosting four pieces on this: – Verena Erlenbusch – Neoliberalism and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, Politics | 4 Comments

Foucault – uncollected notes, lectures and interviews, Progressive Geographies list updated

Posted on January 5, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve updated the list of uncollected notes, lectures and interviews by Michel Foucault. Many of these have been posted on this site before, but this is an attempt at collecting details and links in one place. There are a couple of scans of … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Publishing | Leave a comment

Foucault on the State in 1975 – a previously untranslated comment

Posted on January 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Foucault was interviewed in 1975 for a Brazilian paper: Q: In your work, the State seems to occupy a privileged place. And the State represents a privileged instance for understanding historical-cultural formations. Could you specify the conditions of possibility which … Continue reading →

Posted in Foucault's Last Decade, Michel Foucault, Politics | 4 Comments