Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Books received – Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Lefebvre etc. (2 of 3)

Posted on June 3, 2014 by stuartelden

The new translation of Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil and On the Genealogy of Morality; Lefebvre’s Trois textes pour le theâtre; Virilio’s Open Sky; Trawny’s Heidegger und der Mythos der jüdischen Weltverschwörung; Harvey’s The Urban Experience; the new edition of a … Continue reading →

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Barry Stocker’s reading of Foucault on the punitive society continues

Posted on May 26, 2014 by stuartelden

Lecture eight part one and two – Barry Stocker’s reading of Foucault’s La société punitive continues.

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Barry Stocker on Foucault’s The Punitive Society VII 1 and 2

Posted on May 23, 2014 by stuartelden

Barry Stocker continues his reading of Foucault’s La société punitive, lecture seven, parts one and two.

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Barry Stocker on Foucault’s Lectures on the Punitive Society VI.1 and 2

Posted on May 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Barry Stocker’s reading of Foucault’s lectures continues – parts 1 and 2.  

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Foucault on painting – some references

Posted on May 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Heterotopian Studies has a useful bibliography of Foucault on painting, and of relevant secondary literature. It focuses on shorter pieces, rather than the discussion of paintings in The Order of Things and History of Madness. The list of secondary literature is … Continue reading →

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The ruins of Cuba’s Panopticon – some photos

Posted on May 20, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to David Murakami Wood for the link to this photo-essay on the ruined Panopticon in Cuba.

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Talking about Publishing, Urban Territory, and lots else

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

I was involved in three events this week. The first was the most wide-ranging – a filmed conversation with Babette Babich at Fordham University, that ranged from contemporary territorial issues to Kant, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Lefebvre; Greek geography to … Continue reading →

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Books received – Foucault, Babich & Ginev, Chevallier

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve been trying not to accumulate books while in New York – despite living opposite Strand Books – to keep luggage weight down for the trip home. I am sure there is a small post mountain waiting for me back … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Manuscripts to the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on May 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s extant manuscript papers – all 37,000 pages of them – have been moved to the Bibliothèque Nationale – story here (in French pp. 26-7; via here – in German).

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‘This is not a cover image’ – bad covers of books on Foucault

Posted on May 9, 2014 by stuartelden

A set of images of covers of books on Foucault… and their problems. I actually like the Lois McNay cover, but there are some hideous ones here… Something to bear in mind for Foucault’s Last Decade, though I continue to like … Continue reading →

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