Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Speaking styles and speaking spaces

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Having given four talks over the past two weeks – two on The Birth of Territory and two on the Foucault’s Last Decade project – I thought I’d write a little about the different spaces I spoke in, and how these change … Continue reading →

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A translation of the first lecture of Foucault’s Du gouvernement des vivants

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

While looking for the source of a Rosa Luxembourg quote Foucault mentions, I found this translation of the first lecture of Du gouvernement des vivants (January 9th 1980). The publication of the official translation has been delayed until September, so for those with … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s 1980-81 course Subjectivité et vérité projected for May 2014 publication

Posted on March 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s 1980-81 course Subjectivité et vérité is listed for May 2014 publication on Amazon.fr. These dates have been pushed back for several other courses, so take with some caution. It doesn’t yet appear on the Seuil page.

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“About the Concept of the ‘Dangerous Individual’ in Legal Psychiatry of the 19th Century” – details of variant English and French texts

Posted on March 1, 2014 by stuartelden

A couple of months ago [update: in January 2014], I asked three minor questions concerning Foucault’s ‘About the Concept of the Dangerous Individual’ lecture in Toronto in 1977. is the version in Dits et écrits the original French, or a re-translation with an … Continue reading →

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Foucault talks next week in Melbourne – and thanks for this week

Posted on February 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Many thanks to everyone who came to the two talks this week on The Birth of Territory at Monash and RMIT. There were good audiences for both and some interesting questions. I recorded the RMIT talk and will try to upload … Continue reading →

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The Life Penalty: Foucault, Derrida, Bamber – abstract for a possible conference

Posted on February 26, 2014 by stuartelden

I have been asked if I’d be interested in speaking at a planned conference on ‘Cruel and Unusual Punishments’, which sounds intriguing, although somewhat outside of my usual research interests. At the moment it is not at all clear that … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – ninth update

Posted on February 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve worked through the first volume of the History of Sexuality, in both French and English. There are, to my mind, not nearly as many translational issues with this as with Surveiller et punir/Discipline … Continue reading →

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Melbourne talks on The Birth of Territory and Foucault – final details

Posted on February 24, 2014 by stuartelden

Final details for my four talks over the next two weeks in Melbourne: 26 February 2014, 12.30pm, “The Birth of Territory”, Monash University, Melbourne (Room N502, Menzies Building, Clayton Campus) – flyer, website 27 February 2014, 5pm, “The Birth of Territory”, RMIT University, Melbourne … Continue reading →