The Archaeology of Foucault

The Archaeology of Foucault
S Elden
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29 Dec 2022 UK
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9781509545353
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On 20 May 1961 Foucault defended his two doctoral theses; on 2 December 1970 he gave his inaugural lecture at the College de France. Between these dates, he published four books, travelled widely, and wrote extensively on literature, the visual arts, linguistics, and philosophy. He taught both psychology and philosophy, beginning his explorations of the question of sexuality. Weaving together analyses of published and unpublished material, this is a comprehensive study of this crucial period. As well as Foucault' s major texts, it discusses his travels to Brazil, Japan, and the USA, his time in Tunisia, and his editorial work for Critique and the complete works of Nietzsche and Bataille. It was in this period that Foucault developed the historical-philosophical approach he called ' archaeology' - the elaboration of the archive - which he understood as the rules that make possible specific claims. In its detailed study of Foucault' s archive the book is itself an archaeology of Foucault in another sense, both excavation and reconstruction. This book completes a four-volume series of major intellectual histories of Foucault. Foucault' s Last Decade was published by Polity in 2016; Foucault: The Birth of Power followed in 2017; and The Early Foucault in 2021.
' ' This final volume of Elden' s magisterial biography offers a fascinating insight into Foucault' s life and work throughout the 1960s. ' ' Camille Robcis, Columbia University' ' For we students of Foucault and avid readers of his books, the articulation with debates of the time and the reorientations of his thought seemed clear enough. What an illusion! Building on the new archive and testimonies with amazing intellectual empathy, Stuart Elden recreates the latent discourse. We can embark on a new reading and understanding of the great archaeologist of our culture. ' ' Etienne Balibar, author of On Universals' ' Stuart Elden continues his series on Foucault with another work of meticulous scholarship, unearthing archival sources, variants of Foucault' s publications, and links to his contemporaries in the exciting intellectual context of the 1960s. ' ' Clare O' Farrell, Queensland University of Technology
Stuart Elden is Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick.
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ISBN-13: 9781509545353
Published: 29 Dec 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Polity Press
Publisher: Polity Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
Pages: 300

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