Stuart Elden - The Early Foucault

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2 Endorsement This book is the third of four major intellectual histories of Michel Foucault, exploring newly released archival material and covering the French thinker’s entire academic career. Foucault’s Last Decade was published by Polity in 2016. Foucault: The Birth of Power was published in 2017. The Archaeology of Foucault will publish in the early 2020s.

3 Title Page The Early Foucault Stuart Elden polity

4 Copyright Copyright © Stuart Elden 2021 The right of Stuart Elden to be identified as Author of this Work has been asserted in accordance with the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published in 2021 by Polity Press Polity Press 65 Bridge Street Cambridge CB2 1UR, UK Polity Press 101 Station Landing Suite 300 Medford, MA 02155, USA Cover illustration: Elsa Norström, Journal de la section des jeunes de l’alliance française d’Upsal 1953–, Uppsala University Special Collections, Carolina Rediviva Library All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism and review, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. ISBN-13: 978-1-5095-2599-7 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Names: Elden, Stuart, 1971- author. Title: The early Foucault / Stuart Elden. Description: Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “The first intellectual history of Foucault’s early career”-- Provided by publisher. Identifiers: LCCN 2020047809 (print) | LCCN 2020047810 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509525959 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509525966 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509525973 (pdf) | ISBN 9781509525997 (epub) Subjects: LCSH: Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984. Classification: LCC B2430.F724 E423 2021 (print) | LCC B2430.F724 (ebook) | DDC 194--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047809 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020047810 The publisher has used its best endeavours to ensure that the URLs for external websites referred to in this book are correct and active at the time of going to press. However, the publisher has no responsibility for the websites and can make no guarantee that a site will remain live or that the content is or will remain appropriate. Every effort has been made to trace all copyright holders, but if any have been overlooked the publisher will be pleased to include any necessary credits in any subsequent reprint or edition. For further information on Polity, visit our website: politybooks.com

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6 Abbreviations and Archival References Texts by Foucault and others Archival material Note

7 Introduction Reading and Writing Structure of this Study Notes

8 1 Studying Philosophy and Psychology in Paris Philosophy and its History Jean Hyppolite and the Diploma Thesis on Hegel Psychology Louis Althusser, Georges Canguilhem and the Agrégation Notes

9 2 Teaching at Lille and the École Normale Supérieure ‘Connaissance de l’homme et réflexion transcendantale’ The Binswanger Manuscript ‘Phénoménologie et psychologie’ Other Materials Hospitals and Prisons Publications Notes

10 3 Psychology and Mental Illness ‘La Psychologie de 1850 à 1950’ ‘La Recherche scientifique et la psychologie’ Maladie mentale et personnalité Notes

11 4 Translating Binswanger and von Weizsäcker Introducing Binswanger Dating and Legacy Translating von Weizsäcker Political Controversy Notes

12 5 Nietzsche and Heidegger Encountering Nietzsche in the 1950s Through Heidegger Jean Barraqué Notes

13 6 Madness – Uppsala to Warsaw The Maison de France and the Carolina Rediviva La Table Ronde and Sten Lindroth Warsaw History of Madness Notes

14 7 Hamburg, Kant Situating Kant Translating Kant Introducing Kant: Anthropology and the Question of Man Notes

15 8 Defence, Publication, Reception, Revision Reception Rewriting the Past Maladie mentale et psychologie The 1964 Abridgement of Folie et déraison Notes

16 Coda: Towards Archaeology Notes

17 Index

18 End User License Agreement

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2 Table of Contents

3 Endorsement This book is the third of four major intellectual histories of Michel Foucault, exploring newly released archival material and covering the French thinker’s entire academic career. Foucault’s Last Decade was published by Polity in 2016. Foucault: The Birth of Power was published in 2017. The Archaeology of Foucault will publish in the early 2020s.

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5 Copyright

6 Acknowledgements

7 Abbreviations and Archival References

8 Introduction

9 Begin Reading

10 Index

11 End User License Agreement

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