You may be interested to note that my book, Mapping the Present: Heidegger,
Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History (Continuum, 2001) is now out.
It's available in a very expensive hardback, but also a paperback edition.
Amazon.co.uk have the paperback, as do bol.com, but amazon.com doesn't seem
to yet. Here's the blurb from the back cover, and the two endorsements:-
In a late interview, Foucault suggested that
Heidegger was for him the "essential philosopher".
Taking this claim seriously, Mapping the Present
assesses the relationship between these two
thinkers, particularly on the issue of space and
history. It suggests that space and history need to
be rethought, and combined as a spatial history,
rather than as a history of space. In other words,
space should become not merely an object of
analysis, but a tool of analysis.
The first half of the book concentrates on
Heidegger: from the early occlusion of space,
through the politically charged readings of
Nietzsche and Hölderlin, to the later work on art,
technology and the polis which accord equal status
to issues of spatiality. Foucault's work is then
rethought in the light of the analysis of Heidegger,
and the project of a spatial history established
through re-readings of his works on madness and
discipline.
"Offers a powerful reinterpretation of Foucault and reveals the frequently
neglected significance of the work of Heidegger to Foucault's intellectual
project. Mapping the Present provides analytically rigorous yet accessible
reinterpretations of relevant works of both Foucault and Heidegger and
demonstrates the crucial importance of spatial relations in the exercise of
modern forms of power."
--Barry Smart
"A marvellous book - critical and generous, clear and sophisticated, wise
and witty. For those interested in the project of a spatial history, Elden
has opened up wholly new ways of thinking about (and working with) Heidegger
and Foucault that are alert to the philosophical and theoretical
complexities of their writings and to the political and ethical
responsibilities of a history of the present."
--Derek Gregory
Best wishes
Stuart
Dr Stuart Elden
Lecturer in Politics
Department of Politics and International Studies
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL, UK
+44 (0)2476 523303
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/PAIS/staff/elden.htm
Foucault and the Project of a Spatial History (Continuum, 2001) is now out.
It's available in a very expensive hardback, but also a paperback edition.
Amazon.co.uk have the paperback, as do bol.com, but amazon.com doesn't seem
to yet. Here's the blurb from the back cover, and the two endorsements:-
In a late interview, Foucault suggested that
Heidegger was for him the "essential philosopher".
Taking this claim seriously, Mapping the Present
assesses the relationship between these two
thinkers, particularly on the issue of space and
history. It suggests that space and history need to
be rethought, and combined as a spatial history,
rather than as a history of space. In other words,
space should become not merely an object of
analysis, but a tool of analysis.
The first half of the book concentrates on
Heidegger: from the early occlusion of space,
through the politically charged readings of
Nietzsche and Hölderlin, to the later work on art,
technology and the polis which accord equal status
to issues of spatiality. Foucault's work is then
rethought in the light of the analysis of Heidegger,
and the project of a spatial history established
through re-readings of his works on madness and
discipline.
"Offers a powerful reinterpretation of Foucault and reveals the frequently
neglected significance of the work of Heidegger to Foucault's intellectual
project. Mapping the Present provides analytically rigorous yet accessible
reinterpretations of relevant works of both Foucault and Heidegger and
demonstrates the crucial importance of spatial relations in the exercise of
modern forms of power."
--Barry Smart
"A marvellous book - critical and generous, clear and sophisticated, wise
and witty. For those interested in the project of a spatial history, Elden
has opened up wholly new ways of thinking about (and working with) Heidegger
and Foucault that are alert to the philosophical and theoretical
complexities of their writings and to the political and ethical
responsibilities of a history of the present."
--Derek Gregory
Best wishes
Stuart
Dr Stuart Elden
Lecturer in Politics
Department of Politics and International Studies
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL, UK
+44 (0)2476 523303
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/PAIS/staff/elden.htm