Stuart Elden

is Professor of Political Theory and Geography at the University of Warwick. He has published widely in philosophy, politics, geography, literature and history. His most recent book is The Birth of Territory and he is currently writing two books on Foucault, Foucault's Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power.

The Biopolitics of Birth: Michel Foucault, the Groupe Information Santé and the Abortion Rights Struggle

Stuart Elden March 2, 2016

In a text that can be read as their founding manifesto from late 1972, to which Foucault was the only named contributor, the Groupe Information Santé discusses the political nature of the inquiry, the need for marginalized groups to assert their power, and claims that medical issues are at the forefront of class struggle.