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I think that you can find a clear answer to this question in Didier Eribon's 
book on Foucault.
In his French edition (Flammarion, 1991) Eribon describes this moment 
(p.105-109). Foucault has submitted a draft of his thesis to Stirn Lindroth. 
The Swedish professor was not really positive in supporting Foucault to 
present his thesis at the university of Uppsala. It is true that the Swedish 
professor has strongly criticized Foucault's draft. So, Foucault never 
defended his thesis at the Univ. of Uppsala.
Though, Jean Cristophe Oberg thinks (Eribon says) that Foucault has not 
really considered to defend his thesis in Sweden. Thus, Foucault leaves 
Sweden for Varsovia (1958) "avec le manuscrit (de l'Histoire de la Folie) 
presqu'acheve."
Foucault will defend his thesis in Paris on May, 20th 1961

Best,
Nicolae

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Frank Ejby Poulsen" <frank.ejby.poulsen@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:02 PM
Subject: [Foucault-L] Foucault's PhD dissertation and Sweden: 
biographicalelements


> Hello,
> I have a question regarding Foucault's biography to which I did not find 
> any
> answer in the mail list's archive. I thought I read somewhere in a 
> biography
> on Foucault that "Madness and Civilisation", his PhD dissertation, was 
> first
> presented to the University of Stockholm (or another Swedish university)
> during his stay in Sweden because Foucault at that time was very concerned
> with breaking bridges with France, and that it was rejected for not being
> scientific enough in its method. I cannot remember the source of the 
> reading
> unfortunately. Recently I discussed this point with a professor in
> philosophy at the University of Vienna, specialised in French contemporary
> philosophy, who discarded this point of biography. As I do not remember 
> the
> exact source (and as I am but a student facing an"expert", and "following
> scientists" and "scientific authority" :-)) uncertainty grew in my mind. 
> Can
> anyone confirm or infirm this assertion with some references? It seems I 
> am
> simply unable to put my hand on the volume and the page where I thought I
> read that. Or perhaps I simply misunderstood.
> Thank you so much in advance,
> Frank.
>
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