Foucault News

News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Hoffman, M. Foucault and the lesson of the prisoner support movement, New Political Science, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 21-36 https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2012.646018 Abstract Shocked by harsh prison conditions in France, Michel Foucault in February 1971 co-founded the Information Group on Prisons (GIP), a group dedicated to heightening public intolerance towards the prison system by …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
This is my abstract for the AAG meeting in Los Angeles next April. It will be part of the ‘Violence and Space’ sessions organised by Philippe le Billon and Simon Springer – call for papers here. I’ll also be part of a panel on Sloterdijk organised by Oliver Belcher and…