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

Ericsson, D. Space technologies and cultural organizations (2022) The Metamorphosis of Cultural and Creative Organizations: Exploring Change from a Spatial Perspective, Edited By Federica De Molli, Marilena Veccopp. 141-154. DOI: 10.4324/9781003134671-10 Abstract In this chapter the ongoing reconfigurations of the cultural and creative sectors, in which the dichotomy between producers and consumers is being repealed, …

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Dussel, I. What Might a Material Turn to Educational Histories Add to the History of Education? Proof-eating the Pudding (2021) In Van Ruyskensvelde, Sarah, Thyssen, Geert, Herman, Frederik, Van Gorp, Angelo and Verstraete, Pieter. (Eds) Folds of Past, Present and Future: Reconfiguring Contemporary Histories of Education, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021. pp. 449-468. DOI: …

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Wu, B. Authenticity and wellbeing in neoliberal times: Imagining alternatives (2021) In Healthy Relationships in Higher Education: Promoting Wellbeing Across Academia, Edited by Narelle Lemon, Routledge, pp. 197-209. DOI: 10.4324/9781003144984-18 Abstract At the centre of the neoliberal endeavour is an idealised self for the governed – the entrepreneurial self. Although touted as free and autonomous, …

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Ilott, Luke. “Genealogy Beyond Critique: Foucault’s Discipline and Punish as Coalitional Worldmaking.” Political Theory, (July 2022). https://doi.org/10.1177/00905917221103296. Abstract Michel Foucault was an energetic activist, yet his bleak depiction of totalizing power and his refusal to make normative claims have led many to judge that Discipline and Punish (1975) did not sustain a positive political project. …

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Francesca Peruzzo, Emiliano Grimaldi, Alessandro Arienzo, Giuseppe D’Onofrio, Claudio Franchi & Pietro Sebastianelli (2022) New public management reforms and industrial relations in the Italian education system. A cultural political economy approach, Journal of Educational Administration and History DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2022.2094350 ABSTRACT This article focuses on the relation between new public management (NPM) reforms and changing patterns …

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Seminario: El bestiario de Michel Foucault 9 sesiones mensuales, Miércoles 19-20:30 horas. Del 26 octubre 2022 al 28 de junio de 2023. Institut français (Marqués de la Ensenada, 12) – Sala Mediateca. Coordinación: Rodrigo Castro Orellana y Pablo Lópiz Cantó Correo electrónico: seminariofoucaultcomplutense@gmail.com Web:  https://www.ucm.es/sfc Entrada libre y gratuita hasta completar aforo. Me gustaría escribir la historia …

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Seminario de lectura: Historia de la locura en la época clásica Coordinación: Rodrigo Castro y Agustín Colombo Modalidad: Sesiones mensuales, todos los primeros miércoles de cada mes desde el 5 octubre de 2022 al 7 de junio de 2023. 18:30 horas. Lugar: Seminario 217 (Sala Ortega y Gasset) – Facultad de Filosofía, Edificio A. Universidad …

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Emmanuel Chamorro, 2022. Foucault y el neoliberalismo: análisis de una controversia. Isegoría. 66 (jul. 2022), e28. DOI:https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2022.66.28. Open access RESUMEN El presente artículo analiza la controversia surgida en la última década acerca de la supuesta «fascinación» de Michel Foucault por el neoliberalismo, especialmente alrededor de las intervenciones de Daniel Zamora y Michael C. Behrent. Sus …

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Lorenzo Petrachi, Rovine dell’amicizia. Il progetto incompiuto di Michel Foucault Orthotes Editrice, 2022. Ciunque ritiene di sapere cos’è un’amicizia, da cosa riconoscerla e come nominare i suoi gesti, quali rapporti debba intrattenere con l’amore, la famiglia o le asimmetrie; oltre quali soglie non può spingersi, pretendere e ambire – quantomeno non in maniera ragionevole. Ma …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
https://michel-foucault.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/foucault-bnf-card.jpeg I found this yesterday, while looking for something else. It’s Foucault’s library card for the Bibliothèque nationale de France, found on their images site. I can’t read and/or decipher it all, but here’s what I can work out. The photo looks like early 1960s to me, and there is…