Foucault News

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

Gavin Rae (2025). From reason to madness and back: Critiquing reason through the Derrida–Foucault debate. History of the Human Sciences https://doi.org/10.1177/09526951251337677 Abstract There has recently been something of a resurgence of interest in the Derrida–Foucault debate, with this leading to a reassessment of its aims, content, and outcome. This article contributes to that endeavor by …

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Koncz, L., Boas, A. V., & Candiotto, C. (2025). Spiritual Integration of Migrants: A Lisbon Case Study Within the Common Home Agenda and Polyhedron of Intelligibility Framework. Religions, 16(6), 711. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel16060711 Abstract Migration is a multidimensional process that reshapes identities and communities. This article adopts a polyhedral framework inspired by Pope Francis’s Laudato si’ and …

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Bourke, T., Alford, J., Mavropoulou, S., & Catalano, G. (2025). Interpretations of inclusive education in Australian policy: what’s the problem represented to be? International Journal of Inclusive Education, 1–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603116.2025.2532634 ABSTRACT Policies encapsulate distilled values and have good intentions. However, how problems are represented and then interpreted and translated into practice is not always clear. …

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Tarusarira, J., & Wabule, A. (2025). The continuity of military identity in civilian work-places: former Ugandan soldiers in Uganda. Critical Military Studies, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/23337486.2025.2488538 ABSTRACT In this article, we examine how Ugandan ex-soldiers deploy different military practices in civilian workplaces in Uganda and how these practices continue to define them as former military personnel. The …

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Richard Groulx, Penser la guerre avec Michel Foucault. Tome 2: Une nouvelle représentation de la guerre : le monde comme « champ de bataille », L’Harmattan, 2025. Au sujet de la représentation des conflits comme « guerre des races », Foucault demande s’il est possible de filtrer la « violence barbare ». De la même …

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Richard Groulx, Penser la guerre avec Michel Foucault. Tome 1: De la guerre des races au racisme d’État, L’Harmattan, 2025 Au fond de la politique, qu’y a-t-il sinon la guerre ? Et cette guerre, comment la définir ? Telles sont les questions posées par Michel Foucault dans son cours au Collège de France, “Il faut …

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Call For Papers After The Death Of The Human Michel Foucault’s 100th Anniversary International Conference University of Lisbon, Portugal | June 18–19, 2026 Deadline for submissions: September 30, 2025 Notification of acceptance: October 30, 2025 PDF flyer The centenary of Michel Foucault’s birth offers a timely opportunity to reassess the profound contribution of his philosophy …

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Stuart Elden, Michel Foucault and Daniel Defert’s library at 285 rue de Vaugirard – online catalogue soon available, Progressive Geographies, July 13, 2025 La bibliothèque de Michel Foucault et de Daniel Defert du 285 rue de Vaugirard Philippe Chevallier, Henri-Paul Fruchaud and colleagues have catalogued much of Foucault and Defert’s personal library, which will soon …

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Constanza Ulriksen Moretti, Genealogy And Circulation of the Smart Cities Concept in Chile: An Urban Policy Failure? Finisterra, LX(128), 2025, e36321 ABSTRACT Although studies describe the circulation of the Smart Cities (SC) concept in Chile, research on how this concept emerges in the Chilean context remains scarce. Drawing on the policy mobility approach and Foucault’s …

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