Richard Seymour, How postmodernism became the universal scapegoat of the era New Statesman, 24 June 2021 In the slew of rightist culture-war bogeymen, from “cultural Marxism” to “critical race theory”, one of the most surprising candidates for obloquy is postmodernism. In December 2020, the women and equalities minister Liz Truss bewailed “postmodernist philosophy – pioneered …
Gérard Fromanger, couleurs de gloire, Libération, par Clémentine Mercier, publié le 18 juin 2021 Le peintre figuratif, acteur de Mai 68, proche de Gilles Deleuze et Michel Foucault, est décédé ce vendredi 18 juin à l’âge de 81 ans. Il aura marqué l’époque par ses œuvres contestataires à la palette vive et à la conscience …
Joseph Pugliese, Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human. Forensic Ecologies of Violence, Duke University Press, 2020 In Biopolitics of the More-Than-Human Joseph Pugliese examines the concept of the biopolitical through a nonanthropocentric lens, arguing that more-than-human entities—from soil and orchards to animals and water—are actors and agents in their own right with legitimate claims to justice. Examining …
T is for Time (Michel Foucault), Mar 1, 2021
Niki Kasumi Clements, Sites of the Ascetic Self. John Cassian and Christian Ethical Formation, University of Notre Dame Press, 2020 Description Sites of the Ascetic Self reconsiders contemporary debates about ethics and subjectivity in an extended engagement with the works of John Cassian (ca. 360–ca. 435), whose stories of extreme asceticism and transformative religious experience …
Palacios, C. A truly invisible hand: The critical value of Foucauldian irony (2021) Critical Times: Interventions in Global Critical Theory, 4 (1), pp. 48-72. DOI: 10.1215/26410478-8855219 Open access Abstract Critical theory has long resisted the notion that an “invisible hand” can operate within the real social dynamics of a free market. But despite the most …
Bandiera, R. Marx, Foucault, and state–corporate harm: a case study of regulatory failure in Australian non-prescription medicine regulation (2021) Crime, Law and Social Change DOI: 10.1007/s10611-021-09953-2 Abstract Risk-based regulation has underpinned Australian prescription and non-prescription medicine regulation for over three decades. However, data consistently demonstrate high rates of non-compliance among non-prescription medicine sponsors, with most …
Agustin Colombo (UCLouvain, centre CERPhiCO) et Paul Slama (UNamur) ont le plaisir de vous annoncer la troisième séance du séminaire interdisciplinaire “Subjectivité et religion“. Elle aura lieu le jeudi 24 juin 2021, de 15h00 à 17h00 et accueillera Jacob Schmutz (UCLouvain). Il présentera une communication intitulée “Conscience moderne et désobéissance civile. Quelques leçons de la théologie moderne, XVIe-XVIIIe siècles”. Pour participer à cette session, veuillez vous inscrire en ligne. …
Joynt, C., Rosskama, J. Toward a trans method, or reciprocity as a way of life (2021) Feminist Media Histories, 7 (1), pp. 11-20. DOI: 10.1525/fmh.2021.7.1.11 Abstract It is reductive yet accurate to assert that Chase Joynt and Jules Rosskam first met because they are both trans people who make documentary films. While the alignment of …
Un ouvrage dédié au philosophe Michel Foucault, La Nouvelle République, 14/05/2021 See also this site Publisher’s site Book brochure L’association Le jardin de Michel Foucault à Vendeuvre-du-Poitou vient de publier en avril 2021 un livre intitulé Michel Foucault, Côté jardin, Paroles. Cet ouvrage est un recueil de témoignages de personnes qui l’ont connu à Vendeuvre …
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