Foucault News

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

Foucault and Film (Part I) Monday, February 10, 2025 to Friday, February 14, 2025 Theme week organized by Jenny Gunn, Georgia State University Co-editor Sara Ghazi Asadollahi About MediaCommons Foucault’s ‘Cinematicity’ By Jenny Gunn, Monday, February 10, 2025 Curator’s Note “Foucault is uniquely akin to contemporary film.” -Gilles Deleuze[i] Despite Deleuze’s definitive claim in the …

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Perspectives on the Philosophy of Ian Hacking October 2025, Volume 108, Number 4 Editor: Fraser McBride Advisory Editors Paul A. Roth and Matteo Vagelli Contents: Does Entity Realism Hold Up? — Lydia Patton Scientific Understanding Beyond Representing: Lessons from Ian Hacking’s Work — Oscar Westerblad and Henk W. de Regt Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophical Technology, and …

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CFP: *50 Years of The History of Sexuality* Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference, 2026 Gender & Sexuality Research Cluster Organizers: Toby Anne Finlay, York University (tfinlay@yorku.ca); Chris Tatham, University of Guelph. Dates Call for Abstracts: December 3, 2025 – January 26, 2026 This year marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Michel Foucault’s The …

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Michel Serres, Hermes III: Translation, Translated by Randolph Burks, University of Minnesota Press, Publication date: February 17th, 2026 Unlocking the hidden patterns of knowledge—where science, art, and philosophy speak a common language Hermes III: Translation is the third volume in Michel Serres’s renowned Hermes series, an ambitious exploration of the deep interconnections among disparate fields …

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Le thermomètre de Foucault Journée d’étude 9 Janvier 2026 09:00 – 18:00 École normale supérieure – PSL 29 rue d’Ulm 75005 2e étage, salle Théodule Ribot, U209 Grégoire Chamayou (CNRS-ENS Paris), Frédéric Keck (CNRS-EHESS Paris) et Jean-Claude Monod (CNRS-ENS Paris) Dans sa généalogie des savoirs biopolitiques, Michel Foucault a beaucoup parlé des milieux mais peu …

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Stephen W. Sawyer, Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins (Eds.), Foucault, Neoliberalism, and Beyond, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018. Description Few philosophers have garnered as much attention globally as Michel Foucault. But even within this wide reception, the consideration given to his relationship to neoliberalism has been noteworthy. However, the debate over this relationship has given rise to a …

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Ilaria Santoemma, From Pervasive Technologies to Technology of the Self. A Counter-Subjectivation argument for a Shift in the Critical Theory of Cyberspace, Soft Power, pp. 49-68 Issue 22 (11,2) July-December 2024 https://doi.org/10.14718/SoftPower.2024.11.2.3 Abstract This paper aims to contribute to the discourse on the intersection of power dynamics and subjectivation processes as explored in critical theory, …

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Nick Gallent, Menelaos Gkartzios, Mark Scott, Andrew Purves (Eds), Postcapitalist Countrysides. From commoning to community wealth building, UCL Press, 2025 Open access Postcapitalist Countrysides explores the tensions that arise from the established conventions of economic production and private accumulation, as they affect life, wealth and work in rural areas. Its premise is that capitalism, as …

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Robin Hickman, Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility, UCL Press, 2025 Open access Achieving sustainable transport systems and travel behaviours is proving problematic in many cities, including contestation over strategies and projects. Discourses on Sustainable Urban Mobility challenges the dominant discourses of motorisation and the ineffective implementation of sustainable mobility, arguing that transport planning history is …

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