Matthews, J. Occupation as refrain: territory and beyond in Occupy London (2018) Social Movement Studies, 17 (2), pp. 127-143. DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2018.1427056 Abstract Emerging with the wider ‘movements of the squares’ of 2011, Occupy London was defined by occupation, and by participants’ negotiation of what occupation meant. Its forms and meanings changed as London’s Occupiers moved …
Erol, A.E. Queer contestation of neoliberal and heteronormative moral geographies during #occupygezi (2018) Sexualities, 21 (3), pp. 428-445. DOI: 10.1177/1363460717699768 Abstract During the summer of 2013, Turkey witnessed the largest protest movement in the history of the republic. The protests began with environmentalist concerns to save a public park in central Istanbul, Gezi Park, from …
Palacios, C. Society, like the market, needs to be constructed: Foucault’s critical project at the dawn of neoliberalism (2018) History of the Human Sciences, 31(1), pp. 74-96. DOI: 10.1177/0952695117746045 Abstract It has been commonplace to equate Foucault’s 1979 series of lectures at the Collège de France with the claim that for neoliberalism, unlike for classical …
Palacios, C. Freedom can also be productive: The historical inversions of “the conduct of conduct” (2018) Journal of Political Power, pp. 1-21. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2018.1478641 Abstract The Foucauldian conception of power as ‘productive’ has left us so far with a residual conception of freedom. The article examines a number of historical cases in …
Masterclass with Thomas Lemke on biopolitics and materiality Further details publicity flyer When 10am-12pm, 5 September 2018 Where CCANESA boardroom, Madsen Building, Eastern Avenue, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia ABSTRACT The past two decades have seen a remarkable development in the social sciences and the humanities: the rise of “new materialisms”. Theoretical perspectives and empirical …
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Adorno, Foucault and the Critique of the West by Deborah Cook, forthcoming with Verso, October 2018 Adorno, Foucault, and the Critique of the West argues that critical theory continues to offer valuable resources for critique and contestation during this turbulent period in our history. To assess these resources, it examines…
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Also with Verso, the long overdue translation of Thomas Lemke, A Critique of Political Reason: Foucault’s Analysis of Modern Governmentality – forthcoming in January 2019. Lemke offers the most comprehensive and systematic account of Michel Foucault’s work on power and government from 1970 until his death in 1984. He convincingly…
From Stockerblog Philosophy, Politics, Culture from Barry Stocker, British philosopher based in Istanbul Barry Stocker, ‘Foucault on Two Types of Neoliberalism: ORDO Liberalism and Anarcholiberalism, along with European Historical Roots’ (in English) in Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, latest issue. See linked pdf, article starts page 187. It represents early work for a project on …
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I gave a talk about Foucault’s Les aveux de la chair on May 9th at the Centre for Philosophy and Critical Thought, Goldsmiths University. Full details here. The talk was based on my review essay on the book, published on the Theory, Culture & Society website. If you’ve read that review,…
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I’m a lecturer in Psychology and I’ve used Foucauldian discourse analysis (FDA) in my own research on masculinity and health. On 2nd May 2018 I led a FDA workshop for staff and PhD students at St.Mary’s University. A video of the workshop is below, and might be of use to qualitative researchers…
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