Editor’s note Over the next few weeks I will be posting ‘old news’ of various art exhibitions and performances as I finally catch up with my backlog of news feeds. Even if these exhibitions are no longer current, they provide general information about artists working with Foucault’s ideas in interesting ways. I will add a …
The Podcast for Social Research : The Podcast for Social Research, Episode 19: Biopolitics in Bloomberg’s New York, Thu, 30 March 2017 The nineteenth episode of the Podcast for Social Research features BISR research associate Jeffrey Escoffier, formerly the director of health, media, and marketing for the New York City Department of Health and Mental …
Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi examines Foucault’s writings on the Iranian Revolution as an attempt to write the history of the present without binding commitments to a teleological historiography. Is it possible for a people to envision and desire futures uncharted by already existing schemata of history? Is it possible to think of dignity, justice, and liberty outside …
CFP: Critical Theories Graduate Workshop: Adorno and Foucault – PhilEvents Conference date(s):April 20, 2018 – April 21, 2018 Conference Venue: DePaul University Chicago, United States Topic areas 20th Century Philosophy Continental Philosophy European Philosophy Aesthetics Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality Social and Political Philosophy Value Theory, Miscellaneous Details Theodor Adorno and Michel Foucault are …
January 19 – Mar 10 2018 EX-VOTO the body + the institution – Galway Arts Centre Lucy Beech Jenna Bliss Cecilia Bullo Judy Foley Sinéad Gleeson Rajinder Singh “the cataclysm which was my body…this dislocated assemblage, this piece of damaged geology.”The Peyote Dance, Antonin Artaud Ex-Voto is a group exhibition that addresses the colonisation of …
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Michel Foucault, l’Iran et le pouvoir du spirituel – previously unpublished 1979 interview in Bibliobs (requires subscription). A shorter version is published in the print version of L’Obs, 8 February 2018. I have the print version, but if anyone can access the online version please let me know. Many thanks…
Paolo Vernaglione Berardi Archeologia della penalità psichiatrica. Psichiatri, giudici e degenerati During the 1970s, Michel Foucault realized the most important ensemble of research about psychiatry intertwined with the penal system. The courses at the Collège de France: ‘La Societé Punitive’ (1971-72), ‘Le Pouvoir Psychiatrique’ (1972-73), ‘Les anormaux’ (1974-75), the book Surveiller et Punir (1975), combined …
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Marnia Lazreg, Foucault’s Orient: The Conundrum of Cultural Difference, From Tunisia to Japan – now out with Berghahn. Looks fascinating, and the use of archives and interviews should make this revealing. The Introduction is available online and has some interesting, though not unproblematic, claims. But the price for the book! £92 or $130……
Sophie Wintgens and Audrey Weerts, (eds.) L’État dans tous ses états Peter Lang, Series: Géopolitique et résolution des conflits / Geopolitics and Conflict Resolution, 2017 ISBN: 9782807603646 Depuis l’avènement de l’État moderne au 17e siècle, l’État a connu de nombreuses évolutions. De l’idée d’État-nation en passant par celle d’État-providence, le concept s’est imposé dans nos …
XI Colóquio Internacional Michel Foucault: Foucault e as práticas de liberdade será realizado entre 25 e 29 de setembro de 2018, no Centro de Cultura e Eventos da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, em Florianópolis, Brasil. Facebook O evento dá continuidade à série iniciada em 1999, cujo objetivo é aprofundar o conhecimento sobre o pensamento …
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