Foucault News

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

Allain, K.A., Marshall, B. Foucault retires to the gym: Understanding embodied aging in the third age (2017) Canadian Journal on Aging, 36 (3), pp. 402-414. DOI: 10.1017/S0714980817000216 Abstract In light of recent social pressures leading to a reimagining of the “Third Age” as a time of constant activity rather than repose and relaxation, this article …

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The Southern Journal of Philosophy, Special Issue: Critical Histories of the Present, September 2017, Volume 55, Issue Supplement S1. Pages 1–209 Editor’s Introduction: Critical Histories of the Present (pages 5–6) Verena Erlenbusch Overcoming “The Present Limits of the Necessary”: Foucault’s Conception of a Critique (pages 7–24) Tuomo Tiisala Comments on Tuomo Tiisala, “Overcoming ‘The Present …

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Allen, A. Psychoanalysis and ethnology revisited: Foucault’s historicization of history (2017) Southern Journal of Philosophy, 55, pp. 31-46. DOI: 10.1111/sjp.12229 Abstract This article re-examines the closing sections of Michel Foucault’s The Order of Things in order to address the longstanding question of whether he is best understood as a philosopher or a historian. My central …

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Martinson, M. Lutheran secularism as a challenge for constructive theology: A Swedish perspective, a foucauldian proposal (2017) Dialog, 56 (3), pp. 233-243. DOI: 10.1111/dial.12334 Abstract In this article the Swedish Lutheran heritage is discussed in relation to its historical connections with secularism. The question is raised whether and how constructive and liberating Lutheran theology can …

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Bilge Akbalik, The modern drama of coup d’etat and systems of discipline: Foucault and political ceremony (2017) Southern Journal of Philosophy, 55, pp. 173-179. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjp.12232 Abstract The objective of my comments is to draw attention to the complex relationship between the juridico-political model of sovereignty and disciplinary power in Foucault’s work. I suggest that Elden’s …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Workshop: Genealogy and Political Theory, 29 September 2017, 10.00 hrs. – 17.00 hrs. Campus Roeterseiland, building J/K, room B22 (Valckenierstraat 65-67, 1018 XE Amsterdam) In recent years, there has been a proliferation of works of and on genealogy by political theorists and historians of political thought. However, with this proliferation comes questions about…

Il “campo”, il razzismo di stato, Archeologia Filosofica Open access journal Politiche di morte e governo della vita, II Paolo Vernaglione Berardi The last decrees imposed by national governments in EU (Italy, East Europe countries) represent the limit of governmentality. The adopted paradigm of the restrictive laws against the migrants coming from Libia, in facts …

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