Foucault News

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

Nancy Partner, Foucault’s iconic afterlife: The posthumous reach of words and things, History & Theory Volume 55, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 35–53 https://doi.org/10.1111/hith.10827 ABSTRACT The lasting influence of Michel Foucault’s work is both instantly recognizable in that his very name can be invoked as a noun or adjective (“Foucauldian”), as a critical stance or …

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Fabienne de Bilbao, Paola Bonavitacola, The abuses of a certain knowledge The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, First published: 5 April 2016 DOI: 10.1111/1745-8315.12493 Abstract In the psychiatric institution, the sex act is a matter of controversy, all the more so when elderly patients with dementia are concerned. Yet, a question imposes itself: thinking beyond the …

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Disorderly Families: Infamous Letters from the Bastille Archives By Arlette Farge and Michel Foucault Edited by Nancy Luxon Translated by Thomas Scott-Railton University of Minnesota Press | 344 pages | January 2017 ISBN 978-0-8166-9534-8 | jacketed cloth | $35.00 First published in French in 1982, this first English translation of Disorderly Families contains ninety-four letters …

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Obsolete Capitalism, Acceleration, Revolution and Money in Deleuze and Guattari’s Anti-Oedipus Translated by Letizia Rustichelli and Ettore Lancellotti, Revised by Edmund Berger Anti-copyright, August 2016, Rizosfera/Obsolete Capitalism, Creative Commons 4.0. ISBN 9788875591007- 2 The book series entitled «The Strong of the Future» deals with accelerationist philosophy, in particular with the thought based on Nietzsche, Klossowski …

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Uggla, Y., Lidskog, R. Climate risks and forest practices: forest owners’ acceptance of advice concerning climate change (2016) Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 31 (6), pp. 618-625. DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2015.1134648 Abstract Based on qualitative interviews with Swedish forest owners this study focuses on climate change, risk management and forest governance from the perspective of the forest …

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Journée d’étude Penser la digitalisation Le pouvoir à l’âge digital : lire Exposed 14 décembre 2016 Columbia Global Centers–Paris PDF Programme Part of the Digital Initiative Program of the Columbia Law School 9h – Accueil 9h15 – Bernard E. Harcourt (Columbia University) : Introduction 9h45 – Morning Panel Chair : François Ewald Thomas Berns (Université …

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Ravinder Sidhu, Navigating unfreedoms & re-imagining ethical counter-conducts: Caring about refugees & asylum seekers, Educational Philosophy and Theory, Pages 1-12 | Published online: 05 Oct 2016 10.1080/00131857.2016.1225558 Abstract This article uses Foucault’s concept of the care of the self to interrogate the accounts of ethical agency provided by professionals involved in the settlement of refugees, …

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Silcock, M., Payne, D., Hocking, C. Governmentality within Children’s Technological Play: Findings from a Critical Discourse Analysis (2016) Children and Society, 30 (2), pp. 85-95. DOI: 10.1111/chso.12123 Abstract In many countries today, digital technology and instant communication are embedded in children’s everyday lives to the extent that their play frequently incorporates smartphones, the Internet and …

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