Foucault News

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

CALL FOR PAPERS The seventeenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle Los Angeles, California March 23-25, 2017 (hosted by Loyola Marymount University) We invite individual papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work. Studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking are all welcome. We will aim for a diversity of topics and perspectives. Abstracts should be …

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Jean-François Favreau, Artaud mis en scène par Foucault : une « fiction critique », Les Temps Modernes 2016/1 (n° 687-688) Premières lignes Ce que nous nous proposons d’aborder ici, ce sont les usages d’Artaud par Foucault, ce qui nous permet d’un côté de considérer un Foucault critique, metteur en scène de la pensée et de …

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CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference GOVERNMENT OF SELF, GOVERNMENT OF OTHERS Ethical and political questions in the late Foucault IFILNOVA / EPLab, Lisbon, 6th-7th March 2017 Organizers Marta Faustino, Gianfranco Ferraro, Luís de Sousa The Laboratory of Ethics and Political Philosophy of IFILNOVA invites submissions for its international conference “Government of Self, Government of Others. …

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Michael Ashworth, Affective Governmentality. Governing Through Disgust in Uganda, Social & Legal Studies, September 23, 2016 doi: 10.1177/0964663916666630 Abstract This article questions the extent to which calculable numbers are indispensable to the government of conduct. By focusing on the role played by disgust in the government of sexual minorities in Uganda, it provides an account …

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Archeologia Filosofica Laboratorio Sull’archeologia filosofica Le ragioni di un laboratorio L’archeologia filosofica è quel sapere delle formazioni discorsive indagate a partire dagli enunciati in cui si determinano i rapporti tra storia e filosofia. L’archeologia retrocede alle condizioni di possibilità del pensiero, a partire dalle relazioni tra saperi, poteri e soggetti. Il metodo archeologico genera genealogie …

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Editor: I am delighted to announce that my long out of print 1989 book (originally published with Macmillan) has been republished as an ebook.   Clare O’Farrell, Foucault: Historian or Philosopher? ebook, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. PDF flyer Description The controversial French thinker, Michel Foucault, was famous not only for the variety of his interests but …

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Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, Du droit à l’émancipation. Sur l’État, Foucault et l’anarchisme Séminaire ETAPE n°19 1 DÉCEMBRE 2015 A voir aussi PDF Séance à partir d’un texte de Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, sociologue et philosophe, auteur notamment de : La dernière leçon de Michel Foucault. Sur le néolibéralisme, la théorie et la politique (Fayard, 2012), L’Art …

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Foucault on the Arts and Letters – Exclusive 30% pre-order discount Rowman & Littlefield International is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Foucault on the Arts and Letters: Perspectives for the 21st Century edited by Catherine M. Soussloff. This book is a collection of new essays addressing Foucault’s thought and its impact on thinking about …

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The History of the Present Collection / Colección Historia del Presente History of the present is a collection that inquires about the historical and political conditions that shape our present and its evidences. Daily and through various fields -the mass media, political discourse and interventions of “experts”- we are exposed to discourses that address various …

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Hörberg, U., Dahlberg, K. Caring potentials in the shadows of power, correction, and discipline-Forensic psychiatric care in the light of the work of Michel Foucault (2015) International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 10, art. no. 28703. DOI: 10.3402/qhw.v10.28703 Abstract The aim of this article is to shed light on contemporary forensic psychiatric …

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