Michel Foucault: Discourse Theory and the Archive Convention Center at the Historical Observatory; Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen 16 July 2016 See also this link. This year marks not only Michel Foucault’s 90th birthday, but also the 50th anniversary of the publication of his seminal book Les Mots et les Choses, which made Foucault a …
Foucault Studies Number 21: June 2016: Counter-Conduct Table of Contents Editorial Editorial PDF Sverre Raffnsøe et al. 1-2 Special Issue on Counter-Conduct Introduction: Counter-Conduct PDF Sam Binkley, Barbara Cruikshank 3-6 From Counter-Conduct to Critical Attitude: Michel Foucault and the Art of Not Being Governed Quite So Much PDF Daniele Lorenzini 7-21 Foucault Among the Stoics: …
Michel Foucault, Prisons And The Future Of Abolition: An Interview, Critical Theory, JUNE 25, 2016 “Active Intolerance: Michel Foucault, the Prisons Information Group, and the Future of Abolition” explores the Prison Information Group (GIP), an organization founded by notable academics, including Michel Foucault and Gilles Deleuze, to expose the deplorable conditions of the French Prison system. …
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Out shortly is Behrooz Ghamari-Tabrizi, Foucault in Iran: Islamic Revolution after the Enlightenment. Thanks to Chathan Vemuri for the link. Foucault in Iran centers on the significance of Foucault’s writings on the Iranian Revolution and the profound mark it left on his lectures on ethics, spirituality, and fearless speech. This…
Brendon Murphy, Deceptive apparatus: Foucauldian perspectives on law, authorised crime and the rationalities of undercover investigation, Griffith Law Review, Published online: 19 Jun 2016 DOI: 10.1080/10383441.2016.1194956 ABSTRACT Investigation of crime is central to the function and purpose of law enforcement. Contemporary investigation depends on a sophisticated arsenal of theories and techniques interacting with law and …
Kurt Borg, ‘Exploring Michel Foucault’s Move from Power and Knowledge to Ethics and the Self’, Dissertation presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Master of Arts in Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, University of Malta, February 2014 Full text available on academia.edu Abstract In this dissertation, I will consider the multiple trajectories of the …
Borg, Kurt, Conducting critique : reconsidering Foucault’s engagement with the question of the subject, Symposia Melitensia (SymMel) 2015, Volume 11 Full PDF Abstract: A common criticism of Michel Foucault’s works is that his writings on power relations over-emphasized the effects that technologies of power have upon the subjection of humans, rendering any attempt of resistance …
Re-posted with updated links and youtube videos For full story see the Foundation for Art and Public Domain site. (Now only available on wayback machine). See Harmut Wilkening’s website as well. On Thursday 24 June 2010, a piece of sculpture by Harmut Wilkening was placed on the first floor of the De Burcht nursing home …
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Introduction: The Making Visible of Carceral Politics Marijn Nieuwenhuis, University of Warwick This symposium contains a rich collection of contributions based on the screening of the French documentary film Sur les Toits (“On the Roofs”). On a Wednesday in May 2016 I invited the film’s independent maker, Nicolas Drolc, and…
[Editor] A note to say how much I enjoyed attending the Foucault @ 90 conference in Ayr in Scotland over the last two days and listening to all the interesting work being done. Thank you to Professor Donald Gillies and to Caroline Sisi for all their hard work organising the conference.
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