Foucault News

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

“An Archaeology of Adam Smith’s Epistemic Context” Iara Vigo de Lima and Danielle Guizzo Review of Political Economy, Published online: 26 Oct 2015 (DOI:10.1080/09538259.2015.1082819) Abstract: Adam Smith played a key role in Foucault’s archaeology of political economy. This archaeology, which Foucault accomplished in The Order of Things, is the focus of this article. Foucault may …

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CALL FOR PAPERS The sixteenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle Sydney, Australia June 29-July 2, 2016 (hosted by the University of New South Wales) PDF of Call for papers We invite individual papers and roundtable proposals (4-5 panelists) on any aspect of Foucault’s work. Studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking are all welcome. …

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Plateau Simone Signoret, Michel Foucault 06 oct. 1982, Antenne 2, Site l’Institut national de l’audiovisuel présentateur Christine Ockrent Christine OCKRENT interviewe l’actrice Simone SIGNORET et le philosophe Michel FOUCAULT sur la situation en Pologne, où le syndicat Solidarité vient d’être interdit par le gouvernement. – Simone SIGNORET, qui porte un badge du syndicat polonais “Solidarité”, …

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André Glucksmann par Michel Foucault, Le Nouvel Observateur Le philosophe des “Maîtres penseurs” est mort à 78 ans. Celui de “Surveiller et punir” l’avait lu, pour “le Nouvel Observateur”, en 1977. Voici son texte, dans son intégralité. Article de Michel Foucault sur “les Maîtres penseurs”, paru dans “le Nouvel Observateur” du 9 mai 1977 La …

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French philosopher Andre Glucksmann dies at 78, BBC News site See also The Guardian En français: Libération Andre Glucksmann, one of the most prominent figures in French philosophy, has died aged 78. An associate of Jean-Paul Sartre, he helped provide the intellectual underpinning for the student and worker revolts of May 1968. He was originally …

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Colóquio Internacional 40 anos de Vigiar e Punir de Michel Foucault: “A visibilidade é uma armadilha” Local: Salão Nobre da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Federal do Paraná – UFPR – Curitiba, PR, Brazil Data: 11-13/11/2015 Programação Palestras do dia 11/11 às 14:30: André Duarte (UFPR) Ernani Chaves (UFPA) César Candiotto (PUC-PR) Palestra da noite …

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Deakin University’s European Philosophy and the History of Ideas research group (EPHI) is pleased to be able to host the following workshop: Problematizing the ‘Problem’ in 20th Century French Thought PDF flyer Where: Deakin University, Melbourne City Campus, Level 3, 550 Bourke St., Melbourne. When: Thursday December 10, 2015, 8.30am-5.30pm Workshop theme: The workshop will …

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Richard Groulx, Michel Foucault, la politique comme guerre continuée. De la guerre des races au racisme d’État, Sur le Cours au Collège de France, “Il faut défendre la société”, Paris: Editions l’Harmattan, 2015. La guerre est-elle un accident des sociétés ou appartient-elle à leur constitution même ? Telle est la question posée par Foucault dans …

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