Mark Kelly, Michel Foucault: Political Thought, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. The work of twentieth-century French philosopher Michel Foucault has increasingly influenced the study of politics. This influence has mainly been via concepts he developed in particular historical studies that have been taken up as analytical tools; “governmentality” and ”biopower” are the most prominent of these. …
The Centre for the History of European Discourses (CHED) at the University of Queensland (Australia) is looking for well-qualified and innovative postdoctoral researchers (no more than 5 years out of their PhD by June 30, 2015) whom it can support as applicants to the University of Queensland’s Postdoctoral Fellowship scheme, which offers full-time research-only positions …
Originally posted on Notes On Liberty:
Jacques and Barry had an excellent back-and-forth on Barry’s post about Foucault’s contributions to liberty. Here is Dr Stocker’s final response to Dr Delacroix’s questions: Well Jacques, my last comment was not supposed to be the full reply to your preceding comment, as I tried to make clear. As…
Séminaire « Avec Foucault 2015» Responsable : Philippe Sabot 1ère séance de l’année 2015 : jeudi 29 janvier 2015, 16h30-18h30 Intervention de Philippe Sabot (STL / Lille 3) : « Archives » Université Lille 3, Bât. B, salle de séminaire STL (B1. 663) Seront proposés les premiers résultats d’un travail en cours sur les archives …
MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Blackhat’: Techno-thriller hacks into Michael Mann’s directorial signatures, By Peter Suderman — Special to The Washington Times – – Friday, January 16, 2015 The cinematic world of Michael Mann, the director behind “Heat,” “Collateral,” “The Insider” and “Miami Vice,” might look more or less like ours on the surface, but in fact it’s …
Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Since the last update I’ve spent two long days working on the individual chapter files, checking and rechecking things, filling in references, and reorganising some things. In particular I reworked all the parts on the lettres de cachet. I’ve decided I need to re-read Le désordre des familles once more…
Catarina Dutilh Novaes, Conceptual genealogy for analytic philosophy – Part II.4: Foucault on archeology and genealogy, New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science, 13 January 2015 Extract I am now back to working on my conceptual genealogy project; this post is the fifth installment of a series of posts on the project. Part I is here; Part II.1 …
SEMINAIRE FOUCAULT Animé par Jean-François Braunstein Samedi 24 janvier Philippe Sabot (Université Lille III) Relire Les Mots et les choses à la lumière des archives Samedi 24 janvier 2015, 10 h 30 – 12 h 30 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UFR de philosophie 17 rue de la Sorbonne, Escalier C, 1er étage droite, salle Lalande …
Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval, The New Way of the World: On Neoliberal Society, Verso 2014 Publisher’s page Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval dispel numerous common misconceptions. Neoliberalism is neither a return to classical liberalism nor the restoration of “pure” capitalism. …
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