Foucault News

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

Karlsen, M.P., Villadsen, K. Foucault, Maoism, Genealogy: The Influence of Political Militancy in Michel Foucault’s Thought (2014) New Political Science, . Article in Press. Abstract Foucault’s inspiration from Nietzsche in terms of writing critical histories is difficult to overestimate. However, this article advances an interpretation of Foucault’s approach to history which focuses on another, less …

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Update from organisers. Unfortunately this event is now full and there are no more places. Neoliberalism and Biopolitics Working Group | Foucault and Marx: A Disjunctive Synthesis? Lecture | December 9 | 5-7 p.m. | 370 Dwinelle Hall Speaker/Performer: Etienne Balibar, Anniversary Chair of Contemporary European Philosophy at Kingston University London and Visiting Professor at Columbia University …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Graham Burchell has sent me the following comments on the translation of Michel Foucault’s ‘Society Must be Defended’ lecture course. Graham is the translator of all the other Paris lecture courses: this course, the first to appear, was made by David Macey. Some notes on the translation of “Il faut…

Le séminaire Actualités Foucault reprendra ses activités le jeudi 4 décembre 2014, de 17h à 19h. La première séance aura lieu à l’Ecole doctorale de Sciences Po (199 bd Saint Germain, troisième étage, métro : Saint Germain de Près – ligne 4 ; Rue du bac – ligne 12). La séance sera consacré à la présentation du livre de Jacques Bidet : Foucault …

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Pierre Rivière – Infamie et Normalisation 13 avril 2014 par Maria Muhle, Ici et Ailleurs Les trois termes qui donnent le titre à notre colloque, « Exclusion, discipline, terreur », mettent en perspective deux points fondamentaux de l’analytique du pouvoir élaborée par Michel Foucault : D’une part, il s’agit de la discussion entamée depuis la …

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When NOV 18, 2014 | 7PM Where Albertine Books 972 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10075 Further info Livestream link On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy and the Collège International de Philosophie present Minds in Migration: a series of lively debates …

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This Teen Has An Inspiring Message For His Bully, Then Gets Totally Owned By The Bully’s Surprisingly Convincing Rebuttal In a spoof of a re-enactment style instruction video about bullying, the bully unexpectedly launches into a discourse on Foucault and power.