Paul Muldoon, The Penitent State Exposure, Mourning and the Biopolitics of National Healing, Oxford University Press, 2023 This book asks a deceptively simple question: what are states actually doing when they do penance for past injustices? Why are these penitential gestures – especially the gesture of apology – becoming so ubiquitous and what implications do …
Hofmeyr, A.B. A critical consideration of Foucault’s conceptualisation of morality (2024) Verbum et Ecclesia, 45 (1), art. no. a2830, . DOI: 10.4102/ve.v45i1.2830 Abstract The background of this research is the status and significance of an ethics of care of the self in the history of morality. I followed the following methodology: I attempted to come …
Carlo, Andrea di. “The Problem of Toleration: Tacitus, Foucault and Governmentality.” History of European Ideas, (2024), 1–16. doi:10.1080/01916599.2024.2346031 ABSTRACT This article proposes a novel interpretation of Montaigne’s and Bayle’s comments on Tacitus. My contention is that their Tacitism is a Foucauldian discourse on toleration. Toleration is an example of governmentality, a strategy to govern a …
PDF of program and other details Foucault and Marx Ambivalences, Legacies, and Future Struggles International Symposium 18–19 October 2024 University of Vienna, Austria The symposium aims to explore the tense relationship between Foucault and Marx and, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Foucault’s death in 2024, to put it into perspective with regard …
Leonard, M. The Power of Oedipus: Michel Foucault with Hannah Arendt (2023) Arethusa, 56 (3), pp. 393-412. DOI: 10.1353/are.2023.a917343 Abstract It has become increasingly common to draw connections between Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt: there are strong continuities between their respective theories of power, and Foucault and Arendt share an account of modernity and of …
Stypinska, D. Pastorate Digitalized: Social Media and (De)Subjectification (2024) Theory, Culture and Society, . DOI: 10.1177/02632764231216896 Abstract Taking its cue from Michel Foucault’s analyses of the pastoral ‘conduct of conduct’, this paper considers social media as a specific dispositif that derives its mode of operation from the religious techniques of individualization. It argues that today’s …
International Workshop: New Perspectives on Foucault’s Corpus: Digital Humanities and Scientific Projects University of Pavia, 31 May 2024, 10AM-6PM The one-day workshop intends to take stock of the new Foucault corpus emerging from the archives, starting in particular with the digital humanities projects currently underway. In the light of this research, some of the researchers …
Cabrera, N.L., Batchelder, G.D., Oregon, Y.G., Zamora, E.J. CRToP: toward a critical race theory of power in higher education (2024) Race Ethnicity and Education, . DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2024.2306380 Abstract Critical Race Theory (CRT) is one of the most common forms of racial analysis in educational research, and it is largely responsible for introducing racial power into …
Press release PDF Event Announcement https://www.ocadu.ca/event/foucault-art-histories-and-visuality-21st-century OCAD University is pleased to host the academic symposium Foucault: Art, Histories, and Visuality in the 21st Century, organized by Dr. Anton Lee, NSCAD University and Dr. Catherine M. Soussloff, UBC & University of California Santa Cruz, in collaboration with Dr. Charles Reeve, OCAD University. The French philosopher Michel …
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