Ege Selin Islekel, Nightmare Remains. The Politics of Mourning and Epistemologies of Disappearance, Northwestern University Press, 2024 Offering a political epistemology of collective mourning Focusing on forms of improper burial in Turkey and Latin America, Ege Selin Islekel argues that a political technology of mourning is fundamental to contemporary politics. This technology of necrosovereignty shapes …
Jonas Oßwald, Deleuze und Foucault. Ein Dialog, Campus, 2024 Über das Buch Gilles Deleuze und Michel Foucault verband eine »philosophische Freundschaft«, so der Tenor. Doch trotz zahlreicher gegenseitiger Bezugnahmen, lobender Rezensionen und füreinander verfasster Vorworte gibt es bisher kaum Arbeiten, die sich mit dem philosophischen Gehalt dieser Beziehung befassen. Jonas Oßwald zeigt erstmals die grundlegende …
Aleksandar Sasha Dundjerovic & María José Martínez Sánchez, Placeness and the Performative Production of Space, Bloomsbury, 2024 (forthcoming) Description How can performance create and transform places of urban renewal and regeneration? What does performance contribute to the creation of community? These are some of the questions addressed in this study of the relationship of performance …
Gürsoy, Ö. Historical A Priori as Form of Life: The Rationality of Social Practices in Foucault’s Archaeology in terms of Wittgensteinian Criteria (2024) Journal of the Philosophy of History DOI: 10.1163/18722636-12341532 Abstract The concept of rule permeates Foucault’s methodological formulations concerning the object of his investigation, but he offers few explicit discussions of the epistemological …
Malcolm Voyce, Foucault and Family Relations. Governing from a Distance in Australia, Lexington Books, 2019 Foucault and Family Relations: Governing from a Distance in Australia analyzes how notions of property ownership were instrumental in maintaining family stability and continuity in rural Australia, outlining how inheritance and divorce laws functioned to govern the internal relationships of …
Villadsen, Kaspar Heidegger and Foucault on modern technology: does Gestell ‘correspond perfectly’ to dispositif? (2024) Journal of Political Power DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2024.2390408 Abstract This article compares Heidegger and Foucault on modern technology, taking its clue from Agamben’s claim that Gestell and dispositif are ‘perfectly corresponding’ concepts. So far, however, the task of a detailed comparison of …
Jordi Collet-Sabé & Stephen J. Ball, (2024). The School Is Irredeemable: Proposing Discomfort for a Different Future for Education. In: Beasy, K., Maguire, M., te Riele, K., Towers, E. (eds) Innovative School Reforms. Education, Equity, Economy, vol 11. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-64900-4_11 Abstract The chapter argues that the modern school is an ‘intolerable’ institution. Contrary to …
Clare O’Farrell, Michel Foucault: The Unconscious of History and Culture. In Foot, S & Partner, N (Eds.) The SAGE handbook of historical theory. Sage Publications, 2013, pp. 162-182. Open access at the link above Extract The French thinker, Michel Foucault (1926-84), is noted for his extensive and controversial forays into the historical disciplines. When his …
CALL FOR PAPERS The twenty-third annual meeting of the Foucault Circle Stockholm, Sweden June 26-29, 2025 We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. Paper submissions require an abstract of no more than 750 words. All submissions should be formatted as a …
Civitarese, G., Distel, E. “Thus far and no further”: Inquiry into a dreamless society (2024) International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies DOI: 10.1002/aps.1889 Abstract Humans are highly social primates who naturally seek out groups in which to live. Our individual psychology is inherently intertwined with that of the group, forming an inextricable link between the …
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