Foucault News

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

Ragan Fox Auto-archaeology of Homosexuality: A Foucauldian Reading of the Psychiatric–Industrial Complex, Text and Performance Quarterly, Vol. 34, Iss. 3, 2014, 230-250. Abstract This essay explores two primary questions. (1) Can there be a Foucauldian autoethnography? (2) How might a Foucault-driven autoethnography detail my experiences in the psychiatric–industrial complex? Pulling largely from Michel Foucault’s earliest …

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Chris Howard, Jenny Hallam and Katie Brady, Governing the souls of young women: exploring the perspectives of mothers on parenting in the age of sexualisation, Journal of Gender Studies, Published online: 15 Sep 2014 Full PDF (will expire after 50 clicks) Abstract The sexualisation of young women has emerged as a growing concern within contemporary …

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Colloque International « Foucault et les religions » IRCM – UNIL Lausanne Avec le soutien de l’Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault. 22, 23, 24 octobre 2014 PDF of flyer and program La pensée de Michel Foucault est faite de nombreux excursus vers des domaines inédits comme la spiritualité antique, l’histoire du christianisme primitif, l’ascétisme …

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Ferry, M.D., Richards, C. Biopedagogy digitalized: ‘educational’ relations among participants on an online weight loss surgery forum (2014) Critical Public Health. Article in Press. Abstract Foucault uses the term ‘biopower’ to describe the totalizing effects of regulation of life through the manipulation of political messages, such as those in the obesity debate. This paper attempts …

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Ofer Parchev, The body-power relationship and immanent philosophy: A question of life and death (2014) European Legacy, 19 (4), pp. 456-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770.2014.919191 Abstract According to Foucault, the human body is the targeted object of modern power systems. In his genealogical studies, Foucault describes the manner in which these power systems leave an imprint on the …

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Valerie Harwood and Julie Allan. Psychopathology at school: Theorizing mental disorders in education, Routledge (2014) Further info Description Psychopathology at School provides a timely response to concerns about the rising numbers of children whose behaviour is recognised and understood as a medicalised condition, rather than simply as poor behaviour caused by other factors. It is …

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Michel Foucault: After 1984 Friday, October 17, 2014 9:00 AM – Saturday, October 18, 2014 9:00 AM Yale University Whitney Humanities Center (WALL53), Auditorium 53 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06511 (Location is wheelchair accessible) Further info Speakers: Etienne Balibar, Columbia University; Jean-François Braunstein, University of Paris; Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley; Judith Butler, …

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