Foucault News

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

Gabrys, J. Programming environments: Environmentality and citizen sensing in the smart city (2014) Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 32 (1), pp. 30-48. Abstract A new wave of smart-city projects is underway that proposes to deploy sensor-based ubiquitous computing across urban infrastructures and mobile devices to achieve greater sustainability. But in what ways do …

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Jensen, M. Post-traumatic memory projects: autobiographical fiction and counter-monuments (2013) Textual Practice, Published online Dec 2013 Abstract In our age the categories of memory, monumentality, and truth telling are all far from stable. In the highly charged world of what Foucault termed ‘parrhesia’ – a mode of free speech ‘linked to courage in the face …

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Elizabeth Povinelli – The Four Figures of the Anthropocene Center for 21st Century Studies Published on Apr 23, 2014 As is known, although his histories of sexuality would consume much of his final life, Michel Foucault was not interested in sexuality in and of itself but only in relation to how it entangled itself in …

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Alain Brossat, Abécédaire Foucault, Préface de Stéphane Nadaud, Editions Demopolis Site Cet Abécédaire Foucault n’est pas un essai sur la pensée de Foucault mais bien plutôt un cheminement avec Foucault. En adoptant le principe de l’abécédaire, il ne s’agit pas de passer en revue les principales notions à l’œuvre dans le travail de Foucault mais …

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McKenzie, J.S. Using Weber and Foucault to understand the evolution of motivations in a Tibetan Buddhist organisation in Scotland (2014) Culture and Religion, Published online March 2014 Abstract The purpose of this paper is to provide a case study of the evolution of motivations amongst participants engaged with the Tibetan Buddhist organisation, Rokpa, in Scotland. …

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7 PROPOS SUR LE 7E ANGE THÉÂTRE — MUSIQUE Du 18 juin 2014 au 23 juin 2014 du lundi au samedi [19h30], le dimanche [17h] DUREE 1h PDF Texte Michel Foucault Preface de la grammaire logique de jean-pierre brisset Mise en scène Bruno Boulzaguet Composition Jean-Christophe Feldhandler Théâtre de L’échangeur, Bagnolet 59, Avenue du General …

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Christopher Collstedt The Descents of Military Violence against Civilians: A History of the Present (2014) Scandinavian Journal of History, Published online March 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/03468755.2013.875060 Abstract Inspired by the works of Michel Foucault and Erling Sandmo, this article explores contemporary discourses of military violence against civilians from a genealogical perspective. The purpose is to shed light …

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Gastvortrag am IZW: “Wittgenstein and Foucault on ‘scientific’ and ‘philosophical’ truth”, Dr. Luca Paltrinieri (Associate Researcher am Chambre de Commerce et d’industrie de Paris, Ile-de-France/CCI-Paris-IDF) Thursday 16 July 2014, 6pm Innovationszentrum Wissensforschung (IZW) / Berlin Center for Knowledge Research Hauptgebäude TU Berlin, Room H 0111 (Hörsaal im Erdgeschoss), Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin …

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Call For Papers: Conduct and Counter-Conduct: Critical Concepts for Old and New Times? A special issue of Foucault Studies, edited Barbara Cruikshank (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) and Sam Binkley (Emerson College) PDF of Call for papers Update September 2025. The special issue in response to this call was published 28 June 2016, no. 21. …

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