Foucault News

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

Séminaire “Politiques de Foucault”, 6e séance : Luca Paltrinieri, 17 mai 2014, Paris Ouest webpage La prochaine séance du séminaire “Politiques de Foucault” accueillera Luca Paltrinieri. Il interviendra sur le thème “’Ou la population ou les classes’ : l’archéologie foucaldienne du débat Marx-Malthus”. Présentation de la séance  : “Malthus a mis clairement au centre de …

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Ann Lazarsfeld-Jensen, A Foucauldian journey into the islands of the deaf and blind (2014) Social Identities, Published online March 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2014.893816 Abstract This autoethnographic study integrates Foucault’s genealogical approach to explore disability, notably deafness and blindness, from historical, social, and personal perspectives. Disability as a modern institution is defined through nuances of language and silence …

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Chueh, H.-C., Chen, Y.-T. Social Involvement: Deconstructing practices relating to the formation of students who work with autistic children in a university service-learning course (2014) Educational Philosophy and Theory, Published online March 2014 Abstract Participation in service-learning courses has always been considered a part of the informal education in tertiary education worldwide. Originating from the …

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Call for Papers A day-long workshop on the topic (with a view to an edited volume) “Crisis and Reconfigurations: 100 years of European Thought Since 1914” November 7 2014, Deakin Melbourne City Campus, Australia An event hosted by the European Philosophy and History of Ideas Research Centre http://www.deakin.edu.au/arts-ed/centre-for-citizenship-and-globalisation/research/thematic-research-groups/ephi and the School of Humanities and Social …

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James Faubion (Editor), Foucault Now, Polity, February 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7456-6378-4 232 pages Publisher’s page Description Michel Foucault is recognized as one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers, however the authors in this volume contend that more use can be made of Foucault than has yet been done and that some of the uses to …

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Henning, A.D. (Self-)Surveillance, anti-doping, and health in non-elite road running (2014) Surveillance and Society, 11 (4), pp. 494-507. Further info Abstract This article explores disciplining effects of current anti-doping surveillance systems on the health consequences of non-elites’ daily behaviors and habits. As they are left out of direct anti-doping testing and enforcement, it is tempting …

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Parker, I. Madness and justice (2014) Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 34 (1), pp. 28-40. Abstract This article makes the case for “social justice” in relation to the conceptions of “madness” that currently operate in mental health practice. The argument proceeds in eight steps which challenge dominant views of “madness” in the discipline of …

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The Cambridge Foucault Lexicon, Cambridge University Press, 2014. Editors: Leonard Lawlor and John Nale Contributors Dianna Taylor, Erinn Gilson, Gary Gutting, Richard A. Lynch, H. A. Nethery IV, Eduardo Mendieta, John Protevi, Stephanie Jenkins, James Bernauer, Paul Patton, Corey McCall, Leonard Lawlor, Jeffrey T. Nealon, Christopher Penfield, Arun Iyer, Margaret McLaren, Devonya N. Havis, Gilles …

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