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

Marcelo Hoffman Foucault and Power: The Influence of Political Engagement on Theories of Power, Bloomsbury, 2013 publisher’s page About Foucault and Power Michel Foucault is one of the most preeminent theorists of power, yet the relationship between his militant activities and his analysis of power remains unclear. The book explores this relationship to explain the …

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Nicolas Thirion, Des rapports entre droit et vérité selon Foucault : une illustration des interactions entre les pratiques juridiques et leur environnement, Revue interdisciplinaire d’études juridiques, 2013/1 (Volume 70), pp. 180-88 Further info Premières lignes Les deux questions posées aux contributeurs de la présente livraison de la Revue interdisciplinaire d’études juridiques sont d’une ampleur telle …

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Matthew Ball, Queer Criminology, Critique, and the “Art of Not Being Governed” (2013) Critical Criminology, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10612-013-9223-2 Abstract This article builds on previous work that argues that a useful path for a “queer/ed criminology” to follow is one that takes “queer” to denote a position. It suggests that one way of developing such an …

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Antoine Doré, L’exercice des biopolitiques Conditions matérielles et ontologiques de la gestion gouvernementale d’une population animale, Revue d’anthropologie des connaissances, 2013/4 (Vol. 7, n° 4), pp. 837-855 Full article À partir de ses recherches consacrées à l’histoire des formes de gouvernement dans les sociétés occidentales, Michel Foucault décrit une forme de pouvoir spécifique de la …

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Marianne Dortants and Annelies Knoppers, Regulation of diversity through discipline: Practices of inclusion and exclusion in boxing (2013) International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 48 (5), pp. 535-549. https://doi.org/10.1177/1012690212445279 Abstract Boxing gyms in the Netherlands, which were traditionally bastions of ‘white’ men, have become more and more diverse. Since boxers with different ethnic backgrounds …

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Timothy Campbell, Adam Sitze (eds.), Biopolitics: A Reader, Duke University Press, 2013 Description This anthology collects the texts that defined the concept of biopolitics, which has become so significant throughout the humanities and social sciences today. The far-reaching influence of the biopolitical—the relation of politics to life, or the state to the body—is not surprising …

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Foucault and Education: retrospect and prospect 29 January 2014, ICOSS, University of Sheffield Conference website Update September 2025. Conference site as it is archived on the Wayback Machine Conference Program 10:00am REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 10:30am INTRODUCTION: Ansgar Allen, University of Sheffield, Carrie Paechter, Goldsmiths, University of London 10:45am KEYNOTE: ‘The Use and Abuse of Michel …

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Programme du séminaire Foucault 2014 Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne EA3562 PhiCo – Centre de philosophie contemporaine de la Sorbonne Animé par Jean-François Braunstein Les séances ont lieu de 10 h 30 à 12 h 30 à l’UFR de philosophie de la Sorbonne, escalier C, premier étage, salle Lalande. Website Samedi 25 janvier Henri-Paul Fruchaud, Frédéric …

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