Foucault News

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

Lorenzini, Daniele. “What is a ‘Regime of Truth’?” Le foucaldien 1, no. 1 (2015): 1–5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/lefou.2 [Note: In 2022, Le foucaldien relaunched as Genealogy+Critique.] Originally published online 28 October 2013 Open access Abstract In this paper, I offer an overview of the ways in which Foucault defines and uses the concept of ‘regime of …

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From the Critical Theory blog Eugene Wolters, Listen to Foucault Lecture in English: The Culture of the Self, 27 September 2013 In the following audio recording, Michel Foucault lectures at UC Berkeley in 1983, a year before his death, on the subject “The Culture of the Self.” Foucault starts with a story written by Greek …

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Source Variazioni foucaultiani [Editor: 13 April 2026. Details and links updated.] The translated article can be found here Michel Foucault, “Political Spirituality as the Will for Alterity: An Interview with the Nouvel Observateur.” Critical Inquiry 47, no. 1 (2020): 121–34. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48799742. See also Sabina Vaccarino Bremner, “Introduction to Michel Foucault’s ‘Political Spirituality as the Will …

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Séminaire de philosophie « Foucault, sexualité et vérité : relire La volonté de savoir (2) » Responsable(s) scientifique(s) : Michel Senellart Pratique de 14h-17h30, en salle F 120 à l’ENS de Lyon (Site Descartes) Programme Introduction générale au séminaire 18 septembre 2013 Séance « Des Anormaux à La volonté de savoir (I) : Le discours chrétien de …

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Andreas Kotsakis, ‘Change and Subjectivity in International Environmental Law: The Micro-Politics of the Transformation of Biodiversity into Genetic Gold’, Transnational Environmental Law 2013. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S204710251300054X Abstract There is no hope for international environmental law to be an engine for global social change when it can no longer provide a compelling account of itself. This article presents …

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Photographic Exhibitions by Vincent J. Stoker Heterotopia, une brève introduction by Vincent J. Stoker [Editor: Links updated 13 April 2026] “Heterotopia, les grandes formes” Exposition solo 29 mai – 13 septembre 2014 Orthez – Centre d’art Image/Imatge Paris Photo Stand Galerie Alain Gutharc 14 – 17 Novembre 2013 Paris 8e – Grand Palais “Heterotopia, la …

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Conflict, Revolt and Democracy in the Neoliberal World Thursday, November 7 2013 BST – Friday, November 8 2013 Conference website [Update 5 April 2026. Link above to the page archived on the Wayback Machine] Centre for Applied Philosophy, Politics, and Ethics, University of Brighton Grand Parade Brighton United Kingdom Keynote speakers: Wendy Brown University of …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
In a previous post, I discussed the summary of a 1972 lecture Foucault gave in Minneapolis, entitled “Cérémonie, théâtre et politique au XVIIe siècle”. As far as I am aware the text of the lecture remains in Foucault’s own papers and was never published. It was published in a brief English summary,…

Crisis & Critique of the State Interdisciplinary Goldsmiths Graduate Conference 2013 Friday, October 25 2013 – Saturday, October 26 2013 Goldsmiths, University of London London United Kingdom Keynote speakers: Sara Farris Goldsmiths College, University of London Massimiliano Tomba University of Padua Bob Jessop Lancaster University The conference is free and open to all. If you …

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Natalie Depraz, De Husserl à Foucault : la restitution pratique de la phénoménologie, Les Études philosophiques, 2013/3 (n° 106), 333-344. https://doi.org/10.3917/leph.133.0333 Resumé Mon objectif dans cette contribution est d’explorer la pratique phénoménologique en jeu au sein même des descriptions de Michel Foucault. Un tel travail dépasse la portée d’un examen unique et ponctuel et supposerait …

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