Foucault News

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

Michel Foucault: Beyond Good and Evil, a documentary directed by David Stewart in 1993 42 mins Broadcast as part of a BBC series called “The Late Show”. Editor: 15 March 2026. Link above is to the archived page on the Wayback Machine. Some of this documentary is rather speculative and sensationalised. Sources of this link: …

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The poststructural anarchist. Todd May interviewed by Richard Marshall. First published in 3:AM Magazine: Friday, July 12th, 2013. Update September 2025. No longer held in the 3am magazine archives. Link above is to the archived page on the Wayback Machine Todd May is the poststructuralist anarchist who thinks anarchism is more than just a critique …

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materiali foucaultiani Volume II, number 3 (January-June 2013) ISSN 2239-5962 See site for full texts of articles TABLE OF CONTENTS Michel Foucault: un phénomène de bibliothèque? Spunti di riflessione a partire da un’installazione di Joseph Kosuth  (pp. 3-9) Laura Cremonesi, Orazio Irrera, Daniele Lorenzini, Martina Tazzioli Foucault e la letteratura Introduzione. Sulle ragioni di una …

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Jonathan Beever, Nicolae C. Morar (Editors), Perspectives in Bioethics, Science, and Public Policy, Purdue University Press, 2013 Book Description In this book, nine thought-leaders engage with some of the hottest moral issues in science and ethics. Based on talks originally given at the annual “Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science,” the chapters explore interconnections …

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Foucault, Governmentality,Biopolitics – Analytical strategies for critique of power (PhD course, 11-13 December 2013) Faculty • Jeffrey Bussolini, Associate Professor, Staten Island, City University of New York, USA. • Mitchell Dean, Professor of Public Governance, CBS/University of Newcastle, Denmark/Australia, • Thomas Dumm, Professor, Department of Political Science, Amherst College, USA. • Marius Gudmand-Høyer, Post.Doc, Dept. …

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Fausto Calaça, Dandysme et souci de soi: Essai sur les processus de subjectivation dans “La Comédie humaine” d’Honoré de Balzac, Presses Académiques Francophones ( 28.08.2013 ) Cet ouvrage est la version remaniée et traduite d’une thèse de doctorat en « Psychologie clinique et Culture » soutenue dans sa version en langue portugaise, « Dandismo e …

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Un demi-siècle d’Histoire de la folie, sous la direction de Daniele Lorenzini et Arianna Sforzini, Editions Kimé, 2013. L’Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique de Michel Foucault a produit, au moment de sa publication, une onde de choc. Cet ouvrage, foisonnant, baroque, labyrinthique, est apparu aussitôt comme insituable. S’agissait-il d’histoire, de philosophie, de littérature, …

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