Foucault News

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

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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Ritu Birla, Maine (and Weber) Against the Grain: Towards a Postcolonial Genealogy of the Corporate Person (2013) Journal of Law and Society, 40 (1), pp. 92-114. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6478.2013.00614.x Abstract This essay forges ties between postcolonial methodologies and the economic sociology of law, emphasizing the history, legal production, and governmental habitus of that modern abstraction called ‘the …

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John Masterson, The Disorder of Things: A Foucauldian Approach to the Work of Nuruddin Farah, Wits University Press, 2013 Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, with his discursive legacy providing …

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