Foucault News

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

Décolonisation et géopolitique de la connaissance Séminaire de recherche et d’enseignement (janvier-juin 2013) Sous la direction de Orazio Irrera, Daniele Lorenzini, Matthieu Renault 7ème séance Mardi 11 juin 2013, 14h-17h Maison Suger (FMSH), 16-18 rue Suger, 75006 Paris rez-de-chaussée) Les boîtes à outils des études postcoloniales Ann Laura Stoler (New School for Social Research, New …

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Dominik Bartmanski, How to become an iconic social thinker: The intellectual pursuits of Malinowski and Foucault, European Journal of Social Theory, Volume 15, Issue 4, November 2012, Pages 427-453 https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431011423577 Abstract The present article develops a new approach to intellectual history and sociology of knowledge. Its point of departure is to investigate the conditions under …

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Ten Weeks on Foucault Course: Powerful Ideas and Practical Applications Course by Kerry Sanders 6 Aug 2013 – 8 Oct 2013 University of Sydney, Centre for Continuing Education. Training and development courses open to anyone Introduction It will be argued that Foucault gives an analysis of political power and its institutions, which are crucial to …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
The audio recording of the George Story Lecture in Humanities I gave at Memorial University of Newfoundland, entitled “Knowledge, Truth, Power: The Politics of Foucault’s Leçons sur la volonté de savoir”, is now available here. There is a gap in the recording about 24 minutes in which I’ve filled with a rerecorded section of…

Haueis, P. Apollinian Scientia Sexualis and Dionysian Ars Erotica? On the relation between Michel Foucault’s History of Sexuality and Friedrich Nietzsche’s Birth of Tragedy, Journal of Nietzsche Studies, Volume 43, Issue 2, September 2012, Pages 260-282 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/492112 Abstract This article explores how a nonreductionist account of Nietzsche’s influence on Michel Foucault can enrich our understanding …

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Journée d’étude “Michel Foucault et le XVIIe siècle” 30 mai 2013 Université catholique de Louvain Journée d’étude du GEMCA (Group for Early Modern Cultural Analysis / Groupe d’Analyse Culturel de la Première Modernité) Argument À première vue, le XVIIe siècle se présente dans l’œuvre de Michel Foucault comme un moment de ruptures décisives tant pour …

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Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
For two inter-linked, consecutive workshops under the theme of Subjects and Practices of Resistance to be held 9-11 September 2013 at University of Sussex. The first workshop (9-10 Sept) is on Discipline(s), Dissent and Dispossession and the second on Counter-Conduct in Global Politics (10-11 Sept).  The workshop convenors…

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Foucault, Biopolitics, and Governmentality, an open-access e-book edited by Sven-Olov Wallenstein and Jakob Nilsson, with essays by Thomas Lemke, Johanna Oksala, Catherine Mills, Julian Reid, Lukasz Stanek, Helena Mattsson, Warren Neidich, Cecilia Sjoholm, Maurizio Lazzarato, and Adenna Mey. Foucault’s work on biopolitics and governmentality has inspired a wide variety of responses, ranging from philosophy…

Jørgen Ole Bærenholdt, Governmobility: The Powers of Mobility, Mobilities, 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2012.747754 Abstract Mobility is often associated with flow and freedom; nonetheless, it is also about power and government. While mobility studies have shown how interpersonal social relations are increasingly supported by mobile technologies, it seems less clear how mobilities are involved in governing societies. Inspired …

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