Foucault News

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

Bernard Harcourt, Foucault, retour sur l’aveu. Entretien Audio broadcast France Culture Pdf of Transcript A la fin de sa vie, Michel Foucault est revenu sur la question de l’aveu dans la justice pénale près de vingt ans après la série de conférences à Rio sur “la vérité et les formes juridiques » et bien sûr après …

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Social Theory and Education Research Understanding Foucault, Habermas,Bourdieu and Derrida. Edited by Mark Murphy, London: Routledge, April 2013 September 2025 update: Link above is to the second edition published in 2022. Description Although education researchers have drawn on the work of a wide diversity of theorists, a number of these have been of particular significance …

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Jiménez-Anca, J.J. Beyond power: Unbridging Foucault and Weber (2013) European Journal of Social Theory, 16 (1), pp. 36-50. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431012444919 Abstract Today, very few would doubt that there are plenty of reasons to liken Weber’s and Foucault’s theories of power. Nevertheless, their respective works have divergent ethical and ontological preoccupations which should be reconsidered. This article …

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Kannen, V. (2013). These are not ‘regular places’: women and gender studies classrooms as heterotopias. Gender, Place & Culture, 21(1), 52–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2012.759910 Abstract This article questions the transformative potential of women and gender studies classrooms through a discussion of student experiences of privilege and oppression in these spaces. Using in-depth interviews with 22 undergraduate students …

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Christopher Falzon (Editor), Timothy O’Leary (Editor), Jana Sawicki (Editor) A Companion to Foucault, Wiley-Blackwell, March 2013. ISBN: 978-1-4443-3406-7 Hardcover 626 pages Description A Companion to Foucault comprises a collection of essays from established and emerging scholars that represent the most extensive treatment of French philosopher Michel Foucault’s works currently available. Comprises a comprehensive collection of …

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Singh, N.M. The affective labor of growing forests and the becoming of environmental subjects: Rethinking environmentality in Odisha, India (2013) Geoforum https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2013.01.010 Abstract How do humans come to care for their environment and what turns them into conservationists are central questions in environmental politics. Recent scholars have turned to Foucault’s ideas of “governmentality” to understand …

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Le racisme comme technologie de pouvoir 26 février 2013 par Alain Brossat Ici et Ailleurs site Plutôt que tenter de résumer mon livre, Autochtone imaginaire, étranger imaginé Retours sur la xénophobie ambiante, ce qui est évidemment l’exercice le plus douteux qui soit (ce qui se résume aisément ne vaut généralement pas grand chose), je vais …

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Séminaire Actualités Foucault -pdf Le séminaire “Actualités Foucault” tiendra sa première séance le vendredi 26 avril, de 14h à 17h, à l’Université Paris-Est Créteil, bâtiment i, 2e étage, salle 233 (métro ligne 8, Créteil-Université). L’objectif de ce séminaire est de rassembler régulièrement tous ceux qui travaillent sur ou à partir de la pensée de Michel …

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