Foucault News

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

One-Day Conference Critica e saperi assoggettati: Uno sguardo foucaultiano sui movimenti attuali Interventions by Giso Amendola, Sandro Chignola, Ottavio Marzocca, Sandro Mezzadra, Judith Revel, Gigi Roggero, Anna Simone, Martina Tazzioli, Adelino Zanini Friday, March 8, 2013, 9.30 am Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali, Strada Maggiore 45, aula Jemolo pdf flyer program Programma Mattina ore 09.30 …

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Les intermittences du sujet. Écritures de soi et discontinu (1913-2013) Evénement Du 21 mars 2013 au 6 avril 2013, Créteil, Paris, Mulhouse Colloque international organisé par l’EA 4395 LIS – Université Paris-Est Créteil EA 4400 Etudes de la modernité – Université Paris 3 – Sorbonne Nouvelle EA 4363 ILLE – Université de Haute-Alsace Dates 21 …

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The Foucault Society Reading Group: Spring meetings begin Friday, March 8. We invite you to join us as the Foucault Society’s reading group continues our discussion of Michel Foucault’s Society Must Be Defended: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1975-1976.  The group is multidisciplinary and open to academics and independent scholars across the NYC area. Our purpose …

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Foucault Studies is pleased to announce the publication of issue 15 A Special Issue on Foucault and Religion guest edited by John McSweeney Issue 15 also includes: An interview with James Bernauer, three original articles on the topics of parrhêsia, the US/Mexico border and the usefulness of Kant’s writings for Foucault’s genealogical efforts to free …

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Editor: Philippe Theophanidis on his blog Aphelis links to a complete recording on YouTube of the Foucault-Chomsky debate and provides detailed background on the history of the recording and the various versions and publications of the transcript. The Chomsky-Foucault Debate On Human Nature, New York: The New Press, 2006, pp. 57-58. Content of the transcript …

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Michel Foucault, Lectures on the Will to Know. Edited by Daniel Defert. Translated by Graham Burchell. Series: Michel Foucault: Lectures at the Collège de France. Palgrave Macmillan. Description This volume gives us the transcription of the first of Michel Foucault’s annual courses at the Collège de France. Its publication marks a milestone in Foucault’s reception …

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Michel Foucault. Philosophe et militant. Spectacles, projections, conférences et tables rondes autour de la pensée de Michel Foucault à Poitiers du 25 au 28 mars 2013. Présentation du programme : Le TAP –Théâtre et auditorium de Poitiers – a conjugué ses forces avec celles de l’Université de Poitiers pour concevoir un riche et grand moment sur …

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Theresa Bourke, Mary Ryan, John Lidstone, Reclaiming professionalism for geography education: Defending our own territory, Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 28, Issue 7, October 2012, Pages 990–998 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2012.05.005 Abstract In a world where governments increasingly attempt to impose regulation on all professional activities, this paper advocates that professional standards for teachers be developed ‘by the …

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Althusser, Foucault e la crisi del marxismo  Seminario a partire dai libri di Cristian Lo Iacono, Althusser in Italia. Saggio bibliografico (1959-2009), Milano, Mimesis, 2012 e di Fabio Raimondi, Il custode del vuoto. Contingenza e ideologia nel materialismo radicale di Louis Althusser, Verona, Ombre Corte, 2011 Introduce Manlio Iofrida Parteciperanno Rudy Leonelli, Cristian Lo Iacono, …

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Originally posted on Le site de Geoffroy de Lagasnerie:
Entretien sur le néolibéralisme, Michel Foucault, la théorie politique et la critique à propos de mon ouvrage La dernière leçon de Michel Foucault dans le cadre de l’émission l’Esprit de Réforme diffusée le 7 février sur Fréquence Protestante.