Foucault News

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

Gordon Tait, Clare O’Farrell, Sarah Davey Chesters, Joanne Brownlee, Rebecca Spooner-Lane, “Are There Any Right or Wrong Answers in Teaching Philosophy?: Ethics, Epistemology, and Philosophy in the Classroom” Teaching Philosophy, 35 (4), pp.367-381 https://doi.org/10.5840/teachphil201235442 Abstract This article assesses undergraduate teaching students’ assertion that there are no right and wrong answers in teaching philosophy. When asked …

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Ben Anderson, Affect and biopower: Towards a politics of life, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 37, Issue 1, January 2011, Pages 28-43 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2011.00441.x Abstract In this paper I stage an encounter between two concepts that have become popular placeholders for a broad concern with a politics of life: affect and biopower. Through …

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Images et fonctions du théâtre dans la philosophie française contemporaine Colloque organisé par Dimitra Panopoulos et Flore Garcin-Marrou CIEPFC (Centre International d’Étude de Philosophie Française Contemporaine) /LAPS (Laboratoire des Arts et Philosophies de la Scène) 19-20 octobre / 23-24 novembre 2012, 9h-18h30, 45 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris Pour en savoir plus, Conference website Programme complet …

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McKinlay, A.A , Carter, C.B, Pezet, E.C. Governmentality, power and organization (Editorial), Management and Organizational History, Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 3-15 https://doi.org/10.1177/1744935911429414 Abstract Michel Foucault has moved from being marginal to organization studies to perhaps the most important authority in critical management studies. Yet his methods, historiography and the theoretical value of …

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The Foucault Society Reading Group, 2012-2013 Michel Foucault, “Society Must Be Defended” Lectures at the College de France, 1975-1976 Introductory Meeting: Thursday, October 11 7:00-9:30pm CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 5409 New York, NY, USA In this year-long discussion group, we will study Foucault’s 1975-76 lecture course alongside Johanna Oksala’s newly published, Foucault, Politics, and …

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Call for papers: Alternative Enlightenments Submission deadline: Saturday, December 1 Conference dates: Friday, April 26 2013 – Sunday, April 28 2013 Conference Venue: Program in Cultures, Civilizations and Ideas, Bilkent University Ankara, Turkey Details From Kant’s seminal essay “What is Enlightenment?” through the manifold critical responses of the twentieth century, the ambiguity of a term …

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Peter Triantafillou, New Forms of Governing: A Foucauldian inspired analysis. Palgrave Macmillan, August 2012. Description By elaborating the conceptual framework and methodological guidelines suggested by Michel Foucault, Peter Triantafillou analyzes the ways in which public organizations over the last few decades have become the target of numerous interventions which, for better or for worse, have …

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“L’homme après sa mort, Kant après Foucault” Special Issue of Rue Descartes Rue Descartes 2012/3 (n° 75). 128 pages. ISSN : 1144-0821 ISSN en ligne : 2102-5819. Lien : http://www.cairn.info/revue-rue-descartes-2012-3.htm. Sommaire Horizons De livres considérés à tort comme mineurs Diogo Sardinha Corpus Michel Foucault, philosophe de la liberté ? Sur sa lecture de Kant dans …

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Foucault Studies is pleased to announce the publication of issue 14 A Special Issue on Foucault and Queer Theory guest edited by Shannon Winnubst & Jana Sawicki Issue 14 also includes: A previously unpublished interview with Michel Foucault from 1978 three original articles, eight book reviews and a response to an article previously published in …

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