Foucault News

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

Lauri Siisiäinen, Foucault & the Politics of Hearing. Routledge, July 2012 Publisher’s page Description The issue of the senses and sensual perception in Michel Foucault’s thought has been a source of prolific discussion already for quite some time. Often, Foucault has been accused of overemphasizing the centrality of sight, and has been portrayed as yet …

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Juan J. Jiménez-Anca, Beyond power: Unbridging Foucault and Weber, European Journal of Social Theory June 6, 2012 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 explores …

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Daniele Lorenzini et Martina Tazzioli, « Contre-usages, désobéissances actives et mouvements de l’intolérable. De la pratique du refus à la volonté de ne pas être gouverné », Cycnos, Volume 28-1, mis en ligne le 01 juillet 2012. The aim of this article is to analyse some of the most important contemporary practices of refusal that …

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A note on Philippe Chevallier’s Michel Foucault et le christianisme by Colin Gordon, July 2012 See here for details of the book Philippe Chevallier’s Michel Foucault et le christianisme was published in France by ENS Editions  last December. Foucault’s recently, and imminently to be published work (notably the 1984,  1980 and Louvain lectures) are adding …

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Peng, Zheng (2012). “Discourse, Archeology, and Genealogy: The Development of Foucault’s Discourse Theory and Its Significance”. Foreign Literature Studies, Wai guo wen xue yan jiu (Wuhan Shi, China) , 34 (2), p. 129-36. https://caod.oriprobe.com/articles/29468415/Discourse__Archeology__and_Genealogy__The_Developm.htm Abstract As a representative figure of the discourse theory, Foucault produced great influence on contemporary thoughts; however, his discourse theory did …

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Jerzy Stachowiak. Studia socjologiczne , (1), 2012, p. 93. https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/427993 Abstract The article aims at presenting two opposite socio-philosophical stances, to which most of research on power within the framework of discourse studies can be attributed. These outlooks are represented by the names of Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault. The discussion between these intellectuals constitutes …

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Via Stuart Elden’s blog Progressive Geographies The Funambulist blog has been running a series of posts on Foucault Episode 1: Michel Foucault’s Architectural Underestimation Episode 2: Do not Become Enamored of Power Episode 3: “Mon Corps, Topie Impitoyable” Episode 4: The cartography of power Episode 5: The political technology of the body Episode 6: Architecture and Discipline: the hospital Episode …

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Joshua J. Kurz, (Dis)locating Control: Transmigration, Precarity and the Governmentality of Control, Behemoth: A Journal on Civilization, Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 30–51, June 2012 https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/behemoth.2012.004 Abstract In this essay, the author takes up William Walters’ (2006) incitement to theorize transmigration through the Deleuzian concept of control. The importance of mechanisms, or technologies, that modulate …

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Wouter Mensink, ‘Subject of innovation, or: how to redevelop the patient with technology’. PhD thesis, University of Leiden, The Netherlands, 2012. Pdf of thesis on University of Leiden library site Author’s blog Abstract People are shaped in many ways: as subject of scientific inquiry, as part of a political category or in relations with others. …

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