Anne Brunon-Ernst, Utilitarian Biopolitics: Bentham, Foucault and Modern Power, Routledge, 2012 Description The works of Foucault and Bentham have been regularly examined in isolation and in reference to Panopticon; or The Inspection House (1791), yet rarely has the relationship between the two philosophers been explored further. This study traces the full breadth of that relationship …
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The Writing & Society Research Centre and the Philosophy Research Initiative at University of Western Sydney, Australia presents following seminar on Wednesday July 4: SPEAKER: Peter Gratton (Memorial University of Newfoundland) TITLE: Spinoza and the Biopolitical Roots of Modernity TIME: July 4, 3-5pm PLACE: UWS Bankstown Campus, 3.G.55 ABSTRACT: Much has been written about bio-political …
O’Byrne, P. (2012). “Population Health and Social Governance: Analyzing the Mainstream Incorporation of Ethnography”. Qualitative health research , 22 (6), pp. 859-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732311425049 Abstract Recently, health care workers (researchers, academics, policy writers, clinicians) have begun to view ethnography as an acceptable research methodology for informing public health work. This corresponds with a change in public …
Sakellariou, Dikaios (2012). “Sexuality and Disability: A Discussion on Care of the Self”. Sexuality and disability , 30 (2), p. 187-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-011-9219-3 Abstract The aim of this article is to bring together the notions of sexuality, disability and care of the self. This is done by illustrating the importance of care of the self and …
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Long out of print, Maladie mentale et personnalité was Foucault’s first book from 1954, reissued as Maladie mentale et psychologie in substantially revised form. It is freely available here.
Youatt, R. (2012). “Power, Pain, and the Interspecies Politics of Foie Gras”. Political research quarterly , 65 (2), pp. 346-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912911398049 Abstract This article examines the practices, logics, and politics of foie gras production and consumption. It argues that scholars need to rethink both pain and sentience to account for the fact that ducks are responsive, …
Collectif, « Michel Foucault. Entre sujet et révolte », Revue du MAUSS, 12 juin 2012 [en ligne]. Available for pdf download Qu’a-t-on fait historiquement des fous et des folles, des pauvres et des malades ? Pourquoi faut-il constamment dire et se dire « qui » on est ? Comment gouverne-t-on ? À quel type de …
Entretien avec Arlette Farge Arlette Farge worked with Foucault on Le Désordre des familles, lettres de cachet des Archives de la Bastille, Paris, Gallimard Julliard, 1982. See the Portail Michel Foucault for info and documents on this book Rares sont les chercheurs auxquels il arrive de rencontrer des “fans” ; rares sont les auteurs de …
From the Ashgate Publishing blog. The book edited by Anne Brunon Ernst Beyond Foucault: New Perspectives on Bentham’s Panopticon (details posted earlier on this blog) has been awarded ‘research-essential’ status by Baker & Taylor YBP Library Services. In the introduction to Beyond Foucault Anne Brunon-Ernst includes a quote from Foucault: Bentham is more important for the understanding of …
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