Hoffman, M. Foucault and the lesson of the prisoner support movement, New Political Science, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2012, Pages 21-36 https://doi.org/10.1080/07393148.2012.646018 Abstract Shocked by harsh prison conditions in France, Michel Foucault in February 1971 co-founded the Information Group on Prisons (GIP), a group dedicated to heightening public intolerance towards the prison system by …
A memoir in the form of a short audio interview about Foucault in the late 1950s and early 1960s. On connaît bien André Tubeuf le critique, le conteur, mais on ne connaît pas l’homme, au-delà du journaliste. Cette série d’entretiens, souvent émouvante, trace le récit d’une histoire dans l’Histoire.
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This is my abstract for the AAG meeting in Los Angeles next April. It will be part of the ‘Violence and Space’ sessions organised by Philippe le Billon and Simon Springer – call for papers here. I’ll also be part of a panel on Sloterdijk organised by Oliver Belcher and…
Here are some links to blog posts of interest. Pictures of Foucault’s 1961 thesis On Didier Eribon’s personal blog. Marco Ambra intervista Sandro Chignola: Scuola e istruzione beni comuni? La scuola oltre il limite, ovvero insegnare fuori dal neoliberismo @ Sinistrainrete, 16 giugno 2012 on the Variazioni Foucaultiane blog
Dean, Mitchell. The signature of power, Journal of Political Power, Volume 5, Issue 1, April 2012, Pages 101-117 https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2012.659864 Abstract This concept of power keeps referring its users to a domain of apparent antinomies, which from a formal theoretical perspective are in turn construed as unities in opposition to further terms. Three such sequences are …
Martine Franck took some notable photographs of Foucault, some of which can be found here Martine Franck: 1938 – 2012, Time, August 20, 2012 | By Vaughn Wallace Martine Franck, an esteemed documentary and portrait photographer and second wife of Henri Cartier-Bresson, died of cancer in Paris on Aug. 16 at the age of 74. …
Leiden Journal of International Law, Volume 25, Issue 03, September 2012 Special section on Foucault. For a limited period to mark the 29th anniversary of the journal this issue is available free online On the Uses of Foucault for International Law TANJA AALBERTS and BEN GOLDER pp 603-608 In Praise of Description ANNE ORFORD pp …
Stierl, M. ‘No One Is Illegal!’ Resistance and the Politics of Discomfort, Globalizations, Volume 9, Issue 3, June 2012, Pages 425-438 https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2012.680738 Abstract This work attempts to recast conceptions of global/ised political resistance. Instead of following systematic accounts of actors seeking global social transformation, it is shown how a Foucauldian understanding of power and resistance-here …
Springer, S. Neoliberalism as discourse: Between Foucauldian political economy and Marxian poststructuralism, Critical Discourse Studies, Volume 9, Issue 2, May 2012, Pages 133-147 https://doi.org/10.1080/17405904.2012.656375 Abstract Contemporary theorizations of neoliberalism are framed by a false dichotomy between, on the one hand, studies influenced by Foucault in emphasizing neoliberalism as a form of governmentality, and on the …
Rogers, D. Research, practice, and the space between: Care of the self within neoliberalized institutions, Cultural Studies – Critical Methodologies, Volume 12, Issue 3, June 2012, Pages 242-254 https://doi.org/10.1177/153270861244025 Abstract This article challenges the neoliberal discourse of “instrumental rationality” that is encroaching on theories of qualitative research, critical reflection, and subjectivity. I return to Foucault’s …
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