Foucault News

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

Ian LEASK (2011), Beyond Subjection: Notes on the later Foucault and education. Educational Philosophy and Theory. August. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2011.00774.x Abstract This article argues against the doxa that Foucault’s analysis of education inevitably undermines self-originating ethical intention on the part of teachers or students. By attending to Foucault’s lesser known, later work—in particular, the notion of ‘biopower’ …

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Arun Anantheeswaran Iyer, Knowledge and Thought in Heidegger and Foucault: Towards an Epistemology of Ruptures, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA PhD, Summer 2011 Download here Abstract This dissertation shows how Martin Heidegger and Michel Foucault, by questioning the very understanding of the subject-object relationship on which all epistemology is grounded, challenge two of its most …

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Munro, I. (2011), The Management of Circulations: Biopolitical Variations after Foucault. International Journal of Management Reviews. August https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2370.2011.00320.x Abstract This paper provides a review of the reception of Foucault’s later work on biopolitics within management and organization studies and contrasts this with the reception of these ideas in sister fields of research in the social …

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Alexandre Macmillan, Michel Foucault’s Techniques of the Self and the Christian Politics of Obedience, Theory, Culture & Society July 2011 vol. 28 no. 4 3-25 https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276411405348 Abstract Foucault repeatedly argued that his work on techniques of the self were not a denial of his previous work on 18th- and 19th-century Europe, but a different way …

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Michael Dillon and Andrew W Neal (Eds.), Foucault on Politics, Security and War. Palgrave Macmillan. January 2011. Description This diverse collection of essays is the first to specifically engage Michel Foucault on questions of politics, security and war. It is also the first to take up the provocations found in Michel Foucault’s recently published Collège …

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You can find audio files of some of Foucault’s lectures posted on UbuWeb. See Stuart Elden’s blog Progressive Geographies for some corrections on the details listed on Ubuweb Truth & Subjectivity: Howison Lectures, UC Berkeley (1980, English) 4 lectures The Culture Of The Self, Berkley Lectures (1983) 3 Lectures These lectures by Foucault held at …

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Thomas Lemke, Critique and Experience in Foucault, Theory, Culture & Society, July 2011 vol. 28 no. 4 26-48 https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276411404907 Abstract It is widely known that by the end of the 1970s, Foucault had begun to refer to ‘experience’ to account for his intellectual trajectory and to redirect the work on The History of Sexuality. However, …

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From Stuart Elden’s blog Radical Foucault – An International Conference September 8 & 9, 2011. 9.30am – 6.30pm University of East London The Centre for Cultural Studies Research at the University of East London is pleased to announce that registration is now open for Radical Foucault, a two day conference which will re-assess Foucault’s contribution …

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Brisbane Foucault Reading Group Time: 12-2pm every Tuesday fortnight starting 9 August. Venue: R614 (the top floor of the library) at Kelvin Grove campus, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. Aims of the group The aim of this group is to provide an informal setting to read and discuss the work of French theorist Michel …

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