Foucault News

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

Tarver, E.C. (2011), New Forms of Subjectivity: Theorizing the Relational Self with Foucault and Alcoff. Hypatia, 26: 804-825. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2011.01235.x Abstract Taking seriously Linda Martin Alcoff’s suggestion that we reevaluate the extent to which poststructuralist articulations of the subject are truly socially constituted, as well as the centrality of Latina identity to her own account of …

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Evans, Patrick. (2011). “Modernity and the Holocaust counter-memorial: Janet Frame’s American fiction”. Journal of Commonwealth literature (0021-9894), 46 (3), p. 513. https://doi.org/10.1177/0021989411409800 Abstract Janet Frame’s novels Intensive Care (1970/1987), Daughter Buffalo (1972), and Living in the Maniototo (1979) were written in the United States and, like her final novel, The Carpathians (1988), in part set …

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The Foucault Society, NYC 2011 Colloquium Series: New Research in Foucault Studies Our popular Colloquium Series continues next week! We are delighted to invite you to another evening of critical dialogue and light refreshment. Join the discussion, celebrate the end of the semester and find out how you can help shape the Foucault Society’s agenda …

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Critical Theories Villanova University’s 17th Annual Conference in Philosophy Conference date: Friday, March 30 2012 – Saturday, March 31 2012 Conference Venue: Department of Philosophy, Villanova University Villanova, United States Submission deadline: Wednesday, February 1 2012 Keynote Speaker: Nancy Fraser As the “Occupy X” movements spread across the United States and resistance movements continue in …

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Foucault and the Courage of Truth: A Roundtable Goldsmiths, University of London (UK) Education Building, Room 109 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 13, 2012 Professor Arnold I. Davidson (University of Chicago) is joined by Judith Revel (Université Paris 1 Pathéon-Sorbonne) Miguel De Beistegui (University of Warwick) Orazio Irrera (Université Paris 7-Denis Diderot) in …

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Philippe Chevallier (2011) Michel Foucault et le christianisme, ENS Éditions ISBN-10 2-84788-325-8 ISBN-13 978-2-84788-325-1 ISSN 1765-8128 pdf flyer Résumé Des premiers rites baptismaux à la confession moderne, les références au christianisme sont constantes dans l’œuvre de Michel Foucault. Cette constance s’inscrit dans un questionnement philosophique plus large sur notre actualité : comprendre le rapport que …

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Beyes, T., & Michels, C. (2011). The production of educational space: Heterotopia and the business university. Management Learning, 42(5), 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507611400001 Abstract: This article responds to recent calls for rethinking management education and fostering a spatial understanding of educational practices. We propose to introduce Foucault’s notion of heterotopic space and the spatial thought of Lefebvre …

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Linda Graham, (2011), The Product of Text and ‘Other’ Statements: Discourse analysis and the critical use of Foucault. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43: 663-674. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00698.x Abstract Much has been written on Michel Foucault’s reluctance to clearly delineate a research method, particularly with respect to genealogy (Harwood, 2000; Meadmore, Hatcher & McWilliam, 2000; Tamboukou, 1999). Foucault …

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