Foucault News

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

Mary Gibson, Review Essay: Global Perspectives on the Birth of the Prison, The American Historical Review, Vol. 116, No. 4 (October 2011), pp. 1040-1063 https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr.116.4.1040 In a review essay, “Global Perspectives on the Birth of the Prison,” Mary Gibson surveys the globalization of prison history since the turn of the twenty-first century by focusing on …

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Fadil, Nadia, Not-/unveiling as an ethical practice, Feminist Review, no.98, July 2011, 83-109 https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2011.12 Abstract The practice of Islamic veiling has over the last ten years emerged into a popular site of investigation. Different researchers have focused on the various significations of this bodily practice, both in its gendered dimensions, its identity components, its empowering …

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Aut Aut. Foucault e la “Storia della follia” (1961-2011), no. 351, July-September 2011 MATERIALI 1 Michel Foucault “Non esiste cultura senza follia” [1961] Frédéric Gros Nota sulla “Storia della follia” Daniel Defert L’altra scena della pittura Pier Aldo Rovatti “Sarai un malato di mente” (una risposta ai detrattori di Foucault) Mario Colucci La storia negata …

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CFP: Varieties of Continental Thought and Religion Deadline: Saturday, December 31 Conference Venue: Ryerson University Toronto, Canada See Immanentism and Religion below for Foucault Details We invite submissions from scholars and graduate students based in Canada and abroad on the topic of Continental Thought and Religion. The general theme of the conference is meant to …

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From the materiali foucaultiani site HISTOIRE DE LA FOLIE : CINQUANTE ANS APRÈS Jeudi 15 décembre 2011, 9h30-17h30 Université Paris-Est Créteil – 61, av. du Général de Gaulle, Créteil, bâtiment i, salle 222 – Conference flyer (pdf) Matinée Président de séance : Frédéric Gros (Université Paris-Est Créteil) 09h30 Daniele Lorenzini et Arianna Sforzini : Introduction …

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Michel Foucault, Le beau danger. Un entretien de Michel Foucault avec Claude Bonnefoy Édition établie et présentée par Philippe Artières Novembre 2011 – Ed. EHESS – Coll. Audiographie Pour la première fois publié, cet entretien de Michel Foucault avec le critique d’art Claude Bonnefoy nous révèle le penseur intime, qui déroule le fil de sa …

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Birkin, Frank and Thomas Polesie (2011). “An Epistemic Analysis of (Un)Sustainable Business”. Journal of business ethics , 103 (2), pp. 239-253 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0863-4 Abstract Michel Foucault famously analysed orders of knowledge, ‘epistemes’, in past European ages. In this study, his analytical method is fruitfully applied to gaining a better understanding of business sustainability within and beyond …

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