Scholarly Conference: Call for Proposals Foucault: Art, Histories, and Visuality in the 21st Century OCAD (Ontario College of Art and Design) University, Toronto/Tkaronto, Canada May 29 & 30, 2024 Deadline: January 22, 2024 The French philosopher Michel Foucault’s (1926–84) work has had a major effect on scholars of art and visuality since Les Mots et …
Boucher, L. The proliferation of men’s sheds in Australia: the problematization of masculinity in a neoliberal regime (2023) Cultural Studies DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2023.2169731 Abstract Men’s sheds emerged in Australia with a promise to restore men to health and happiness through the provision of a gender-exclusive communal space and access to ‘traditional’ masculine activities. This article traces …
Italian Radical Philosopher Toni Negri Dies In Paris By AFP – Agence France Presse December 16, 2023 Radical left-wing Italian philosopher Toni Negri died in Paris Saturday, aged 90, his wife the philosopher Judith Revel told AFP. A former leader of Italy’s Workers’ Power movement, Negri was arrested in 1979 and convicted by a court …
The Bibliography of Foucault’s shorter works in English translation has been updated. With thanks to Daniele Lorenzini for maintaining this important bibliography originally compiled by Richard Lynch in 1997.
Dispositif: A Cartography Edited by Greg Bird and Giovanbattista Tusa Description A groundbreaking anthology that places dispositifs (“apparatuses”) at the center of contemporary thought. Dispositif is one of the most prevalent yet elusive terms in contemporary thought. This comprehensive anthology brings together formative, seminal, and contemporary texts and visual applications to illuminate how central dispositifs …
Chen, Q. Becoming Neoliberal Subjects: “Morning Routine” Vlogging and Everyday Life (2021) 8th European Conference on Social Media, ECSM 2021, pp. 50-57. DOI: 10.34190/ESM.21.016 Abstract Neoliberalism, originally concerned within political field, has obtained a wide range of connotations in social sciences studies. The heavy emphasis on free and private markets has led to a shifted …
WORLD CONGRESS Foucault: 40 years after Second call for proposals Call for proposals PDF 1. Introduction Michel Foucault died in Paris on 25 June 1984 at the age of 57. Forty years after his death, his work has continued to attract scholars and the general public. The number of books, as well as the doctoral …
Richard Shusterman, Philosophy and the Art of Writing, Routledge, 2022 Philosophy and literature enjoy a close, complex relationship. Elucidating the connections between these two fields, this book examines the ways philosophy deploys literary means to advance its practice, particularly as a way of life that extends beyond literary forms and words into physical deeds, nonlinguistic …
Valentina Antoniol, “Society Must Be Defended. Society Must Be Attacked: Foucault as a Critic of Schmitt” Public lecture, 25 May 2023.
Holt, R., Wiedner, R. Technology, Maturity, and Craft: Making Vinyl Records in the Digital Age (2023) Business Ethics Quarterly, 33 (3), pp. 532-564. DOI: 10.1017/beq.2022.26 Abstract Drawing from Michel Foucault’s reading of Immanuel Kant’s essay What is Enlightenment?, and specifically his definition of ascesis, we associate maturity with a capacity for, and interest in, forming …
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