Ian Hunter, The Kantian Religion, Princeton University Press, 2026. A historical inquiry into Kantian philosophy as a form of philosophical religion Kantian philosophy is typically viewed as providing a universal theory of knowledge and morality based on timeless principles retrieved from the human mind. In The Kantian Religion, Ian Hunter offers a starkly different account. …
The Foucault Century The Foucault Century 2026 marks the centennial of Michel Foucault’s birth and the 50-year anniversary of the publication of his landmark History of Sexuality, Vol. 1. This two-day symposium offers a renewed assessment of Foucault’s thought. Dates: September 24 – 25, 2026 Location: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library …
Sam Binkley , Biopolitical Metaphor: Habitualized Embodiment between Discourse and Affect, Body & Society, 24(3), 2018, pp. 95-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X1876739 Abstract This article theorizes the biopolitical production of embodiment through a consideration of biopolitical metaphor. It is argued that much recent theoretical work on biopower fails to provide an adequate account of embodiment, and particularly the …
Maurizio Meloni, Coloniality and Structural Othering in European Thought A Racialized Canon, Routledge 2026 This book provides a historical and conceptual analysis of patterns of racialized otherness in European thought, traversing primary sources, historical periods, and national archives, to show that the longue durée of structural othering beyond individual disciplinary canons is essential to making …
Stephen J. Ball, Education Policy and Social Class The Selected Works of Stephen J. Ball, Routledge, 2026 Bringing together twenty years of research and writing, this book provides an overview of Stephen Ball’s career and shows not only the development of his most important ideas but also the long-lasting contributions he has made to the …
Kampanart “Menn” Chaiyarat (2026). Democratic citizenship education under constraint: a critical phenomenological study of teacher agency and everyday resistance. Oxford Review of Education, 1–18. Published online: 27 Jul 2026 https://doi.org/10.1080/03054985.2026.2702439 ABSTRACT In contexts where democracy is politically constrained, how do teachers continue to teach democratic values without placing themselves or their students at risk? Drawing …
Sam Binkley, (2026). The double life of the dangerous object: phobogenecity from doctrinal to relational racism. Culture, Theory and Critique, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735784.2026.2683961 ABSTRACT Foucault’s genealogy of race traces the racial to the normalising functions of the biopolitical state. Thus conceived, racism is deeply invested in the doctrinal practices of racial government, while little attention is …
Emily Eakin, The Frenchmen. Or, My Life in Theory, Penguin Random House, 2026 Review by Dayna Tortorici, New York Times, 23 July 2026 Description When Emily Eakin arrived at Harvard in the late 1980s, she fell under the spell of an eclectic body of philosophical texts by a handful of French authors. This was French …
Michael C. Behrent, Becoming Foucault. The Poitiers Years, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023 Though Michel Foucault is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, little is known about his early life. Even Foucault’s biographers have neglected this period, preferring instead to start the story when the future philosopher arrives in Paris. Becoming …
