Foucault News

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

Melissa Pawelski, Michel Foucault’s Figure of les corps dociles Following a Critique of the Cartesian Cogito, French Studies Bulletin, Volume 43, Issue 164, Winter 2022, Pages 10–13, https://doi.org/10.1093/frebul/ktac017 Open access If we adhere to Michel Foucault’s argument that modern societies are governed by disciplinary power, we must take a critical stance on the Cartesian cogito, which …

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Yin-An Chen, Toward a Micro-Political Theology. A Dialogue between Michel Foucault and Liberation Theologies Foreword by Jeremy Carrette, Pickwick Publications, 2022 Has liberation theology reached a dead end? Has the time come to propose another strategy of political resistance, one that considers and takes account of the complexity of power relationships in daily life? How …

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Dalgliesh, B. (2023). The idea of the university as a heterotopia: The ethics and politics of thinking in the age of informational capitalism. Thesis Eleven, 175(1), 81–107. https://doi.org/10.1177/07255136231169061 Abstract Drawing on struggles within academe between faculty that promote critical education and advocates of New Public Management (NPM) who endorse instrumental learning, I reimagine the university …

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“Theoretical Puppets” use puppets of Deleuze and Foucault to discuss social theory and philosophy Jennifer Sandlin, Boing Boing, May 10 2023. [Editor: See the Theoretical Puppets category on this blog for all the Foucault related episodes] If you’re a social theory and philosophy nerd who also loves puppets, have I got a YouTube channel for you—”Theoretical Puppets.” …

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Legg, S. (2023). Carceral and colonial domesticities: Subaltern case geographies of a Delhi rescue home. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758231174453 Open access Abstract This article explores a relatively rare archival account of female subjectivity, experience, mobility, and voice within a carceral institution in late-colonial Delhi. The capital’s “Rescue Home” was created to …

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Inédit de Michel Foucault : le discours philosophique, Radio France, podcast Samedi 13 mai 2023 Dans un texte inédit, le penseur français fait l’histoire du discours philosophique et l’aborde avec un regard critique. Avec Judith Revel Philosophe, traductrice, professeure des universités au département de philosophie de l’université Paris Nanterre, spécialiste de Michel Foucault et directrice …

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Mark G.E. Kelly, The farce of the fifteen-minute city. Foucault and petty utopianism, IAI News, 17th May 2023 The 15 minute city has become a byword for modern planning, sustainability and the good life. To some it is a conspiracy designed to keep people in their place. However, through an understanding of Foucault, the allure …

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Ian Hacking, Anthropologie philosophique et raison scientifique, Textes réunis par Matteo Vagelli. Traduction de Aude Bandini, Vincent Guillin ,Marc Kirsch, Louis Quéré, Matteo Vagelli, Vrin, 2023. Présentation Des calculs de probabilité aux troubles de la personnalité, des électrons à la maltraitance des enfants, de la logique de l’induction aux fous voyageurs, l’éventail des objets abordés …

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