Matthieu Queloz, The Practical Origins of Ideas: Genealogy as Conceptual Reverse-Engineering, Oxford University Press, 2021 Open access Abstract Why did such highly abstract ideas as truth, knowledge, or justice become so important to us? What was the point of coming to think in these terms? In The Practical Origins of Ideas, Matthieu Queloz presents a …
PhD course: Foucault and Organization, Technology, and Subject-formation (4 ECTS) Copenhagen Business School Copenhagen, Denmark: Monday 1 June 2026 to Thursday 4 June 2026 LINK to full program and registration: https://phdsupport.nemtilmeld.dk/250/ Course coordinator: Kaspar Villadsen, Department of Business Humanities and Law (BHL) Faculty Professor Sverre Raffnsøe Department of Business Humanities and Law, CBS Associate Professor …
Feminist Re-readings of Michel Foucault, Hybrid, 7–8 Nov 2025, Sciences Po, Paris Registration link for anyone who might wish to attend online Friday, November 7, 2025 (room K011) 9:15–10:00 – Introduction Judith Revel (Université Paris Nanterre) & Frédéric Gros (Sciences Po) 10:00–10:30 – Coffee break (for speakers and audience) 10:30–12:00 – Panel 1: Building Feminist …
Ladelle McWhorter, Unbecoming Persons. The Rise and Demise of the Modern Moral Self, University of Chicago Press, 2025 Interview with Ladelle McWhorter on the New Books Network, Oct 20, 2025. A damning genealogy of modern personhood and a bold vision for a new ethics rooted in belonging rather than individuality. In the face of ecological …
Mar 25, 2025 Theoretical Puppets: J is for Justice (Michel Foucault)
Sep 18, 2023, Theoretical Puppets: H is for Heterotopia (Michel Foucault)
Jean-François Suratteau, Les métamorphoses de l’art de gouverner Michel Foucault au Collège de France, Vrin, 2025 Entretien avec Jean-François Suratteau Présentation Michel Foucault est un auteur polymorphe, qui a su toucher, par ses écrits et ses interventions, des publics très divers. On s’intéresse dans ce livre aux cours donnés au Collège de France, où Foucault …
Trémon, A.-C. Spatial governmentality and the rhetoric of scarce resources: ‘Scientific and reasonable’ points systems in Shenzhen (China) (2024) Environment and Planning A DOI: 10.1177/0308518X241286335 Abstract Since the early 2010s, all Chinese megacities have adopted points systems that allow ordinary people to apply for urban citizenship (hukou) in the city where they live. Although intended …
Leonard D’Cruz, What Demarcates Necropolitics from Biopolitics? A Foucauldian Critique of Mbembe, Theory, Culture & Society https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764251379790 Abstract: Achille Mbembe presents ‘necropolitics’ as a corrective to Foucault’s conception of biopolitics, which Mbembe argues is insufficient to account for the contemporary politics of death. However, it is not clear that Mbembe succeeds in (a) demonstrating the …
Denise Mifsud, Richard Niesche (2025). Exploring the Lived Experiences of Two Scholars Researching Social (In)Justice in Educational Leadership Across Maltese and Australian Contexts. In: Bogotch, I., Shields, C.M. (eds) Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Social (In)Justice. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56275-4_121-1 Abstract This chapter highlights aspects of researching educational leadership …
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