Foucault News

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

Ivan Moya-Diez, Matteo Vagelli, Georges Canguilhem on sex determination and the normativity of life. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences 44, 60 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-022-00544-5 Abstract Our goal in this paper is to reassess the relationship between norms and life by drawing on the philosophy of Georges Canguilhem, particularly some of his unpublished lectures about …

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New translations of Alternatives à la prison (2022) The lecture given by Foucault on alternatives to prison in 1976 at the University of Montreal was published and commented on in Foucault in Montreal (2021) published by Éditions de la rue Dorion. A shortened version of this book was published, in France, by Éditions Divergences. This …

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Denton, J.M., Abes, E.S. The Art of Masked Advocacy: The Care of the Self of Gay College Men Living with HIV (2022) Journal of College Student Development, 63 (4), pp. 383-398. DOI: 10.1353/csd.2022.0033 Abstract This arts-based narrative in/queer/y explores the subjectivity of gay college men living with HIV through the stories and art of two …

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Vieru, G. Plateforme de rencontre: Michel Foucault et Michel Houellebecq (2022) Revista Transilvania, 2022 (6-7), pp. 110-115. DOI: 10.51391/trva.2022.06-07.13 Abstract The present text aims to analyse the body concept, as it is illustrated in the novel Platform, by Michel Houellebecq. For this, we will need, first of all, some clarifications of the hybrid literary genre …

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Castro-Gomez, S. The Pervert’s Guide to Political Philosophy: Agonism and the Ontology of Power (2022) Critical Horizons DOI: 10.1080/14409917.2022.2104079 Abstract This article is a slightly modified version of the first part of Chapter 4 of Revoluciones sin sujeto. Slavoj Žižek’s y la crítica del historicismo posmoderno (Madrid: Akal, 2015) translated by Douglas Kristopher Smith and …

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Mahama, H., Rana, T., Marjoribanks, T., Elbashir, M.Z. Principles-based risk regulatory reforms and management control practices: a field study (2022) Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal DOI: 10.1108/AAAJ-10-2020-4983 Abstract Purpose: Government reforms have seen shifts from rules-based to principles-based risk regulatory governance. This paper examines the effects of principles-based risk regulatory reforms on public sector risk …

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Special Issue – Call for papers: Foucault’s Legacy in Contemporary Thinking Foucault Studies and special issue editors Valentina Antoniol and Stefano Marino invite authors to reflect on Foucault’s legacy forty years after his untimely death in 1984 and submit their manuscripts for this special issue. Please see the following document for more details on the topic …

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Colloque international Michel Foucault et les années 1950 Entre philosophie et sciences humaines 8 et 9 décembre 2022 | Université Paris 8 Accès libre dans la limite des places disponibles. Contact : orazio.irrera02@univ-paris8.fr Programme PDF Colloque international organisé par Orazio IRRERA en collaboration avec le Département de Philosophie de l’Université Paris 8 Vincennes – Saint-Denis, …

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