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

NIETZSCHE, LA POLITIQUE, L’HISTOIRE Catégorie : conférence/cours/séminaire (spécialisé) Date : 29/11/2022 09:30 – 30/11/2022 17:00 Lieu : UNamur – UCLouvain Organisateur(s) : FNRS, Esphin & Arcadie (UNamur) et ISP (UCLouvain) Contact : Nicolas Monseu, Jean Leclercq, Pieter De Corte, Vivien Giet – +32 (0)81 72 40 94 – vivien.giet@unamur.be Programme Jour 1 | 29 novembre 2022- Université de Namur – Salle …

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Mark Haugaard (2022): Foucault and Power: A Critique and Retheorization, Critical Review, DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2022.2133803 Abstract From the perspective of sociological theory, Foucault’s concepts of power, power-knowledge, and discipline are one-sided. While Foucault contends that there is no center of power, his account of power remains top-down or structural, missing the interactive and enabling aspects of …

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Anton Lee, “Photography, Multiplicity, Promiscuity: Michel Foucault and Walter Benjamin,” Published in 2022 in a backdated volume (2020) of Materiali Foucaultiani, volume IX, numero 17-18 (gennaio-dicembre 2020) This paper investigates the multiplicity of the photographic image theorized by Michel Foucault and Walter Benjamin in their respective writings on photography. To do so entails a set …

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Christensen, G. Ethical Reflections On Ethnographic Exposure Of Exclusion in PBL-Group Learning (2021) in Fox, A., Busher, H., & Capewell, C. (Eds.). (2021). Thinking Critically and Ethically About Research for Education: Engaging with Voice and Empowerment in International Contexts (1st ed.). Routledge., pp. 107-119. DOI: 10.4324/9781003094722-9 Abstract This chapter will address ethnographic exposure of exclusion …

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Jonasson, K., Eriksson, J. Sovereign Surfing in the Society of Control: The Parkour Chase in Casino Royale as a Staging of Social Change (2022) Social Sciences, 11 (8), art. no. 357 DOI: 10.3390/socsci11080357 Abstract In “Postscript on Societies of Control”, French philosopher Gilles Deleuze proclaimed that “Everywhere surfing has replaced the older sports”. By this, …

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Herculine Barbin. Archéologie d’une révolution Du 15 novembre au 03 décembre 2022 D’après Herculine Barbin dite Alexina B. publié et préfacé par Michel Foucault Théâtre 14 20 avenue Marc Sangnier 75014 Paris Adaptation Catherine Marnas et Procuste Oblomov Mise en scène Catherine Marnas Avec Yuming Hey et Nicolas Martel Le projet 1868. Dans une mansarde …

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Garðar Árnason, Foucault and the Human Subject of Science, Springer, 2018 Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Ethics Analyses Foucault’s work on scientific discourses and their interplay with individuals and society Outlines a Foucauldian approach to science criticism and ethical issues regarding research with human subjects Discusses the ethical controversy over plans to construct …

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Hampton, Alexander J. B., and Douglas Hedley, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Christianity and the Environment, Cambridge Companions to Religion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2022. Description Christianity has understood the environment as a gift to nurture and steward, a book of divine revelation disclosing the divine mind, a wild garden in need of cultivation and …

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Heterotopic World Fiction. Thinking Beyond Biopolitics with Woolf, Foucault, Ondaatje Lesley Higgins and Marie-Christine Leps In the series Studies in Comparative Literature and Intellectual History, Academic Studies Press, 2022. De Gruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/9781644699966 Interview with the authors on the New Books Network, 6 January 2023 About this book This book demonstrates how world fiction by Woolf, …

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Gullette, M. M. (2022). Reflections on the Turn to Ageism in Contemporary Cultural Discourse. Theory, Culture & Society https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764221113732 Abstract Distinguished gerontologists, ‘guardians of later life’ who had long kept age and ageism at the heart of their work, were asked by the author why the turn to ageism had not been able to raise …

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