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

Gildersleeve, Matthew, Crowden, Andrew. Philosophy of Place. Finding Place and Self in the World (New York: Peter Lang Verlag, 2022 Summary This book discusses the philosophy of place and the implications for understanding ourselves authentically. It sets out to investigate this by providing a review of the phenomenological and humanistic views of place as background …

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Fay, W. Neoliberalism and Radical Rights: On the Work and Theory of Law and Organising (2022) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law DOI: 10.1007/s11196-022-09931-4 Abstract This article aims to contribute to scholarship regarding the critique of rights through the examination of the role of rights discourse in the furtherance of what is generally termed …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
There are two recent reviews of The Early Foucault by Colin Koopman at The Review of Politics (requires subscription) and Jasper Friedrich at Foucault Studies (open access). They are generous and appreciative, though not uncritical. I’m grateful to both for taking the time to engage. Here’s the first two paragraphs of Koopman’s review: Stuart…

Edmund White witnessed the Stonewall riots, just the beginning of a revolutionary life By John Russell, LGBTQ Nation, Tuesday, October 11, 2022 The author shares intimate details of his life as a writer and activist, including the new graphic novel adaptation of ‘A Boy’s Own Story.’ […] You also co-founded Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC). …

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FOUCAULT(S) | Jean-François Braunstein, Daniele Lorenzini, Ariane Revel, et al. Éditions de la Sorbonne (2022) TABLE DES MATIÈRES Jean-François Braunstein, Daniele Lorenzini, Ariane Revel et al. Introduction Première partie. Les puissances du langage Étienne Balibar Pensée du dehors ? Foucault avec Blanchot Dominique Lecourt Le sadisme de Michel Foucault Arianna Sforzini Pouvoir risible, pouvoir du …

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Genealogía, crítica y ensayo. Aportes para la historia del presente Compiladoras: Paula Lucía Aguilar, Ana Grondona y Victoria Haidar. Textos de : Mitchell Dean, David Garland, William Walters, Victoria Haidar, Ethan Kleinberg, Joan Wallach Scott, Gary Wilder, Diego Giller, María Pia López, Timothy Mitchell, Ana Grondona Acompañan: Ana Blanco (IIGG-FSOC-UBA), Luciano Nosetto (IIGG-FSOC-UBA) Natalia Romé …

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Pierre Nora : ses années Gallimard, Par Marie Bellan Les Echos, Publié le 23 sept. 2022 Dans son dernier ouvrage à caractère autobiographique, l’historien Pierre Nora revient sur ses années d’universitaire et d’éditeur chez Gallimard, son amitié avec les auteurs qu’il a promus et la gestation, entre autres, de son grand oeuvre : « Les …

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Siniša Malešević (2022) Are We All Foucauldians Now? “Culture Wars” and the Poststructuralist Legacy, Critical Review DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2022.2122171 ABSTRACT Michel Foucault’s philosophy has recently come under sharp criticism across the political spectrum. While right-wing and centrist commentators identify Foucault as the intellectual progenitor of “woke” dogmatism and an irrationalist hostility to science, left-wing critics associate …

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Pourquoi Michel Foucault n’aimait-il pas les polémiques ? France Culture, Radio France, Lundi 3 octobre 2022 Radio broadcast Résumé Le polémiste n’est-il pas celui qui avance “bardé de privilèges qu’il détient d’avance et que jamais il n’accepte de remettre en question” ? En savoir plus “J’aime discuter et aux questions qu’on me pose je tâche …

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GENEALOGY+CRITIQUE Special Issue, Vol 4 Issue 1, 2018. Articles in German The collection “Foucault meets Latour,” edited by Simon Ganahl and Patrick Kilian, attempts to confront but also connect the thought of Michel Foucault and Bruno Latour. Equally interested in the question of modernity, both thinkers developed theoretical frameworks and conceptual toolboxes in order to …

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