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

Les archives de Michel Serres entrent à la Bibliothèque nationale de France Les Univers du livre, 05/10/2022 Ce mercred 5 octobre, la Bibliothèque nationale de France annonce que ses collections seront enrichies par un fonds d’archives de près de 300 cahiers, manuscrits et dactylographies d’œuvres du philosophe et académicien Michel Serres. Michel Serres (1930-2019) s’était …

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Elisabetta Basso, Young Foucault. The Lille Manuscripts on Psychopathology, Phenomenology, and Anthropology, 1952–1955 Foreword by Bernard E. Harcourt. Translated by Marie Satya McDonough. Columbia University Press, 2022 In the 1950s, long before his ascent to international renown, Michel Foucault published a scant few works. His early writings on psychology, psychopathology, and anthropology have been dismissed …

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CFP: Bridging the Divide: Beyond the Analytic and Continental Division Submission deadline: November 15, 2022 Conference date(s): March 2, 2023 Conference Venue: Département de Philosophie, Université de Poitiers Poitiers, France Université de Poitiers, France – UFR Sciences Humaines et Arts Co-organizers: Camille NERRIERE & Oliver NORMAN In an interview given to Reason in 2000, John …

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Foucault Studies. Number 32, September 2022 Editorial Sverre Raffnsøe Articles Foucault and Brown: Disciplinary Intersections Niki Kasumi Clements Askesis and Critique: Foucault and Benjamin Ori Rotlevy UK Lockdown Governmentalities: What Does It Mean to Govern in 2020? Seb Sander Book Reviews Chloë Taylor, Foucault, Feminism and Sex Crimes: An Anti-Carceral Analysis. New York, and London: …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
This is a short account of an interesting event and a rather specialist request for help. In the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s the?Institut collégial européen organised a series of events, most of which were reported in their annual Bulletin. I’m looking for the one reporting on a September…

Ilott, Luke. “Generalizing Resistance: The Coalition Politics of Foucault’s Governmentality Lectures.” The Review of Politics, 2022, 1–25. doi:10.1017/S0034670522000882. Abstract This article interprets Michel Foucault as a thinker of political coalition. While Foucault is often associated with a localist “micro-politics,” he also sought to help dispersed struggles “generalize” themselves into bigger, cohesive movements. Foucault gave his …

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Strassheim, J. (2022). Neoliberalism and Post-Truth: Expertise and the Market Model. Theory, Culture & Society https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764221119726 Abstract Contrary to widespread assumptions, post-truth politicians formally adopt a rhetoric of ‘truth’ but turn it against established experts. To explain one central factor behind this destructive strategy and its success with voters, I consider Walter Lippmann and Friedrich …

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Roberto Esposito, Institution Translated by Zakiya Hanafi, Polity Press, 2022. Offer Details: To get 20% off this title, go to http://www.politybooks.com and use code PPBK1 at checkout. Applies to paperback edition only. Offer expires 31 December 2022. The pandemic has brought into sharp relief the fundamental relationship between institution and human life: at the very …

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