The Will to Knowledge | Vesper, Spring–Summer 2026 Editorial: Sara Marini, Angela Mengoni, The Will to Knowledge Fifty years ago, Michel Foucault, in La volonté de savoir (1976), described how the mechanisms of the examination of conscience belonging to the pastoral tradition of the 17th century progressively extended to all areas of society, marking the …
Michel Foucault, La croisade des enfants, Éditions Flammarion, À paraître le 07/10/2026. Édité par Arianna Sforzini avec la collaboration de Henri-Paul Fruchaud. Au milieu des années 1970, Michel Foucault découvre l’histoire d’une campagne menée par les autorités médicales qui aura duré plus d’un siècle : la lutte acharnée contre la masturbation des enfants. L’onanisme, du …
Foucault Studies. Issue 40, Fall 2026 Open access This issue contains a special section entitled Contributions from the Foucault Circle, a little-known interview with Michel Foucault from 1983, two original articles, and a review essay. Editorial pp. iii-v DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00042 Special Section: Contributions from the Foucault Circle Vilde Lid Aavitsland, Adam Herpolsheimer, Elena Vasiliou pp. …
Michel Foucault et la géopolitique. Journée d’étude 13 octobre 2026 De 09:00 à 19:00 École normale supérieure 45 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris Pour inscrire À l’occasion du centenaire de la naissance de Michel Foucault, l’Institut géopolitique d’études avancées organise une journée d’étude sous la direction scientifique de Frédéric Gros et avec le concours du département …
Mehdi Parsa, Machinic Ontology, Palgrave Macmillan, 2025. About this book This book considers the becoming-concept of the machine-metaphor. It explores the intersections between this becoming and the development of the concepts of life, organism, and technics. It seeks to introduce universal machinism as a metaphysical foundation with specific ethical and political implications. A machinic ontology …
A Century of Foucault – Deakin University Graduate Symposium September 8, 2026 Department of Philosophy, Deakin University Tower 2 level 12/727 Collins St Melbourne 3008 Australia This event is available both online and in-person. See Zoom details at the bottom of this post. Details This year marks the centenary of the birth of Historian/Philosopher Michel …
THE FOUCAULT CENTURY (1926-2026) Forum at the 50th Annual Meeting of the National Association of Graduate Studies and Research in Social Sciences (ANPOCS) Online and at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil · October 2, 8, and 9, 2026 Forum conducted in Portuguese Enquiries: Professor Marcos César Alvarez, Department of Sociology, University of São …
Sam Binkley , Biopolitical Metaphor: Habitualized Embodiment between Discourse and Affect, Body & Society, 24(3), 2018, pp. 95-124. https://doi.org/10.1177/1357034X1876739 Abstract This article theorizes the biopolitical production of embodiment through a consideration of biopolitical metaphor. It is argued that much recent theoretical work on biopower fails to provide an adequate account of embodiment, and particularly the …
Sam Binkley, (2026). The double life of the dangerous object: phobogenecity from doctrinal to relational racism. Culture, Theory and Critique, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/14735784.2026.2683961 ABSTRACT Foucault’s genealogy of race traces the racial to the normalising functions of the biopolitical state. Thus conceived, racism is deeply invested in the doctrinal practices of racial government, while little attention is …
Daniele Lorenzini (ed.), The Foucauldian Mind, Published July 29, 2026 by Routledge Description Michel Foucault is one of the most influential, and controversial, thinkers of the twentieth century. His work has had a transformative effect on the study of the humanities and social sciences. His engagement with topics such as truth, power, and language continues …
