Foucault News

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

Madness in Civilization: from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine by Andrew Scull Reviewed by Salley Vickers, The Telegraph, 29 Mar 2015 I doubt whether many people other than social science students read Michel Foucault these days. Andrew Scull, whose review of Foucault’s The History of Madness in 2007 took the …

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Michel Foucault, Qu’est-ce que la critique? Suivie de La culture de soi Édition établie par H.-P. Fruchaud et D. Lorenzini Introduction et apparat critique par D. Lorenzini et A.I. Davidson Vrin – Philosophie du présent 192 pages – 12,5 × 18 cm ISBN 978-2-7116-2624-3 – mars 2015 PDF Table des matières Le 27 mai 1978, …

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Michel Foucault. Genealogie del presente, Con un’intervista a Michel Foucault e un’intervista a Daniel Defert Saggi di Laura Cremonesi, Daniele Lorenzini, Orazio Irrera, Martina Tazzioli, Paolo B. Vernaglione Manifestolibri, 2015 Further info Dall’Introduzione al volume: L’occasione di questa pubblicazione è stato il trentennale della scomparsa di Michel Foucault. Nel 2014 in tutto il mondo convegni …

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PDF of flyer La prochaine séance du séminaire Actualités Foucault aura lieu le jeudi 19 mars 2015, de 16h à 18h, à l’Université Paris-Est Créteil, bâtiment i, 2e étage, salle 233 (métro ligne 8, Créteil Université). La séance sera consacrée à la présentation du livre de Judith Revel (Paris 10) : Foucault avec Merleau-Ponty (Vrin, …

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Emanuele Leonardi, Review of Dardot & Laval’s The New Way of the World: On Neoliberal Society, Theory Culture & Society, Nov 13, 2014 Link to full review Abstract: The review highlights how the new book by Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval can be interpreted as a twofold contribution. On the one hand, it represents much-needed …

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Foucault and the History of Our Present, edited by Sophie Fuggle, Yari Lanci, and Martina Tazzioli ISBN 9781137385918 Publication Date February 2015 Formats Hardcover Ebook (EPUB) Ebook (PDF) Publisher Palgrave Macmillan PDF of flyer PDF of front matter and intro According to philosopher Michel Foucault, the ‘history of the present’ should constitute the starting point …

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Lectures de Michel Foucault 3 volumes originally published by ENS editions, now available in their entirety as open access at Open Edition books Les interventions et discussions réunies dans les trois volumes des Lectures de Michel Foucault sont issues de trois rencontres. La première, organisée à l’initiative de l’association Autrement dit, de l’association pour le …

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Jörg Bernardy, Warum Macht produktiv ist. Genealogische Blickschule mit Foucault, Nietzsche und Wittgenstein, Wilhelm Fink, 2015 Further info Informationen zum Buch Im alltäglichen Denken und in den Medien ist Macht meist negativ besetzt. Dass Macht auch produktiv wirkt, wird dabei oftmals vergessen. Der historische Wandel von der traditionellen Souveränitätsmacht zu den subtilen Mechanismen moderner Disziplinargesellschaften …

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Johann Michel, Ricoeur and the Post-Structuralists Bourdieu, Derrida, Deleuze, Foucault, Castoriadis, Translated by Scott Davidson, Rowman & Littlefield, 2014 publisher’s page French original edition In this important and original book, Johann Michel paves the way for a greater understanding of Paul Ricoeur’s philosophy by exploring it in relation to some major figures of contemporary French …

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Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval, The New Way of the World: On Neoliberal Society, Verso 2014 Publisher’s page Exploring the genesis of neoliberalism, and the political and economic circumstances of its deployment, Pierre Dardot and Christian Laval dispel numerous common misconceptions. Neoliberalism is neither a return to classical liberalism nor the restoration of “pure” capitalism. …

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