Foucault News

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

Michel Foucault, Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling: The Function of Avowal in Justice, Edited by Fabienne Brion and Bernard E. Harcourt Translated by Stephen W. Sawyer 360 pages | 6 x 9 | © 2014 Further info Three years before his death, Michel Foucault delivered a series of lectures at the Catholic University of Louvain that until recently …

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Thiago Fortes Ribas, Foucault: verdade e loucura no nascimento da arqueologia, Editora Universidade Federal do Paraná (2014) Further info Com a clareza e a profundidade conceitual necessárias ao estudo de um dos filósofos mais importantes do século XX, este livro traz à tona o tema, atual e relevante, da relação entre verdade e loucura. Como …

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L’Usage des plaisirs et Le Souci de soi de Michel Foucault. Regards critiques 1984-1987 coédition PUC – IMEC, Juillet 2014 Dossier coordonné par Luca Paltrinieri. Textes choisis et présentés par Philippe Artières, Jean-François Bert, Sandra Boehringer, Philippe Chevallier, Frédéric Gros, Luca Paltrinieri, Judith Revel. Collection Regards critiques. Avec L’Usage des plaisirs et Le Souci de …

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Andreas Fejes and Katherine Nicoll (editors) Foucault and a Politics of Confession in Education, Routledge, forthcoming 2015 Publisher’s page PDF flyer Description In liberal, democratic and capitalist societies today, we are increasingly invited to disclose our innermost thoughts to others. We are asked to turn our gaze inwards, scrutinizing ourselves, our behaviours and beliefs, while …

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Alain Brossat, Abécédaire Foucault, Préface de Stéphane Nadaud, Editions Demopolis Site Cet Abécédaire Foucault n’est pas un essai sur la pensée de Foucault mais bien plutôt un cheminement avec Foucault. En adoptant le principe de l’abécédaire, il ne s’agit pas de passer en revue les principales notions à l’œuvre dans le travail de Foucault mais …

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François Caillat (dir.) Foucault contre lui-même , Paris: PUF, 2014 L’ouvrage Dans sa vie privée, autant que dans son œuvre ou dans son rapport à la politique, Foucault n’a cessé de rompre avec lui-même. Dans sa vie privée, Foucault quitte sa région natale très jeune, il change son patronyme et travaille dur pour intégrer l’ENS …

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Tony McHugh, Faces Inside and Outside the Clinic. A Foucauldian Perspective on Cosmetic Facial Modification. Routledge, 2017 [Originally published by Ashgate, 2013] Drawing on studies of surface topography, image editing, and diagnostic and surgical experience, Faces Inside and Outside the Clinic addresses the notion of ‘truth’ in what are considered to be ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ …

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Zevnik, Luka, Critical Perspectives in Happiness Research: The Birth of Modern Happiness, Springer, 2014 Publisher’s page Explores the concept of modernization as the collective pursuit of happiness Places the concept of happiness into a historical and cultural context Analyses the relationship of modern consumer culture with happiness in contemporary western societies This book presents an …

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Marcella Milana and John Holford (Eds), Adult Education Policy and the European Union: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives. Rotterdam, Sense Publishers, 2014 PDF flyer website The European Union is now a key player in making lifelong learning and adult education policy: this is the first book to explore a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives researchers …

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