Foucault News

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

Gramsci and Foucault: A Reassessment.Edited by David Kreps, Ashgate, February 2015 Mapping the resonances, dissonances, and linkages between the thought of Gramsci and Foucault to uncover new tools for socio-political and critical analysis for the twenty-first century, this book reassesses the widely-held view that their work is incompatible. With discussions of Latin American revolutionary politics, …

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Hamdi Nabli, Foucault et Baudrillard: La fin du pouvoir, L’Harmattan, 2015 ISBN : 978-2-343-05754-5 • 1 juin 2015 • 214 pages Foucault, dans son Histoire de la sexualité, esquissa une anthropologie du plaisir dans l’Antiquité gréco-romaine. Ce travail avait constitué un virage, car depuis Mai 68, l’intellectuel avait fait de l’engagement le vecteur des résistances …

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Shelley Tremain, Editor, Foucault and the Government of Disability, University of Michigan, 2015 Enlarged and Revised Edition An up-to-date edition of a foundational collection Foucault and the Government of Disability considers the continued relevance of Foucault to disability studies, as well as the growing significance of disability studies to understandings of Foucault. A decade ago, …

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Originally posted on ENTITLE blog – a collaborative writing project on Political Ecology:
Uses and abuses of historical contextualization in Critiquer Foucault. Les années 1980 et la tentation néolibérale, edited by Daniel Zamora. Part I.  * by Emanuele Leonardi Foucault participating in a demonstration. Source: http://www.teatrovalleoccupato.it/ Reviewing Critquer Foucault is not an easy task, for…

Serge Audier, Penser le « néolibéralisme ». Le moment néolibéral, Foucault, et la crise du socialisme, Lormont, Le Bord de l’eau, coll. « Documents », 2015, 570 p., ISBN : 9782356874030. Further Info Qu’est-ce vraiment que le néolibéralisme ? Et comment en sortir ? Pour répondre à ces questions, il peut être utile d’élucider d’abord …

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Monica Loyola STIVAL, Política e moral em Foucault: entre a crítica e o nominalismo, Edições Loyola, 2015 Further info Sinopse A polêmica recente em torno da posição de Foucault sobre o liberalismo testemunha a dificuldade em analisar a dimensão política de seu trabalho. Este livro estabelece uma leitura crítica da questão política, marcando posição nesse …

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Foucault against Himself By (author) Francois Caillat Translated by David Homel Arsenal Pulp Press Price: $17.95 CAD $17.95 USD ISBN: 9781551526027 EPUB ISBN: 9781551526034 (check your favourite retailer) Availability: Coming soon. For more information contact sales@arsenalpulp.com A thought-provoking collection of essays on Michel Foucault that reframes his legacy. In his private life, as well as …

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SÉMINAIRE FOUCAULT Animé par Jean-François Braunstein et Daniele Lorenzini Samedi 18 avril 2015, 10h30 – 12h30 Judith REVEL (Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre) “Foucault avec Merleau-Ponty : une ontologie politique” Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne UFR de philosophie 17 rue de la Sorbonne, Escalier C, 1er étage droite, salle Lalande