Hervé Oulc’hen (dir.), Usages de Foucault, Paris, PUF, coll. « Pratiques théoriques », 2014, 406 p., avant-propos de Guillaume le Blanc, ISBN : 978-2-13-062110-2. Further info Compte rendu de Alexandre Klein Sommaire L’oeuvre de Foucault est toute entière traversée par la question théorique et pratique des usages. Question de méthode, d’abord : Foucault fait usage …
Sam Binkley, Happiness as Enterprise: An Essay on Neoliberal Life, SUNY Press, 2014. Summary Examines the contemporary discourse on happiness through the lens of governmentality theory. Recent decades have seen an explosion of interest in the phenomenon of happiness, as evidenced by self-help books, talk shows, spiritual mentoring, business management, and relationship counseling. At the …
Intolérable Textes réunis par le Groupe d’Information sur les prisons, présentés par Philippe Artières Chronologie et postface de Philippe Artières Collection Verticales, Gallimard Parution : 19-04-2013 Further info Ce volume contient En février 1971, des intellectuels dont Michel Foucault, Daniel Defert, Jean-Marie Domenach, Pierre Vidal-Naquet et Gilles Deleuze fondent le Groupe d’Information sur les Prisons …
Andreas Fejes, Magnus Dahlstedt (2014) The confessing society: Foucault, confession and practices of lifelong learning. London: Routledge. Paperback version. Originally published in 2012 Publisher’s page PDF flyer with 20% discount “I highly appreciate the quality of Fejes’ and Dahlstedt’s research and writing. They manage to present in a comprehensible way some essential concepts of Foucault …
Marcelo Hoffman, Foucault and Power: The Influence of Political Engagement on Theories of Power, Bloomsbury, 2013 publisher’s page About Foucault and Power Michel Foucault is one of the most preeminent theorists of power, yet the relationship between his militant activities and his analysis of power remains unclear. The book explores this relationship to explain the …
Timothy Campbell, Adam Sitze (eds.), Biopolitics: A Reader, Duke University Press, 2013 Description This anthology collects the texts that defined the concept of biopolitics, which has become so significant throughout the humanities and social sciences today. The far-reaching influence of the biopolitical—the relation of politics to life, or the state to the body—is not surprising …
David R. Howarth, Poststructuralism and After: Structure, Subjectivity and Power Palgrave Macmillan, October 2013 ISBN: 978-1-137-26697-2, ISBN10: 1-137-26697-X Poststructuralism and After provides a comprehensive, innovative and lucid account of contemporary poststructuralist theory, which probes its limits, explores rival theoretical approaches, and elaborates new concepts and logics. The book distils and articulates the basic philosophical assumptions …
Peter Sloterdijk, Philosophical Temperaments: From Plato to Foucault, Translated by Thomas Dunlap with a foreword by Creston Davis. Columbia University Press, 2013 Publisher’s page Peter Sloterdijk turns his keen eye to the history of western thought, conducting colorful readings of the lives and ideas of the world’s most influential intellectuals. Featuring nineteen vignettes rich in …
Damien Boquet, Blaise Dufal, Pauline Labey (éd.), Une histoire au présent. Les historiens et Michel Foucault, Paris, CNRS éditions, 2013 Publisher’s page Further info on Les émotions au Moyen Âge site Cette réflexion de Jacques Léonard doit être prise au sérieux. Cinquante ans après la parution de l’Histoire de la folie et alors que s’achève …
Daniele Lorenzini, Ariane Revel & Arianna Sforzini (eds.) Michel Foucault : éthique et vérité (1980-1984), Paris, Vrin, coll. « Problèmes & Controverses », 2013 Les recherches menées par Foucault au cours des années quatre-vingt demeurent, à beaucoup d’égards, indécidables. Doit-on parler, à leur propos, d’un retour aux questions classiques du sujet, de la morale, de …
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