Foucault News

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

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‘Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention‘ (Ashgate, 2013) edited by Dominique Moran, Nick Gill and Deirdre Conlon. This book draws together the work of a new community of scholars with a growing interest in carceral geography: the geographical study of practices of imprisonment and detention.…

Gordana Fontana-Giusti, Foucault for Architects, Routledge, May 2013 Publisher’s page The author is also conducting an inaugural public lecture at 6 pm on the 24th of May 2013 at the University of Kent, Canterbury, Faculty of Humanities to coincide with the publication of the book. Pdf flyer for event Description From the mid-1960s onwards Michel …

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Stephen J. Ball, Foucault, Power, and Education, London: Routledge, 2012 Series: Routledge Key Ideas in Education Description Foucault, Power, and Education invites internationally renowned scholar Stephen J. Ball to reflect on the importance and influence of Foucault on his work in educational policy. By focusing on some of the ways Foucault has been placed in …

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Marcos Nalli, Sonia Regina Vargas Mansano, Michel Foucault em múltiplas perspectivas, Eduel, 2013 Acaba de ser publicada, pela EDUEL, a coletânea “Michel Foucault em múltiplas perspectivas”. Contando com a colaboração de autores que estudam a obra de Michel Foucault, esta coletânea analisou questões emergentes na atualidade, percorrendo perspectivas distintas. Tais pesquisadores buscaram problematizar alguns aspectos …

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Michel Foucault: À l’épreuve du pouvoir. Édité par Edouard Jolly, Philippe Sabot, Septentrion Presses Universitaires, mai 2013 Description Tout au long de son œuvre, Michel Foucault n’a cessé d’interroger les formes et les dispositifs de pouvoir qui définissent, dans nos sociétés modernes, les modalités du contrôle social et de la production normative des individualités déviantes …

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Social Theory and Education Research Understanding Foucault, Habermas,Bourdieu and Derrida. Edited by Mark Murphy, London: Routledge, April 2013 September 2025 update: Link above is to the second edition published in 2022. Description Although education researchers have drawn on the work of a wide diversity of theorists, a number of these have been of particular significance …

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Christopher Falzon (Editor), Timothy O’Leary (Editor), Jana Sawicki (Editor) A Companion to Foucault, Wiley-Blackwell, March 2013. ISBN: 978-1-4443-3406-7 Hardcover 626 pages Description A Companion to Foucault comprises a collection of essays from established and emerging scholars that represent the most extensive treatment of French philosopher Michel Foucault’s works currently available. Comprises a comprehensive collection of …

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Le racisme comme technologie de pouvoir 26 février 2013 par Alain Brossat Ici et Ailleurs site Plutôt que tenter de résumer mon livre, Autochtone imaginaire, étranger imaginé Retours sur la xénophobie ambiante, ce qui est évidemment l’exercice le plus douteux qui soit (ce qui se résume aisément ne vaut généralement pas grand chose), je vais …

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Review of two books inspired by Foucault: Yves Citton, Renverser l’insoutenable, Paris: Seuil, 2012 Sous la direction de Fabienne Brugère et Guillaume le Blanc, Michaël Foessel, Marie Gaille, Judith Revel, Pierre Zaoui Dictionnaire politique à l’usage des gouvernés, Paris: Bayard, 2012 Dans le bel Avant-propos de leur livre écrit à quatre mains, Philippe Artières et …

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Michel Foucault, La grande étrangère: À propos de littérature. Édité et présenté par Philippe Artières, Jean-François Bert, Mathieu Potte-Bonneville et Judith Revel. Paris: Editions EHESS. mars 2013 Publisher’s page Michel Foucault entretient avec la littérature une relation complexe, critique, stratégique. Les documents inédits qui composent le présent volume en témoignent magnifiquement.. Sade, Cervantes, Artaud, Shakespeare….Le …

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