Foucault News

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

Jonathan Beever, Nicolae C. Morar (Editors), Perspectives in Bioethics, Science, and Public Policy, Purdue University Press, 2013 Book Description In this book, nine thought-leaders engage with some of the hottest moral issues in science and ethics. Based on talks originally given at the annual “Purdue Lectures in Ethics, Policy, and Science,” the chapters explore interconnections …

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Fausto Calaça, Dandysme et souci de soi: Essai sur les processus de subjectivation dans “La Comédie humaine” d’Honoré de Balzac, Presses Académiques Francophones ( 28.08.2013 ) Cet ouvrage est la version remaniée et traduite d’une thèse de doctorat en « Psychologie clinique et Culture » soutenue dans sa version en langue portugaise, « Dandismo e …

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Un demi-siècle d’Histoire de la folie, sous la direction de Daniele Lorenzini et Arianna Sforzini, Editions Kimé, 2013. L’Histoire de la folie à l’âge classique de Michel Foucault a produit, au moment de sa publication, une onde de choc. Cet ouvrage, foisonnant, baroque, labyrinthique, est apparu aussitôt comme insituable. S’agissait-il d’histoire, de philosophie, de littérature, …

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John Masterson, The Disorder of Things: A Foucauldian Approach to the Work of Nuruddin Farah, Wits University Press, 2013 Nuruddin Farah is widely regarded as one of the most sophisticated voices in contemporary world literature. Michel Foucault is revered as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, with his discursive legacy providing …

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Colin Koopman, Genealogy as Critique: Foucault and the Problems of Modernity, Indiana University Press, 2013, 348pp., $30.00 (pbk), ISBN 9780253006219. Reviewed by Amy Allen, Dartmouth College In Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews: An electronic journal 29 August 2013 The overall aim of Colin Koopman’s Genealogy as Critique is “to explicate genealogy in such a way as …

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Duschinsky, Robbie and Leon Antonio Rocha (Eds.) Foucault, the Family and Politics, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 Foucault, the Family and Politics presents a rich account of the politics and power relations that organize family and intimate life, advancing with and beyond Foucault’s classic and more recently-published writings. The obligation to attend school, to go to work, …

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Michael Maidan, Review of: A Companion to Foucault by Christopher Falzon,Timothy O’Leary, and Jana Sawicki (Editors) Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. This companion to the work of French thinker Michael Foucault offers an overview of his work, and critical essays that explore Foucault’s insights and his influence on contemporary social and political thought. Part I opens with the …

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Michel Foucault (2013) La société punitive. Cours au collège de France 1972-1973, Paris: Gallimard Seuil. Ce livre paraîtra le 10 octobre 2013. Frédéric Gros Foucault et « la société punitive » Compte rendu sur le site Cairn.info Résumé « Malheureusement, quand on enseigne la morale, quand on fait l’histoire de la morale, on explique toujours …

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