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

Hagenmüller, M. Images of control and submission in old kingdom funerary iconography: The Egyptian Tomb as a ‘Disciplinary Institution’ (2023) Compulsion and Control in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the Third Lady Wallis Budge Egyptology Symposium Edited by Alexandre Loktionov, Archaeopress, pp. 148-160. Abstract I argue that funerary scenes can be studied as what Michel Foucault …

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Luca Provenzano, Foucault 8/13 epilogue: Foucault and neoliberalism conference report Foucault and Neoliberalism: A Report from American University of Paris On Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26, participants in Foucault 13/13 went to Paris to present at (and report from) the conference “Foucault and Neoliberalism” organized by the Center for Critical Democracy Studies at …

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Audrey Kiéfer et David Risse (eds). La biopolitique outre-atlantique après Foucault, Editions Harmattan, 2012 From the détentions et rétentions carcérales blog Principe de précaution. Bioéthique. Multiplication et diversification des dispositifs de contrôle des corps. Sexualité. Placement sous surveillance électronique. Village d’insertion pour les communautés Roms. Ces dispositifs de pouvoirs se présentent-ils comme rassurants, novateurs, libéralisateurs …

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The proceedings of the workshop on “Foucault and Utilitarianism” have just been released as a special issue in the bilingual Revue d’études benthamiennes. Summary In the 1970s, with the publication of Discipline and Punish, and with the development of his concept of discipline, Foucault put Bentham back on the map of academic study. However, Bentham …

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The proceedings of the Congresso Nacional de Psicanálise, Direito e Literatura: estética da existência (the National Congress of Psychoanalysis, Law and Literature: aesthetics of existence) convened by Fábio Belo in Brazil in 2009 have just been published here Introduction in Portuguese “Êthopoien, quer dizer: fazer o êthos, produzir o êthos, modificar, transformar o êthos, a …

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