Foucault News

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

Pierre Lauret, « Foucault est un personnage extraordinaire » entretien avec le collectif théâtral F71, Cahiers philosophiques, 2012/3 (n° 130), 112-126 Further info and text Fondé en 2004, le collectif F71 est composé de cinq comédiennes (Sabrina Baldassarra, Stéphanie Farison, Emmanuelle Lafon, Sara Louis, Lucie Nicolas), qui co-assument la responsabilité de la mise en scène …

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Julien Cavagnis, Michel Foucault et le soulèvement iranien de 1978 : retour sur la notion de « spiritualité politique », Cahiers philosophiques 2012/3 (n° 130), 51-71 Further info Résumé La série d’articles écrits par Michel Foucault sur le soulèvement iranien de 1978 a été l’objet de vives polémiques. L’analyse sérieuse et attentive d’un tel corpus …

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CFP: Theoria: The Police and the Theory of the State Submission deadline: Friday, February 28 2014 The editors of Theoria: A journal of Social and Political Theory invite contributors to interrogate contemporary political and social theory through the lens of policing, with the view of connecting politics and policing. Well documented reflections based on a …

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Peter Johnson, The Geographies of Heterotopia, Geography Compass, Volume 7, Issue 11, November 2013. pp.790–803 https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12079 Abstract This article explores the ongoing fascination with Foucault’s brief and rather sketchy idea of heterotopia. Drawing out some key lessons from the most sustained interpretations of this curious spatio-temporal concept, it addresses weaknesses and potential contradictions and goes …

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Nicolas Thirion, Des rapports entre droit et vérité selon Foucault : une illustration des interactions entre les pratiques juridiques et leur environnement, Revue interdisciplinaire d’études juridiques, 2013/1 (Volume 70), 180-88. Further info and PDF for download Abstract La contribution est consacrée à la présentation synthétique de deux ouvrages récemment parus transcrivant la parole délivrée par …

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Gabriel Hürlimann, Hobbes, Foucault et la peur de la révolte, Rue Descartes 2013/1 (n° 77), 52-68 Further info and full article Sommaire Traduit de l’allemand par Ariane Kiatibian Dans cet article, une lecture foucaldienne du Léviathan de Hobbes nous permettra de soutenir la thèse selon laquelle un examen attentif de l’argument contractualiste de Hobbes en …

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Mark Muhannad Ayyash, The paradox of political violence (2013) European Journal of Social Theory, 16 (3), pp. 342-356. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431013476567 Abstract This article explores the paradoxical relationship between politics and violence in the concept of political violence. By examining the works of prominent theorists, such as Hannah Arendt and Frantz Fanon, the article highlights both the …

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Verena Erlenbusch, The place of sovereignty: Mapping power with Agamben, Butler, and Foucault (2013) Critical Horizons, 14 (1), pp. 44-69. https://doi.org/10.1179/15685160X13A.0000000003 Abstract This article addresses the relationship between sovereignty, biopolitics and governmentality in the work of Giorgio Agamben, Judith Butler, and Michel Foucault. By unpacking Foucault’s genealogy of modern governmentality, it responds to a criticism …

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Lorenzini, Daniele. “What is a ‘Regime of Truth’?” Le foucaldien 1, no. 1 (2015): 1–5. DOI: https://doi.org/10.16995/lefou.2 [Note: In 2022, Le foucaldien relaunched as Genealogy+Critique.] Originally published online 28 October 2013 Open access Abstract In this paper, I offer an overview of the ways in which Foucault defines and uses the concept of ‘regime of …

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Andreas Kotsakis, ‘Change and Subjectivity in International Environmental Law: The Micro-Politics of the Transformation of Biodiversity into Genetic Gold’, Transnational Environmental Law 2013. https://www.doi.org/10.1017/S204710251300054X Abstract There is no hope for international environmental law to be an engine for global social change when it can no longer provide a compelling account of itself. This article presents …

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