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

Gullette, M. M. (2022). Reflections on the Turn to Ageism in Contemporary Cultural Discourse. Theory, Culture & Society https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764221113732 Abstract Distinguished gerontologists, ‘guardians of later life’ who had long kept age and ageism at the heart of their work, were asked by the author why the turn to ageism had not been able to raise …

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Foucault, M. (2022). Linguistics and Social Sciences. Theory, Culture & Society, First published online June 20, 2022 https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764221091549 Abstract Written with the suppression of the Tunisian students by their own government in view, Michel Foucault’s March 1968 ‘Linguistics and Social Sciences’ opens up a new horizon of historical inquiry and epitomises Foucault’s abiding interest in …

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Younès Ahouga, « L’Organisation internationale pour les migrations et la surveillance des populations de déplacés du Sud », Revue européenne des migrations internationales, , vol. 38 – n°3 et 4 | 2022, DOI : https://doi.org/10.4000/remi.21420 Resumé L’Organisation internationale pour les migrations (OIM) prône l’usage des données pour stabiliser les populations de déplacés du Sud. Durant …

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Fay, W. Neoliberalism and Radical Rights: On the Work and Theory of Law and Organising (2022) International Journal for the Semiotics of Law DOI: 10.1007/s11196-022-09931-4 Abstract This article aims to contribute to scholarship regarding the critique of rights through the examination of the role of rights discourse in the furtherance of what is generally termed …

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Siniša Malešević (2022) Are We All Foucauldians Now? “Culture Wars” and the Poststructuralist Legacy, Critical Review DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2022.2122171 ABSTRACT Michel Foucault’s philosophy has recently come under sharp criticism across the political spectrum. While right-wing and centrist commentators identify Foucault as the intellectual progenitor of “woke” dogmatism and an irrationalist hostility to science, left-wing critics associate …

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GENEALOGY+CRITIQUE Special Issue, Vol 4 Issue 1, 2018. Articles in German The collection “Foucault meets Latour,” edited by Simon Ganahl and Patrick Kilian, attempts to confront but also connect the thought of Michel Foucault and Bruno Latour. Equally interested in the question of modernity, both thinkers developed theoretical frameworks and conceptual toolboxes in order to …

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Foucault Studies. Number 32, September 2022 Editorial Sverre Raffnsøe Articles Foucault and Brown: Disciplinary Intersections Niki Kasumi Clements Askesis and Critique: Foucault and Benjamin Ori Rotlevy UK Lockdown Governmentalities: What Does It Mean to Govern in 2020? Seb Sander Book Reviews Chloë Taylor, Foucault, Feminism and Sex Crimes: An Anti-Carceral Analysis. New York, and London: …

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Ilott, Luke. “Generalizing Resistance: The Coalition Politics of Foucault’s Governmentality Lectures.” The Review of Politics, 2022, 1–25. doi:10.1017/S0034670522000882. Abstract This article interprets Michel Foucault as a thinker of political coalition. While Foucault is often associated with a localist “micro-politics,” he also sought to help dispersed struggles “generalize” themselves into bigger, cohesive movements. Foucault gave his …

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Strassheim, J. (2022). Neoliberalism and Post-Truth: Expertise and the Market Model. Theory, Culture & Society https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764221119726 Abstract Contrary to widespread assumptions, post-truth politicians formally adopt a rhetoric of ‘truth’ but turn it against established experts. To explain one central factor behind this destructive strategy and its success with voters, I consider Walter Lippmann and Friedrich …

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Gordon Hull (2022) How Foucault Got Rid of (Bossy) Marxism, Critical Review, DOI: 10.1080/08913811.2022.2121516 ABSTRACT Foucault distanced himself from Marxism even though he worked in an environment—left French theory of the 1960s and 1970s—where Marxism was the dominant frame of reference. By viewing Foucault in the context of French Marxist theoretical debates of his day, …

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