Foucault News

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

Kurt Borg, (2026). Foucault and Business Ethics. In: Luetge, C., Thejls Ziegler, M. (eds) Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6176-6_118-1 Abstract This chapter presents an overview of a range of analyses within business ethics which have been informed by the work of Michel Foucault. It considers work in business ethics …

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Eduan Breedt, Erin Tichenor & Tim Barlott (2025), Diagnosing the body in physiotherapy: the passage from discipline to control. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/09593985.2025.2585138 ABSTRACT The concept of the body as a biomechanical machine was central to legitimizing physiotherapy and defining its professional identity. As society transitioned from Michel Foucault’s disciplinary formation to Gilles …

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Monica Greco, Biopolitics. In Eds. Arpad Szakolczai and Paul OʼConnor, Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Anthropology, Elgar, 356–359 https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035310494.00075 Abstract While Michel Foucault was not the first to use the term ‘biopolitics’, his formulation of this concept transformed its meaning fundamentally for subsequent generations of scholars. Through this concept, Foucault turned the tables on a tradition …

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Call for Papers Conference: Contagion, Information, Territory Date: 17-19 June, 2026 Location: Leiden University, The Netherlands Keynote speakers Dr. Ramon Amaro (Design Academy Eindhoven) Prof. Dr. Jasbir Puar (University of British Columbia) Deadline Call for Papers: 31 January, 2026 PDF of call for papers As new forms of exclusion and colonialism are emerging and old …

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Stephen W. Sawyer, Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins (Eds.), Foucault, Neoliberalism, and Beyond, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018. Description Few philosophers have garnered as much attention globally as Michel Foucault. But even within this wide reception, the consideration given to his relationship to neoliberalism has been noteworthy. However, the debate over this relationship has given rise to a …

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Colloque international Néolibéralismes, néofascismes, néo-populismes. Spectres de Foucault (Paris) All details at this link Du 10 Décembre 2025 au 12 Décembre 2025 Comprendre pourquoi Michel Foucault fait retour inévitablement dans les généalogies contemporaines des néolibéralismes, c’est s’employer à ressaisir la pertinence du diagnostic du présent qui fut la sienne en 1979 lorsqu’il diagnostiqua le sens …

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Emmanuel Chamorro Sánchez, Foucault, el poder y la política, de mayo del 68 al ascenso del neoliberalismo, Editorial Universidad de Granada (EUG), 2025 Este libro tiene como objetivo reconstruir el itinerario intelectual, político y biográfico de Michel Foucault desde 1968 hasta 1979. Comienza con los acontecimientos del Mayo francés —que alcanzaron a Foucault en plena …

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Jean-François Suratteau, Les métamorphoses de l’art de gouverner Michel Foucault au Collège de France, Vrin, 2025 Entretien avec Jean-François Suratteau Présentation Michel Foucault est un auteur polymorphe, qui a su toucher, par ses écrits et ses interventions, des publics très divers. On s’intéresse dans ce livre aux cours donnés au Collège de France, où Foucault …

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Thibaud, E. (2025). Reflections on techno-solutionism in education: Manifestations and causes. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2025.2528852 Abstract Techno-solutionism refers to the belief that many of society’s ills can and should be solved by technology. This paper explores the ways techno-solutionism manifests itself in the field of education: for the past few decades, each new …

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Peter Shay, Grasshoppers and Goldfish: Literature, Subjectivation, and Ethical Democracy, Review of Education Studies, Vol. 5, No. 3 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.71002/res.v5n3p10 Abstract As western society descends into a state of pervasive attention-deficit, a profound ethical crisis unfolds. The erosion of sustained concentration – exacerbated by the manipulative attention economies of digital technologies and the infiltration …

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