Foucault News

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

Foucault and Feminist Philosophy: Other Perspectives and Approaches, Feminist Philosophy Quarterly, Vol. 12 No. 2/3 (2026) Published: 2026-09-18 In this special double issue, guest edited by Shelley Lynn Tremain, readers will find six peer-reviewed articles and an interview, as well as an introduction by Tremain. In the first article, entitled “Old Discipline, New Medium: LLMs …

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Michel Foucault et la géopolitique. Journée d’étude 13 octobre 2026 De 09:00 à 19:00 École normale supérieure 45 rue d’Ulm 75005 Paris Pour inscrire À l’occasion du centenaire de la naissance de Michel Foucault, l’Institut géopolitique d’études avancées organise une journée d’étude sous la direction scientifique de Frédéric Gros et avec le concours du département …

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A Century of Foucault – Deakin University Graduate Symposium September 8, 2026 Department of Philosophy, Deakin University Tower 2 level 12/727 Collins St Melbourne 3008 Australia This event is available both online and in-person. See Zoom details at the bottom of this post. Details This year marks the centenary of the birth of Historian/Philosopher Michel …

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Daniele Lorenzini (ed.), The Foucauldian Mind, Published July 29, 2026 by Routledge Description Michel Foucault is one of the most influential, and controversial, thinkers of the twentieth century. His work has had a transformative effect on the study of the humanities and social sciences. His engagement with topics such as truth, power, and language continues …

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Reading Michel Foucault Today: In Conversation with Philipp Sarasin by Mats Inauen,, The Cambridge Journal of Law, Politics and Art, 21 July 2026. Philipp Sarasin is emeritus professor of modern history at the University of Zurich and one of the foremost scholars of Michel Foucault in the German-speaking world. Among his many publications are Darwin …

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Serge Audier, Le Néolibéralisme, Foucault et nous, Le Bord de l’eau, Carignan-de-Bordeaux, 2026 Le cours de Michel Foucault au Collège de France sur la « naissance de la biopolitique » s’est imposé comme une référence fondamentale pour toute réflexion sur le néolibéralisme dans ses différentes dimensions – théorique, historique, sociologique, etc. Beaucoup y ont vu …

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Dimitrios Lais, Foucault’s Ethics of Genealogy. Antiquity, (Neo) Governmentality, and Globalisation, Palgrave Macmillan, 2026 About this book This book offers a bold reinterpretation of Michel Foucault’s late work, reconstructing him as an ethical philosopher whose account of antiquity provides crucial resources for understanding contemporary forms of power. Bringing Foucault into original dialogue with Habermas, Beck, …

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Foucault Studies, Issue 39, Spring 2026 Open access Table of Contents Editorial Daniele Lorenzini pp. iii-v DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00024 Critique Beyond Criticism: The Crisis and Potentials of Critique in Critical Times Sverre Raffnsøe, Daniele Lorenzini, Dorthe Staunæs, Martina Tazzioli pp. 1-25 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00025 The Pressing Task of Critique Bernard E. Harcourt, Robert Harvey, Sverre Raffnsøe pp. …

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Joanne Hunt, (2026). Understanding disability/impairment, inclusively: the case of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome, Disability & Society, 41(1), 281–287. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2025.2492653 Abstract Whilst myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) has recently attracted high-profile media coverage, dominant accounts do not tell the whole story of how this group of disabled people came to occupy – albeit unequally – society’s …

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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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