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 …
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, …
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. …
Daniele Lorenzini, The Foucauldian Mind, Routledge, Forthcoming July 2026 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 to exert significant influence …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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