Foucault News

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

William Davies: A Bibliographic Review of Neoliberalism, Theory Culture and Society, 7 March 2014 The term ‘neoliberalism’ has become increasingly familiar over recent years. The term was relatively unheard-of until the 1990s, but was then adopted principally by the critics of a perceived free market orthodoxy, which was spreading around the world under the auspices …

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Foucault, Political Life and History – Workshop 5 Friday April 22nd 2015 11.00 – 16.00 London School of Economics Room CLM.1.02 , first floor, Clement House, The Aldwych We are very happy to confirm the programme for the next workshop. [10:15 approx] Dr Egle Rindzeviciute (Kingston University) : “System-Cybernetic Governmentality: Depoliticisation of Scientific Governance During …

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William Davies, From Jurisdiction to Translation: Elite Power Under Advanced Neoliberalism, Pre-print of article to appear in Theory Culture & Society Abstract The financial crisis, and associated scandals, created a sense of a juridical deficit with regard to the financial sector. Forms of independent judgement within the sector appeared compromised, while judgement over the sector …

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EDGES BLOG: CSC Interview with Daniel Zamora. Cultural Studies blog, George Mason University, 12 March 2016 The Cultural Studies Program’s colloquium (CSC) series features talks by distinguished scholars from across the disciplines. Graduate student Dave Zeglen interviewed Daniel Zamora, a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Illinois at Chicago. See below for the transcript. Let us begin with your …

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FOUCAULT 8/13 EPILOGUE: MICHEL FOUCAULT, NEOLIBERALISM AND BEYOND The following is a guest post by Stephen Sawyer, organizer of the March 25-26 Foucault and Neoliberalism Conference at the American University of Paris. Professor Sawyer has kindly provided us with concluding remarks on the conference. By Stephen Sawyer Michel Foucault’s reflections on neoliberalism have ultimately left …

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Luca Provenzano, Foucault 8/13 epilogue: Foucault and neoliberalism conference report Foucault and Neoliberalism: A Report from American University of Paris On Friday, March 25 and Saturday, March 26, participants in Foucault 13/13 went to Paris to present at (and report from) the conference “Foucault and Neoliberalism” organized by the Center for Critical Democracy Studies at …

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Michel Foucault and Neoliberalism PDF with further information Center for Critical Democracy Studies American University of Paris 6 rue du Colonel Combes Paris 75007 Room C-104 March 25-26 2016 Registration at criticaldemocracy@aup.edu Friday, March 25 9h-9h15: Introductory Remarks Stephen Sawyer 9h15-10h30: Contextualizing Foucault -Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins, Foucault and the Neo-liberalism Debate: On the Limitations of a …

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Michael Peters, Education, Enterprise Culture and the Entrepreneurial Self: A Foucauldian Perspective, Journal of Educational Enquiry, Vol. 2, No. 2, 2001 58 https://ojs.unisa.edu.au/index.php/EDEQ/article/view/558 Abstract The notion of ‘enterprise culture’ emerged in the United Kingdom as a central motif in political thought under Margaret Thatcher’s administration. The notion represented a profound shift away from the Keynesian …

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Călin COTOI, Neoliberalism: a Foucauldian Perspective, International Review of Social Research, Volume 1, Issue 2, June 2011, 109-124 Full PDF Abstract: The contemporary investigations on power, politics, government and knowledge are profoundly influenced by Foucault’s work. Governmentality, as a specific way of seeing the connections between the formation of subjectivities and population politics, has been …

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