Foucault News

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

Andrew Hope, Governmentality and the ‘selling’ of school surveillance devices, The Sociological Review. Volume 63, Issue 4, pages 840–857, November 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12279 Abstract In late modernity there has been a massive growth in ‘new’ surveillance devices situated within schools. This paper explores the reasons behind this proliferation, considering the role of key protagonists and the …

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Dotan Leshem, The Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault, Columbia University Press, 2016 Dotan Leshem recasts the history of the West from an economic perspective, bringing politics, philosophy, and economics closer together and revealing the significant role of Christian theology in shaping economic and political thought. He begins with early Christianity’s …

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VII Jornadas Debates Actuales de la Teoría Política Contemporánea El neoliberalismo a debate: hacia una genealogía del presente 17 y 18 de noviembre de 2016 Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Campus Miguelete, Universidad Nacional de San Martín Presentación: ¿Cómo interpretar el neoliberalismo? Más allá de cualquier salida fácil que lo reduzca a una doctrina económica o …

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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 (2017), Elite Power Under Advanced Neoliberalism, Theory, Culture & Society, 34(5-6), 227-250. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276417715072 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 seemed unattainable. Elites, in the classical …

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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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Stephen Sawyer, 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. Michel Foucault’s reflections on neoliberalism have ultimately left us with more questions …

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Luca Provenzano, 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 the American University …

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