Speaking the language of change? Nissim Mannathukkaren, The Hindu (newspaper), July 17,2017 The World Bank’s reports show that social movements may be shaping the bank’s language Democratic Centralism entails popular participation in formulating the plan at the enterprise level. — World Bank Romania country report, 1979 The World Bank’s ‘World Development Report 2017’ is a …
[Editor: You never know where references to Foucault’s name will pop up…] Todd Martens, Meet Disney’s philosopher king: the brain behind ‘Avatar’s’ Pandora and Marvel’s ‘Guardians’ ride, Los Angeles Times, May 25 2017 When visitors set foot into Pandora — The World of Avatar at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., they will find glowing …
The False Difference Between the Right and the Left, Haaretz, Ofer Sitbon Apr 28, 2017 Jean-Claude Michéa has recently garnered unusual exposure: His book “Notre ennemi, le capital” (2017), made the front page of Le Monde on January 1. The philosopher, who was born in 1950, teaches philosophy in a high school in Montpellier, France. …
Sam Leith, In our Google era, indexers are the unsung heroes of the publishing world, The Guardian, Thursday 30 March 2017 […] Today, the Society of Indexers – the industry body for those professionals (for which, full disclosure, I have the honour to be honorary president) – turns 60 years old. It celebrates its “anniversary, …
Quand la CIA s’intéressait de près à Foucault, Derrida et Althusser. Le Monde, 23.03.2017 En 1985, les espions américains se félicitaient de la décomposition de la gauche intellectuelle française. Et passaient complètement à côté de la popularité croissante de ces mêmes philosophes dans leur pays. Les espions lisent de la philosophie. Ce n’est d’ailleurs pas …
Editor: What do Foucault and the Duchess of Cambridge have in common? The polo neck skivvy! The affordable staple that has become the Duchess of Cambridge’s secret wardrobe weapon, The Telegraph, 23 February 2017 The Duchess of Cambridge is now, we can all agree, a pro in the royal dressing stakes. For her increasingly regular …
Keri Blakinger, On Freddie Mercury’s birthday, 11 other HIV-related deaths, New York Daily News, September 5, 2015 Michel Foucault An acclaimed French philosopher, Michel Foucault was best known for works like “Discipline and Punish” and “The History of Sexuality.”He died in 1984 of AIDS-related illness.
La gauche face au djihadisme: les yeux grands fermés LE MONDE | 03.03.2015 | Par Jean Birnbaum The complete article can be found on the Comité Laicité République site. (Thanks to Mauricio for this link) En 1978, le philosophe Michel Foucault arrive en Iran pour y effectuer un reportage sur la révolution islamique. Envoyé par …
Élisabeth Roudinesco: The Living Thought of Michel Foucault , Verso Books site, 13 November 2014 Élisabeth Roudinesco, author of Lacan: In Spite of Everything, Jacques Lacan & Co. and Madness and Revolution, among many others, on the writing of Michel Foucault, written for Le Monde in May: Thirty years after his death, Michel Foucault (1926–1984) is famed the world …
