Foucault News

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

Engels, K.S. Biopower, Normalization, and HPV: A Foucauldian Analysis of the HPV Vaccine Controversy (2015) Journal of Medical Humanities, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10912-015-9361-5 Abstract This article utilizes the Foucauldian concepts of biopower and normalization to give an analysis of the debate surrounding the controversial administration of the HPV vaccine to adolescents. My …

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Pepper, S. Subscribing to Governmental Rationality: HBO and the AIDS Epidemic (2014) Communication and Critical/ Cultural Studies, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract Between 1987 and 2013, HBO produced or distributed over twenty HIV/AIDS programs. These films trace a cultural shift from an early focus on AIDS as a public health issue to be dealt with …

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ESRC Seminar Series on Contemporary Biopolitical Security Fourth workshop: Problematising Danger Co-sponsored by the Biopolitics of Security Network, the Emerging Securities Research Unit @ Keele University and the Centre for International Relations, War Studies Department, King’s College London 21-22 February 2011 The River Room, King’s College London, Strand Campus Keynote speaker: Professor Marieke de Goede …

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