Foucault News

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

Boucheron, Patrick. Of What Is History Capable?. Translated by Liz Libbrecht, Collège de France, Open edition books, 2018 https://doi.org/10.4000/books.cdf.5852 Open access Extracts We need history because we need rest: a pause to rest our consciousness, so that the possibility of a consciousness may remain – as the seat not only of thought, but of practical …

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Symposium Global Foucault: Divergences and Agreements in Italian Thought 7 de Junho 2024 / 7th June 2024 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian | Auditorium 3 Simpósio Temático com Roberto Esposito 16h: Roberto Esposito: “Oltre la biopolítica” / “Beyond Biopolitics” Introduz e modera / Introduction and moderation by: Gianfranco Ferraro (CEG – Universidade Aberta de Lisboa) Comentário crítico …

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Emeritus Professor Stephen J Ball will be giving a presentation as part of the Foucault 40 Years After World Congress. Registration link Webinar details: Tuesday 4th June 20:00-21:30 (AEST), 11:00-12:30 (UTC) Why do we write? Or would Foucault thrive in the contemporary university? I want to say something about Foucault’s conception of the role and …

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Jessica Whyte, Neoliberal Freedom as Stoic Resignation, LSE Events, podcast, 10 Feb 2022 In this talk, Jessica Whyte will trace the development of neoliberal attitudes to the subjective comportment required for a functioning competitive market. Her focus is on the irony by which a neoliberal movement that emerged as a critique of the stoic resignation …

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“Michel Foucault psychologue ?” par Philippe Sabot et Elisabetta Basso Maison Européenne des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, 25 novembre 2021, Lille, France “Michel Foucault psychologue ?” par Philippe Sabot et Elisabetta Basso Maison Européenne des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société, 25 novembre 2021, Lille. “Michel Foucault psychologue ?” par Philippe …

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Causerie sur Michel Foucault Salle des fêtes, 19 septembre 2021, Saint-Martin-la-Pallu. Causerie sur Michel Foucault Salle des fêtes, le dimanche 19 septembre à 15:30 L’historienne Arlette Farge a travaillé avec Michel Foucault sur l’ouvrage _Le désordre des familles. Lettres de cachets de la Bastille._ Elle nous fera part de son expérience singulière et de l’influence …

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Catherine Malabou – “Foucault’s last seminars: the ‘other politics’” http://www.egs.edu​ Catherine Malabou, Professor of Philosophy at The European Graduate School / EGS. Saas-Fee, Switzerland. April 22, 2021. Open Public Lecture co-hosted by The European Graduate School and Fakultet za medije i komunikacije, Beograd for the students of the Division of Philosophy, Art & Critical Thought …

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Judith Butler The Force of Nonviolence, online event, Whitechapel Gallery Thursday 23 July, 5pm Judith Butler presents a lecture and live Q&A chaired by Amia Srinivasan that draws on her new book, which shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality. The Force of Nonviolence argues …

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