Foucault News

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

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Je participerai, le samedi 20 septembre 2014, à une rencontre sur le thème “Le savoir/Le pouvoir” avec Didier Eribon et Edouard Louis dans le cadre des Rendez-vous philosophiques de la Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe Samedi 20/09/2014, Fondation Deutsch de la Meurthe, salle des Fresques, 37 Boulevard Jourdan, 75014 Paris, 15h-17h.  

Mark Kelly DATE/TIME: Wednesday, 17 September, 3.30pm-5.00pm PLACE: University of Western Sydney, Bankstown Campus, Building 3, Room 3.G.27  [How to get to Bankstown Campus] http://www.uws.edu.au/campuses_structure/cas/campuses/bankstown All welcome ABSTRACT: In this paper, I critically assess Gilles Deleuze’s ‘societies of control’ thesis, in relation to both the work of Michel Foucault which inspired it, and the work …

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Postponed until later this year Cartography of Exhaustion Venue: Morven Brown 310 (map ref C20)University of NSW, Sydney Who: Peter Pál Pelbart School of Humanities and Languages and the Biopolitical Research Network Drawing on Nietzsche’s problematic of nihilism and the question of exhaustion that Deleuze finds in Beckett, this talk will attempt to trace some …

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Charlotte Epstein, Experiences of bodily privacy are changing in the contemporary surveillance society Wednesday 6 August, 3.30pm – 5.00pm 2014 Bankstown Campus, Room 3.G.27 University of Western Sydney All welcome More info Abstract In this paper I consider how our experiences of bodily privacy are changing in the contemporary surveillance society. To this end I …

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Gastvortrag am IZW: “Wittgenstein and Foucault on ‘scientific’ and ‘philosophical’ truth”, Dr. Luca Paltrinieri (Associate Researcher am Chambre de Commerce et d’industrie de Paris, Ile-de-France/CCI-Paris-IDF) Thursday 16 July 2014, 6pm Innovationszentrum Wissensforschung (IZW) / Berlin Center for Knowledge Research Hauptgebäude TU Berlin, Room H 0111 (Hörsaal im Erdgeschoss), Straße des 17. Juni 135, 10623 Berlin …

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Henrik Bang, Rethinking Michel Foucault: The Political Circle of Parrhesia and Democracy, 2014 Video of seminar As part of Sydney Democracy Network‘s seminar series, Professor Henrik Bang (University of Canberra) indicates perspectives on Michel Foucault that can inform our understanding of democracy. Michel Foucault has become an exemplar in the disciplines of philosophy, sociology, history, linguistics …

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Séminaire “Politiques de Foucault”, 6e séance : Luca Paltrinieri, 17 mai 2014, Paris Ouest webpage La prochaine séance du séminaire “Politiques de Foucault” accueillera Luca Paltrinieri. Il interviendra sur le thème “’Ou la population ou les classes’ : l’archéologie foucaldienne du débat Marx-Malthus”. Présentation de la séance  : “Malthus a mis clairement au centre de …

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Dottorato in Filosofia (XXIX ciclo) Michel Foucault: Il presente come eredità Ciclo di seminari Dipartimento di Filosofia Sapienza – Università di Roma Villa Mirafiori, via Carlo Fea 2 2° incontro 5 Maggio, Aula XI, ore 17,30 Stefano Catucci: Potere e sensibilità nell’opera di Michel Foucault Orazio Irrera: Michel Foucault e la critica dell’ideologia A trent’anni …

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Podcasts : Séminaire “Politiques de Foucault” Enregistrements des séances du séminaire Sophiapol 2013-2014 “Politiques de Foucault” organisé par Philippe Combessie, Stéphane Dufoix, Stéphane Haber, Christian Laval, Christian Lazzeri et Emmanuel Renault (Université Paris Ouest, Sophiapol). .30 novembre 2013 Jean Terrel (Université Bordeaux 3) Unité de politiques de Foucault 14 décembre 2013 François Boullant (Professeur honoraire) Foucault …

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