Foucault News

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

Foucault Studies, Issue 39, Spring 2026 Open access Table of Contents Editorial Daniele Lorenzini pp. iii-v DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00024 Critique Beyond Criticism: The Crisis and Potentials of Critique in Critical Times Sverre Raffnsøe, Daniele Lorenzini, Dorthe Staunæs, Martina Tazzioli pp. 1-25 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00025 The Pressing Task of Critique Bernard E. Harcourt, Robert Harvey, Sverre Raffnsøe pp. …

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Diana Stypinska and Andrea Rossi, (2025). Pastoral Power: Perspectives on the Present. Theory, Culture & Society, Online 26 December 2025 https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764251397525 Open access Abstract This introduction to this special section of Theory, Culture & Society focuses on the formation of power that Michel Foucault – in a number of texts and lectures from the late …

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Perspectives on the Philosophy of Ian Hacking October 2025, Volume 108, Number 4 Editor: Fraser McBride Advisory Editors Paul A. Roth and Matteo Vagelli Contents: Does Entity Realism Hold Up? — Lydia Patton Scientific Understanding Beyond Representing: Lessons from Ian Hacking’s Work — Oscar Westerblad and Henk W. de Regt Philosophical Anthropology, Philosophical Technology, and …

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Foucault Studies, Issue 38, Fall 2025 Open access Table of Contents Editorial Foucault’s Revision of Ideology Critique Johanna Oksala Waging War, Waging Peace: The Weimar Right and Michel Foucault’s Analysis of Power in the Mirror of the Archives Philipp Kender Genealogy Between Health and Illness: On the Ambiguity of the Historical Sense in Foucault’s 1969–1970 …

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Call for Papers La volontà di sapere | The Will to Knowledge Vesper No. 14, Università Iuav di Venezia Call for abstracts by September 5, 2025 See PDF of call for complete details […] Michel Foucault, in La volonté de savoir (1976), described how the mechanisms of the examination of conscience belonging to the pastoral …

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Foucault Studies, Issue 37, Spring 2025 Open access Table of Contents Editorial pp. iii-v DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00001 Special Section: Contributions from the Foucault Circle Lauren Guilmette, Ege Selin Islekel pp. 1-4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00002 black Foucault: An Intellectual Reparations Project Taryn D. Jordan, Haylee Christine Harrell pp. 5-34 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00003 On COVID and Racism as “Twin Pandemics”: …

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I’m pleased to announce that Foucault Studies is now published by Penn Press. Foucault Studies is the only international journal in the English language devoted to the work and influence of Michel Foucault. The journal remains open access. Future issues will be hosted on Project MUSE, while back issues will continue to be available on …

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Critique 935. Après Canguilhem. Nouveaux dialogues entre médecine et philosophie « Ôtez Canguilhem et vous ne comprenez plus grand-chose à toute une série de discussions. » Par ces mots, Michel Foucault faisait de Georges Canguilhem l’invisible clef de voûte de la philosophie française. Pourtant, à son décès en 1995, l’austère historien des sciences ne nous …

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Gouverner les âmes et les corps « Cahiers d’études du religieux. Recherches interdisciplinaires » * * * Abstract Ce dossier thématique des Cahiers d’études du religieux a pour objet d’interroger la pertinence du concept foucaldien de gouvernementalité en sciences religieuses. Plus précisément, on se demandera s’il s’agit là d’un concept opératoire pour décrire la relation …

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Presentación de la edición especial de Cuadernos de Filosofía Latinoamericana, Vol. 45 Núm. 131 (2024): Michel Foucault en Latinoamérica: 40 años de ontologías del presente En el marco del World Congress Foucault: 40 years after los coeditores invitados Nelson F. Roberto-Alba y Luis F. Blengino se complacen en presentar a la comunidad académica la edición …

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