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

Originally posted on SAM BINKLEY:
ABSTRACT This article theorizes the biopolitical production of embodiment through a consideration of biopolitical metaphor.  It is argued that much recent theoretical work on biopower fails to provide an adequate account of embodiment, and particularly on the question of the habitualization of bodily experience.  However, read through the lens of…

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
I began 2018 with some shorter pieces to write, which took me away from the focus on The Early Foucault, even though two of them were on Foucault. First was a piece for the American Book Review, which is hosting a set of pieces on ‘Critical Lives’, edited by Robert…

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Earlier this month I finished working through Maladie mentale et personnalité, which I discussed beginning in the last update, and have drafted a substantial section analyzing the book. I imagine I can only use a fraction of the quotes I took down in my notes, as at the moment it’s…

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
In this short video, Marcelo Hoffman discusses his review essay of Heliana de Barros Conde Rodrigues’s book Ensaios sobre Michel Foucault no Brasil: Presença, efeitos, ressonâncias (Michel Foucault in Brazil: Presence, Effects, Resonances). His full review is available online and in the journal Theory, Culture & Society. The book sounds fascinating…

APPEL A COMMUNICATIONS COLLOQUE “FOUCAULT FACE A LA NORME” Faculté de droit d’Orléans, Jeudi 15 et vendredi 16 novembre 2018 Le colloque “Foucault face à la norme” s’inscrit dans une série de colloques ambitionnant de questionner un auteur, sa trajectoire de vie autant que son oeuvre, sur la question des normes telle qu’elle se pose …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Foucault’s The Punitive Society lecture course and my Foucault’s Last Decade and Foucault: The Birth of Power are reviewed in 3am Magazine by Peter Gratton. It’s a long, thoughtful and generous review. As well as saying many insightful things about the books reviewed, it’s also a good meditation on Foucault’s enduring impact today.…