Foucault News

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

L’Essai et la revue du jour par Jacques Munier France Culture, 9 June 2015 Audio Michel Foucault : Théories et institutions pénales. Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972 (EHESS/Gallimard/Seuil) « C’est un document exceptionnel » préviennent les éditeurs François Ewald et Bernard E. Harcourt dans le texte qu’ils consacrent à la Situation du cours, à …

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PDF of flyer DePaul University Humanities Center & the Department of Philosophy Foucault and the legacy of the prisons information group (GIP) MAY 8th, 2015 Richardson Library 115 2350 N. Kenmore Chicago, IL 60614 Scholars Symposium 1:00-1:10 Opening Remarks Kevin Thompson, DePaul University 1:10-1:30 “The Dialectic of Theory and Practice” Bernard Harcourt, Columbia University 1:30-1:50 …

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Convulsing Bodies: Religion and Resistance in Foucault link to book details Published on 12 Mar 2015 Mark D. Jordan of the Harvard Divinity School discusses his recent publication, Convulsing Bodies: Religion and Resistance in Foucault. Respondents include James Bernauer, S.J., of Boston College, Amy Hollywood and Mayra Rivera Rivera, both of Harvard Divinity School. 00:00 …

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Margaret Bird – Inculcating an appreciation of time pressure in the young: the training of children for working life in 18th-century England Podcast at Backdoor broadcasting Royal Holloway University of London Department of History 
Departmental Research seminars 2014/2015 24 March 2015 The rearing of children has been a topic at the centre of academic debate …

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https://vimeo.com/49843119 Richard Wolin, Biopolitics and Engagement: What Foucault Learned about Power from the Maoists, Feb 28, 2012 [Update December 2025. This video is no longer publicly accessible. But a written open access journal publication can be found here] Richard Wolin, Biopolitics and Engagement, theologie.geschichte 7 (2012) https://doi.org/10.48603/tg-2012-art-02 Michel Foucault’s conception of “power-knowledge” has been one …

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