Foucault News

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

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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Philosophers DVD Author(s): Moderator and commentator Fons Elders Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault Sir Alfred Ayer and Arne Naess Leszek Kolakowski and Henri Lefèbvre Sir Karl Popper and Sir John Eccles A series by Fons Elders This DVD is available at a more reasonable price from Fons Elders’ site than from Icarus films. Review by Brian …

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Michel Foucault – Freedom and Knowledge Author(s): Edited by Fons Elders and Lionel Claris Elders Special Productions BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-90-805600-6-2 NUR 730 You can purchase this book as a paperback or an ebook. An extract can also be found on Lionel Claris’ academia.edu site and you can find a version of Lynne Huffer’s …

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Thomas Lemke, Biopolitics and Beyond: Vibrant Matter and the Political Economy of Life Published on Jul 1, 2013 CELAB presents a public lecture by Professor Thomas Lemke, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main in Germany. With opening remarks by Professor Judit Sandor, Director of CELAB. With thanks to Dirk Felleman for this link

Life and Debt: Living through the Financialisation of the Biosphere Philip Mirowski keynote for ‘Life and Debt’ conference Comments on Foucault at around the 14 minute mark Published on Aug 18, 2013 Update September 2025: This lecture is no longer on YouTube. The link above is to the archived page on the Wayback machine How …

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1ère session : Autour de Michel Foucault, « La Société punitive (1972-1973) » Video recordings Links to videos of all sessions. Date de réalisation : 17 Janvier 2013 Durée du programme : 83 min Autour de Michel Foucault, « La Société punitive (1972-1973) » EHESS – Salles du conseil A et B et salle Jean-Pierre …

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Colin Koopman, From Biopower to Infopower?: A Genealogy of One Aspect of Contemporary Politics Text on youtube Colin Koopman, an Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oregon, spoke at Oregon State University on December 3rd, 2013. A wide number of contemporary political assemblages from mass surveillance to finance capitalism to big data suggest …

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