Foucault News

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

Plateau Simone Signoret, Michel Foucault (TV 1982) 06 oct. 1982 Christine OCKRENT interviewe l’actrice Simone SIGNORET et le philosophe Michel FOUCAULT sur la situation en Pologne, où le syndicat Solidarité vient d’être interdit par le gouvernement.Simone SIGNORET, qui porte un badge du syndicat polonais “Solidarité”, explique pourquoi elle est allée en Pologne, notamment avec Médecins …

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Jacques Chancel interviews Foucault (audio 1975) 10 mars 1975 Jacques CHANCEL s’entretient avec le philosophe, professeur au Collège de France, Michel FOUCAULT. Emission diffusée le 10 mars 1975 sur France Inter. – Générique début – A 00’57 : sur le savoir, a toujours été dans le savoir. Mai 1968 a été une révolte contre l’interdiction …

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Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
There are audio recordings of Foucault at various places online. This post attempts to make sense of them. Comments and additions gratefully received. update 9 Dec 2014 – see this page for a better, reorganised chronological list. Ubuweb has the following: ‘Discourse and Truth: Parrhesia’, UC Berkeley, October 24-November 21…

Philosophers: Debates and Dialogues A series by Fons Elders Released by Icarus Films, New York Update September 2025. This series is no longer available from Icarus films and the link above is to their page as it is archived on the Wayback Machine. The Chomsky Foucault debate can now be found on YouTube however Text …

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Italian Philosopher Roberto Esposito is the author of such works as Communitas and Bios: Biopolitics and Philosophy. This is the first section of a talk – see other uploaded clips for the remainder. With thanks to Dirk Felleman for this link Philippe Theophanidis sent the following information to Foucault News: This lecture by Roberto Esposito …

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John Searle on Foucault and the Obscurantism in French Philosophy From the Open Culture site, July 1 2013 It is sometimes noted–typically with admiration–that France is a place where a philosopher can still be a celebrity. It sounds laudable. But celebrity culture can be corrosive, both to the culture at large and to the celebrities …

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WE ARE THE TIME: Art Lives in the Age of Global Transition, this conference-festival took place between March 12 and March 16, 2012 at the Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. Gabriëlle Schleijpen, head of Studium Generale Rietveld Academie invited Aneta Szyłak, Grant Watson, Jorinde Seijdel and Alfredo Cramerotti to each inaugurate a discursive and performative program …

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