Foucault News

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

Simon Lemoine, Responsabiliser pour dominer. Aliénation et émancipation par l’aménagement des lieux de vie, Hermann, 2024 (France) Also published by Presses de l’Université Laval (Canada) Cet ouvrage examine les nombreuses responsabilisations qui s’imposent à nous tout au long de notre vie. Sont-elles toujours légitimes ? L’individu est-il par nature un sujet responsable, ou est-il, au …

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Adam Takács, Foucault’s Critical Philosophy of History. Unfolding the Present, Lexington Books, 2023 PDF flyer with discount offer Foucault’s Critical Philosophy of History: Unfolding the Present provides a comprehensive interpretation of Foucault’s work by focusing on its methodological, procedural, and epistemological elements. Adam Takács argues that despite all its thematic and analytical diversity, Foucault’s procedure …

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Chevallier, Philippe. Michel Foucault et le christianisme. Lyon: ENS Éditions, 2024. https://doi.org/10.4000/books.enseditions.47769. Des rites antiques à la confession moderne, le christianisme fut pour Foucault une interrogation constante, aiguillée par notre actualité : quel destin cette religion a-t-elle eu dans nos vies, dans la manière de nous conduire, de connaître notre désir, de chercher notre salut …

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Hagenmüller, M. Images of control and submission in old kingdom funerary iconography: The Egyptian Tomb as a ‘Disciplinary Institution’ (2023) Compulsion and Control in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the Third Lady Wallis Budge Egyptology Symposium Edited by Alexandre Loktionov, Archaeopress, pp. 148-160. Abstract I argue that funerary scenes can be studied as what Michel Foucault …

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Jardim, Fabiana Augusta Alves, López-Ruiz, Osvaldo, & Méndez, Pablo. (2024). Governamentalidades latino-americanas: tramas entre colonialidade e neoliberalismo. . Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Educação. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/9786587047669 Open access Includes interview with Colin Gordon Governamentalidade e além: entrevista com Colin Gordon Colin Gordon, William Walters, Martina Tazzioli Sinopse A presente coletânea inaugura a Coleção Desbordar …

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Brill Research Perspectives in Critical Theory Series: Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Series Editor: Peggy Karpouzou Brill Research Perspectives in Critical Theory offers a comprehensive reference resource for scholars and students working in the areas of cultural and literary theory, aesthetics, philosophy, political and social theory. Critical thought about literature, society, ethics, …

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A Conversation on Late Fascism Alberto Toscano and Evan Calder Williams , e-flux, March 15, 2024 This is an edited version of the live event that took place on December 12, 2023 at e-flux in Brooklyn. Alberto Toscano’s Late Fascism: Race, Capitalism, and the Politics of Crisis is published by Verso. […] AT: I remembered …

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Valentina Antoniol, Foucault et la guerre. À partir de Schmitt, contre Schmitt, Éditions Mimésis, 2023 Cet essai est consacré aux analyses de Michel Foucault sur la guerre, un sujet qui n’a pas toujours reçu l’attention qu’il mérite et qui joue pourtant un rôle déterminant dans l’œuvre de l’auteur. Les réflexions de Foucault sont ici mises …

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