Interview with Laura Mulvey: Gender, Gaze and Technology in Film Culture (2011)

Sassatelli, Roberta. (2011). “Interview with Laura Mulvey: Gender, Gaze and Technology in Film Culture”. Theory, culture & society (0263-2764), 28 (5), pp. 123-43. Further details Abstract This conversation between Laura Mulvey and Roberta Sassatelli offers a historical reconstruction of Mulvey’s work, from her famous essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ to her most recent reflections [...]

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Rencontre doctorale du Centre Michel Foucault (2012)

RENCONTRE DOCTORALE DU CENTRE MICHEL FOUCAULT 2/3/4 mai 2012. IMEC. Caen, France L’Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault propose pour la quatrième année consécutive une école doctorale visant à réunir les doctorants travaillant sur, avec et autour de la pensée de Michel Foucault. L’objectif est, comme les années précédentes de mettre en relation, le plus [...]

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Lost in Translation: The power of language (2011)

Farquhar, Sandy and Fitzsimons, Peter (2011). “Lost in Translation: The power of language”. Educational philosophy and theory, 43 (6), p. 652-662. Abstract The paper examines some philosophical aspects of translation as a metaphor for education-a metaphor that avoids the closure of final definitions, in favour of an ongoing and tentative process of interpretation and revision. [...]

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Foucault is doing the laundry – page 4

This is the fourth page from a forthcoming short graphic novel written by Lauren Kinney and drawn by by Matt MacFarland. I will be posting additional panels on Foucault News as they are produced. The authors will be looking for a publisher when the work is complete, so if you have any ideas on this [...]

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Agonal sovereignty: Rethinking war and politics with Schmitt, Arendt and Foucault (2011)

Barder, A. D. (2011). “Agonal sovereignty: Rethinking war and politics with Schmitt, Arendt and Foucault”. Philosophy & social criticism, 37 (7), p. 775-93 Abstract The notion of biopolitical sovereignty and the theory of the state of exception are perspectives derived from Carl Schmitt’s thought and Michel Foucault’s writings that have been popularized by critical political [...]

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Foucault: Post/medieval Ascesis (2011)

Eileen Joy has posted a seminar syllabus and a link to a book chapter in progress on the In the Middle blog. I want to share with everyone here two recent fruits of these projects — a book chapter-in-progress and a seminar syllabus recently proposed, with Anna Klosowska, to the Newberry Library’s Center for Renaissance [...]

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‘Gray, meticulous and patently documentary’: Foucaultian historical methods and the patent system (2011)

Dent, C. (2011). “‘Gray, meticulous and patently documentary’: Foucaultian historical methods and the patent system”. Journal of sociology , 47 (3), p. 297-312. Abstract Patents are seen as a key part of the modern economy and operate as a mode of regulation of technology and innovation. The histories of the system, to date, have not [...]

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Organizations as Discursive Constructions: A Foucauldian Approach (2011)

Leclercq-Vandelannoitte, A. (2011). “Organizations as Discursive Constructions: A Foucauldian Approach”. Organization studies, 32 (9), p. 1247-1271. Abstract A growing body of literature suggests that communication constitutes organizations, but this argument requires refinement to address its remaining flaws. This essay suggests the tremendous potential of using Michel Foucault’s work to grasp the underlying meaning of this [...]

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Understanding Foucault: A critical introduction (2012)

Tony Schirato, Geoff Danaher and Jen Webb, Understanding Foucault: A critical introduction, 2nd edition, Allen and Unwin. Available March 2012 Publisher’s page Michel Foucault is now regarded as one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. He is known for his sensibility of critique and his commitment to movements for social change. His [...]

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New Forms of Subjectivity: Theorizing the Relational Self with Foucault and Alcoff (2011)

Tarver, Erin C. (2011). “New Forms of Subjectivity: Theorizing the Relational Self with Foucault and Alcoff”. Hypatia, 26 (4), pp. 804-825 Abstract Taking seriously Linda Martin Alcoff’s suggestion that we reevaluate the extent to which poststructuralist articulations of the subject are truly socially constituted, as well as the centrality of Latina identity to her own [...]

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