Category Archives: Michel Foucault

Michael Dillon on The Courage of Truth

The chair group on History and Theory of International Relations at the University of Groningen (the Netherlands) is launching an annual Lecture series entitled ‘Modes of Reasoning’. The lectures are intended as a space for leading intellectuals to reflect on … Continue reading

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When did Foucault lecture on Nietzsche?

Until recently, there were only two texts by Foucault explicitly on Nietzsche. 1. ‘Nietzsche, Freud, Marx’, Cahiers de Royaumont, VI, 1967, pp. 183-200. (The note in Dits et écrits says this was from a symposium at Royaumont in July 1964.) 2. ‘Nietzsche, … Continue reading

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Foucault and heredity

In 1969 Foucault gave two lecture courses at Vincennes, one on ‘Sexuality and Individuality’ and one on ‘Nietzsche and Genealogy’. Some time back there was talk that the second would be published, but this has not come to pass. Daniel … Continue reading

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Foucault’s Last Decade – initial work

I thought I’d begin writing something each week or so on what I’ve done on this project. I know that this book is going to take some time to come together, and that I may need to set it aside … Continue reading

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Foucault’s Last Decade

I’ve just signed a contract with Polity for a book entitled Foucault’s Last Decade. I had a really good experience with Polity for the Sloterdijk Now edited volume, and am very pleased to be working with them and the philosophy editor Emma … Continue reading

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Foucault, La société punitive

Foucault’s 1972-73 Collège de France course, La société punitive, appears on amazon.fr with an October a late November 2013 publication date. It doesn’t yet appear on the Seuil page.

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Two other NDPR reviews – books on the early Foucault and Heidegger

David Webb, Foucault’s Archaeology: Science and Transformation and Denis McManus, Heidegger and the Measure of Truth: Themes from His Early Philosophy are also reviewed at NDPR.

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MANCEPT workshop on Methods in Political Theory

A call for papers for a workshop as part of the Tenth MANCEPT Annual Conference: 4th – 6th September 2013. During the 1960s and 70s the methodological orthodoxy of enquiries into the study of political thought became the target of historical critique. Dissatisfied with … Continue reading

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Peter Sloterdijk – Philosophical Temperaments

Peter Sloterdijk’s little book Philosophical Temperaments: From Plato to Foucault is now out in English translation with Columbia University Press. The chapter on Plato is available to read free online.

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The Funambulist Pamphlets

One of my favourite blogs, The Funambulist, teams up with one of the most interesting and challenging new publishing outlets, Punctum Books, to produce a series of little books on themes covered on the blog. The twelve first volumes are … Continue reading

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