By Étienne Balibar Translated by Raphaëlle Jean Burns By way of preparation for the second seminar, I would like to make a few remarks on the trace of Althusser in these lectures, Penal Theories and Institutions (1971-1972). Naturally, I cannot claim that… Continue Reading
By Jesús R. Velasco You probably remember those intense moments at the beginning of courses like La société punitive (1972-73), or Le courage de la vérité 1984). In them, the “new archivist”, as Deleuze called Foucault, complains about the very institution and about the… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt The manuscript of Foucault’s second annual lectures, titled Penal Theories and Institutions (1971-1972), begins brusquely: “No introduction,” Foucault jots down on his notes. “The raison d’être of this course: One need only open one’s eyes.” (T&IP,… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt, Daniele Lorenzini, and Jesús R. Velasco Michel Foucault, Théories et institutions pénales, ed. Bernard E. Harcourt (Gallimard/Le Seuil 2015) For those within the Columbia University community, our associate librarian for the Foucault 13/13 series, Alex… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt In the end, it is the third epigraph we discussed at our seminar that will serve as epilogue to the first set of Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France, Lectures on the Will to Know (1970-1971):… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt In the end, it is the third epigraph we discussed at our seminar that will serve as epilogue to the first set of Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France, Lectures on the Will to Know (1970-1971):… Continue Reading
By Jesús R. Velasco During Foucault’s first trip to the USA in the Spring of 1971, John K. Simon interviewed him for the Partisan Review. At the outset of the interview, and after having rejected that he had invented a… Continue Reading
By Bernard E. Harcourt, Daniele Lorenzini, and Jesús R. Velasco The French edition was published in 2011 and the English translation was released in 2013, but there are already a number of book reviews, essays, taped seminar, and other bibliographic… Continue Reading
By Jesús R. Velasco Let me build on the fascinating introductory comments of Nancy Luxon and Jim Faubion to articulate some questions that may connect Foucault’s theoretical interventions in the Lectures on the Will to Know with the contemporary issues… Continue Reading
In preparation of the first seminar, we encourage you to visit the Foucault 13/13 blog. You will find articles introducing and discussing Lectures on the Will to Know (1970-1971), as well as reading suggestions. Please join in the conversation by… Continue Reading