Year: 2016
Bernard E. Harcourt | Three Questions for Foucault 11/13
By Bernard E. Harcourt The insightful interventions of Rosi Braidotti, Lydia Liu, and Rosalind Morris press hard on key questions relating Foucault’s genealogy of the desiring subject to his political project—both his overarching political project at the Collège de France and his… Continue Reading
Lydia H. Liu on Reading Foucault, The Hermeneutics of the Subject
By Lydia H. Liu I think we may have to suspect that we find it impossible today to constitute an ethic of the self, even though it may be an urgent, fundamental, and politically indispensable task, if it is true… Continue Reading
Rosalind C. Morris | Notes on a Double Disavowal: Conversion and the Question of Late Style
By Rosalind C. Morris 1. In lieu of summary: the detranscendentalization of conversion? In many ways, the overall argument of The Hermeneutics of the Subject is a simple one. Or at least, it is a summarizable one. Within something called… Continue Reading
Rosalind Morris
Rosalind Morris is a cultural critic, writer, filmmaker, and Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University. Professor Morris focuses her anthropological fieldwork on two main areas: South Africa and mainland Southeast Asia, especially Thailand. Her earlier scholarship focused on the history… Continue Reading
Readings for Foucault 11/13
The Hermeneutics of the Subject is a long and rather experimental set of lectures for Foucault. The organization of the materials and the discussion are different than in other academic years. We have asked our guests, Rosi Braidotti, Rosalind Morris,… Continue Reading
Lydia H. Liu
Lydia H. Liu is the Wun Tsun Tam Professor in the Humanities; Director, Institute for Comparative Literature and Society. She received her Ph.D degree in Comparative Literature at Harvard University in 1990. Her research centers on modern China, cross-cultural exchange, and global transformation… Continue Reading
Rosi Braidotti
Rosi Braidotti: B.A. Hons. Australian National University, 1978; PhD Cum Laude, Université de Paris, -Sorbonne, 1981; Senior Fulbright Scholar, 1994; Honorary Degrees University of Helsinki, 2007; University of Linkoping, 2013. Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion, 2005; Honorary… Continue Reading
Bernard E. Harcourt | Epilogue: Questions on Avowal, Subjectivity, and Truth
By Bernard E. Harcourt Judith Butler and Stathis Gourgouris have brilliantly framed Foucault’s 1981 lectures on Subjectivité et vérité and Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling. Their comments pose three questions for our discussion: How individualized are we when we bind ourselves, given that we… Continue Reading
Bernard E. Harcourt | Introduction to The Hermeneutics of the Subject (1982)
By Bernard E. Harcourt “We need movements that encourage care of self, self care. […] We have to incorporate rituals and processes of self care within the very processes of activism.” — Angela Y. Davis, Keynote Speech, Beyond the Bars… Continue Reading