BHUM 17A04 - Michel Foucault: a critique of power

BHUM 17A04 · Semestre de printemps 2025-2026

Langue d'enseignement
English
Type d'enseignement
Conférence
Nombre d'heures
12
Crédits
3

Informations

Descriptif

The course will provide a comprehensive overview of the philosophy of Michel Foucault, with a particular focus on the political aspects of his thought and on his

influence over contemporary American philosophy. Michel Foucault has arguably been the most influential theorist of contemporary human sciences: this course will

present his major works and ideas, such as the theory of power and knowledge, the history of sexuality and the genealogy of the modern subject. We will also focus on

the criticism addressed to Foucault’s thought by prominent figures of contemporary political thought, thus reconstructing some of the most important debates of recent

political theory. Finally, we will study the influence of Foucault over human sciences, focusing on the American reception of his thought.

Mode de validation

Oral participation (discussing, reading, etc.)10%
Oral presentation25%
Essay25%
Final essay40%

Lectures

Lectures principales 1

  1. M. Foucault, Discipline and punish: the birth of the prison, Vintage Books

    Lire en ligne

Lectures secondaires 9

  1. H.L. Dreyfus, P. Rabinow, Michel Foucault: beyond structuralism and hermeneutics, University of Chicago Press

    Emprunter

  2. J. Butler, Gender trouble. Feminism and the subversion of identity, Routledge

    Lire en ligne

  3. J. Habermas, The philosophical discourse of modernity, The MIT Press

    Lire en ligne

  4. J. Revel, Foucault, une pensée du discontinu, Mille et une nuits

    Emprunter

  5. M. Foucault, Madness and civilization: a history of insanity in the age of reason, Vintage books

    Lire en ligne

  6. M. Foucault, The hermeneutics of the subject: lectures at the Collège de France 1981-1982, Picador

    Lire en ligne

  7. M. Foucault, The history of sexuality, vol. I: an introduction, Vintage Books

    Lire en ligne

  8. M. Foucault, The order of things: an archaeology of the human sciences, Vintage Books

    Emprunter

  9. M. Hardt, A. Negri, Empire, Harvard University Press

    Emprunter

Unités pédagogiques

N° d'UPType d'UP Unités pédagogiquesEnseignants Nombre d'heuresCrédits
54740Conférence Foucault:Critique of Power Andrea DI GESU123
54741Conférence Foucault:Critique of Power Andrea DI GESU123

Enseignants

  • Andrea DI GESU

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