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Day 211: Prison1 comment

thecovertsociologist wrote 3 hours ago: York Castle Prison… Whenever I come across an old prison in a town, I tend to wander off there … more →

Tags: 365 Days, 36.5, 365 days, bentham, Castle, gaol, Life, Panopticon, People

Foucault Explained with Hipsters

binarythis wrote 11 hours ago: A comic I made for a second year gender studies course I tutored for in 2012, to help students under … more →

Tags: Sexuality, Queer, Gender, Comic, hipsters, History of Sexuality, sexuality

Syphillis, sex and fear1 comment

dysonology wrote 1 day ago: Fascinating piece from The Guardian (well spotted, Silvia!), written by Sarah Dunant, whose new book … more →

Tags: Art, sex, Medicine, renaissance, Machiavelli, AIDS, syphillis, Borgias, Venus

Foucault vi: philosophy of pleasure

sophyphreak wrote 1 day ago: In the previous two posts I discussed how Foucault advocated the de-genitalization of pleasure. This … more →

Tags: Michel Foucault, Sexuality, Human sexual activity

Psychiatry, DSM-V, and Japan

Hego wrote 2 days ago: Hi all, It’s been some time since I’ve updated.  I recently had to prepare for the confe … more →

Tags: Japan, Psychiatry, Books, American Psychiatric Association, Emil Kraepelin, Japan #2, Philosophy, schizophrenia, united states

My new book: Risk, 2nd edition

Deborah Lupton wrote 2 days ago: My latest book was published recently. It is the second, fully revised edition of  Risk, a volume I … more →

Tags: New Books, Sociology, sociology of risk, Deborah Lupton, experiences of risk, governmentality, Mary Douglas, Risk, Risk 2nd edition

Foucault’s History of Sexuality, Chapter One.

ambertimson wrote 2 days ago:  A small piece of work from my second or third year at university (I can’t quite remember thes … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Thinking, Education, Quote, Philosopher, Sexuality, History, University, Essay

Philosophy novelties

ambertimson wrote 2 days ago: I stumbled across this website (www.philosophersguild.com) full of philosophy related novelties and … more →

Tags: Philosophy, Thinking, Education, Gift, Quote, Philosopher, Nietzsche, gifts, novelty

Foucault v: fisting, aka "anal yoga"

sophyphreak wrote 2 days ago: Today I am continuing on the same topic. Foucault understands pleasure to be something that should n … more →

Tags: Michel Foucault, Sexuality, Human sexual activity

MADNESS - Michel Foucault

viewfromaburrow wrote 2 days ago: “One day, perhaps, we will no longer know what madness was. Its form will have closed up on itself, … more →

Tags: theory, Philosophy, History, Madness, Michel Foucault, History of Madness, Twombly, Reason, unreason

What does "improved" shock therapy mean? Does it matter?

CatLadyJennie wrote 3 days ago: I’m feeling happy about the amount of thesis work I got done this week. If I can do at least t … more →

Tags: Shock therapy, academic, anti-psychiatry, ECT, Electroconvulsive therapy, Mental Health, mental illness, Politics, Power

A nice coincidence

Jeremy wrote 4 days ago: Two books in which I have contributions arrived today. I’m very pleased about this–it sh … more →

Tags: Mapping

Foucault: A modern day comparison

thebrookepurvis wrote 5 days ago:  Michel Foucault Of Other Spaces A modern day comparison – Brooke Purvis      Of Other spaces … more →

Tags: Art, Artist, brooke, central, centralsaintmaritns, CSM, facebook, Fashion, French

Monday, May 20

ibull wrote 6 days ago: Kepler’s Supernova Remnant in X-RaysImage Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/NCSU/M. Burkey et al. Optica … more →

Tags: Meetings, May, Post, colonial, Coloniality, Africa, Government, .:*Conflict*:., INTRACTABILITY

After Finitude, First Responses....

jared90027 wrote 6 days ago: So I’ve been lightly reading After Finitude by Quentin Meillassoux lately as well as listening … more →

Tags: Academics, Alain Badiou, brassier, Deleuze, Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, John D Caputo, Laruelle

How Intellectuals Betrayed the Poor

joelleguirma wrote 6 days ago: Relative to Foucault and the Role of the intellectual … more →

Tags: intellectual, Discourse

Historic Chomsky-Foucault Debate

Grant A. Mincy wrote 1 week ago: Bits and pieces of this debate have floated around online for years, but now the debate (in most) of … more →

Tags: Chomsky, Debate, Human Nature, Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky, Philosophy, Politics

What is Asexuality?

Patricia Louie wrote 1 week ago:   A common assumption about sexuality is that all humans have sexual desire, which suggests tha … more →

Tags: Sex/Sexuality, Theory, Asexuality, Sexuality, Abjection, sex, Heterosexual, masculinity

Call for sponsorship to buy Michel Foucault’s archives (2013)

jared90027 wrote 1 week ago: Reblogged from Foucault News: Call for sponsorship to buy Michel Foucault’s archives Paris, 8 May 20 … more →

Tags: Academia, Archive, Archive Fever, capitalism, grad student, intellectual, Marxism, Michel Foucault, Philosophy


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