Foucault Now

Michel Foucault is recognized as one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers, however the authors in this volume contend that more use can be made of Foucault than has yet been done and that some of the uses to which Foucault has so far been put run the risk of and occasionally simply amount to misuse. This interdisciplinary volume brings together a group of esteemed scholars, recognized for their command of and insights into Foucault's oeuvre. They demonstrate the many respects in which Foucault's project of an ontology of the present remains vital and continues to yield compelling insights and show that an ontology of the present is restricted to no particular terrain, but instead ranges widely and on paths that frequently intersect. The essays in this much-needed new collection address the key components of Foucault's thought, ranging from his approach to power, biopolitics and parrhesia to analysis of key texts such as Folie et D raison and Histoire de la sexualit . This collection will spark debate amongst students and scholars alike and demonstrates that that every further encounter with Foucault's corpus is more likely than not to demand a revisiting of interpretations already formulated, conclusions already drawn, uses already devised. Contributors include Didier Eribon, Eric Fassin, John Forrester, Ian Hacking, Lynne Huffer, Colin Koopman, James Laidlaw, Laurence McFalls, Mariella Pandolfi, Paul Rabinow and Cary Wolfe.

Michel Foucault is recognized as one of the twentieth century'smost influential thinkers, however the authors in this volumecontend that more use can be made of Foucault than has yet beendone and that some of the uses to which Foucault has so far beenput run the risk of and occasionally simply amount to misuse.This interdisciplinary volume brings together a group of esteemedscholars, recognized for their command of and insights intoFoucault's oeuvre. They demonstrate the many respects in whichFoucault's project of an ontology of the present remains vital andcontinues to yield compelling insights and show that an ontology ofthe present is restricted to no particular terrain, but insteadranges widely and on paths that frequently intersect.The essays in this much-needed new collection address the keycomponents of Foucault's thought, ranging from his approach topower, biopolitics and parrhesia to analysis of key texts such asFolie et Déraison and Histoire de lasexualité.This collection will spark debate amongst students and scholarsalike and demonstrates that that every further encounter withFoucault's corpus is more likely than not to demand a revisiting ofinterpretations already formulated, conclusions already drawn, usesalready devised.Contributors include Didier Eribon, Eric Fassin, John ForresterIan Hacking, Lynne Huffer, Colin Koopman, James Laidlaw, LaurenceMcFalls, Mariella Pandolfi, Paul Rabinow and Cary Wolfe.

Acknowledgements viiContributors viiiAbbreviations xiiiIntroduction: The Use of Foucault 1James D. FaubionPart I: Object Lessons1 The Undefined Work of Freedom: Foucault's Genealogy andthe Anthropology of Ethics 23James Laidlaw2 Déraison 38Ian Hacking3 Foucault's Evil Genius 52Lynne Huffer4 Toward an Ethics of Subjectivation: French Resistances toPsychoanalysis in the 1970s 71Didier Eribon5 Michel Foucault's Critical Empiricism Today: Conceptsand Analytics in the Critique of Biopower and Infopower 88Colin Koopman6 Foucault's Face: The Personal is the Theoretical112John ForresterPart II: Cases in Point7 Biopower, Sexual Democracy, and the Racialization of Sex131Eric Fassin8 "A New Schema of Politicization": Thinking HumansAnimals, and Biopolitics with Foucault 152Cary Wolfe9 Parrhesia and Therapeusis: Foucault on and in the World ofContemporary Neoliberalism 168Laurence McFalls and Mariella Pandolfi10 Foucault, Marx, Neoliberalism: Unveiling Undercover Boss188Toby Miller11 Assembling Untimeliness: Permanently and Restively 203Paul Rabinow12 Constantine Cavafy: A Parrhesiast for the Cynic of the Future225James D. FaubionReferences 243Index 264