Foucault reading group
Venue: Room L113/4
Queensland University of Technology
130 Victoria Park Road, Kelvin Grove
Brisbane, Qld, Australia
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Time: Every 2nd Thursday 1-2.30 pm. (Dates to be determined).
People are welcome to join the group at any time.
The reading group will resume July 2008
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Aims of the reading group
The work of Foucault is now being used widely across an enormous range of theoretical and applied disciplines. Many people using his work don't have the opportunity to interact with others who can help them clarify some of his ideas and suggest further applications. Others may simply be curious to know about Foucault's ideas but are uncertain where to begin. The aim of this group is to provide an informal setting to read and discuss Foucault's work. Members of the group are very welcome to nominate material by Foucault which they would particularly like to discuss.
Note to those wishing to participate
- If you are interested in joining the reading group or on being on the email list for the group, please email me.
- Let me know if you have any suggestions concerning particular items by Foucault you would like to read or particular subject areas you would like to look at in his work (eg. methodology, medical history, architecture, literary theory, theories of the state etc. etc.) You may wish to consult the bibliography of Foucault's work on this site to help you find material of interest to your own concerns.
- Participants will be expected to read the set material before coming to each session.
- Please keep an eye on this website for updates on what's happening with the reading group.
Program
The Reading group will resume July 2008.
The set readings will be from Janet Afary and Kevin B. Anderson, Foucault and the Iranian Revolution: Gender and the Seductions of Islamism, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2005.
You can purchase this book from Footprint books which is the Australian distributor for the University of Chicago Press.
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