If the 20th century French philosopher Michel Foucault had been a modern Sri Lankan politician, he might have skipped a ...

This course explores the relationship between power and space through readings in political philosophy and spatial practices in architecture and the arts. This year's seminar focuses on the work ...

How have we been governed, regulated, ruled? What systems of knowledge and power have emerged over time, and with what consequences for individuals and populations? Lawrence Grossberg describes four ...

Michel Foucault (center) with Jean Genet (right) at a Paris demonstration in the wake of the killing of Mohamed Diab by police in 1972. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and ...

Michael Panser is an internationalist who lost his life during a Turkish air raid in December 2018. In this essay, Panser explores the intersection of Foucault and Öcalan. Submitted by ...

In 1958, the 32-year-old philosopher Michel Foucault arrived in Poland to assume the directorship of the Centre Français in Warsaw. Less than a year later, he abruptly left the country. According to a ...

From prisons to sexuality, Foucault argued that knowledge isn’t just information—it’s power disguised as truth. This intro unpacks how modern life is shaped by invisible systems of control.