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Centers

Foucault and Neoliberalism

University Room: David T. McGovern Grand Salon (C-104)
Friday, March 25, 2016 - 00:00 to Saturday, March 26, 2016 - 00:00

For many admirers Foucault's thought provides recourses for resisting neoliberalismÌýincursions that have dismantled or attacked the welfare state since the 1980s. Some of Foucault's critics, however, suggest just this opposite: Foucault's thinking on governmentality and anti-humanism led him by the late 1970s to political views eerily similar to those held by neoliberals. This conference brings together a number of leading Foucault scholars to discuss the debate over Foucault's relationship to neoliberalism.

Registration required at criticaldemocracyataup.edu

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