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Monthly Archives: December 2006

Police, Governmentality and Security

Sunday, December 31, 2006

A bit from Mariana Valverde’s review essay of Foucault’s ‘Society Must be Defended’ and Securite, territoire, population lectures at the College de France from, respectively, 1975-6 and 1977-8. The latter series of lectures includes the infamous “governmentality” lecture. I wasn’t particularly impressed with Valverde’s discussion of ‘Society Must be Defended,’ so I haven’t included any [...]

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Mickey

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Apologies for the relative neglect of this “blog” over the past month. I would like to say that my neglect has its origin in doing productive work (for instance, revising & rewriting my dissertation proposal, writing that paper on Battlestar, preparing to teach, or otherwise engaging in career-enhancing productivity and assorted seasonal reflections), but, unfortunately, [...]

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National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Victims of the Montreal Massacre at l’École Polytechnique on December 6, 1989 Geneviève Bergeron Hélène Colgan Nathalie Croteau Barbara Daigneault Anne-Marie Edward Maud Haviernick Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz Maryse Laganière Maryse Leclair Anne-Marie Lemay Sonia Pelletier Michèle Richard Annie St-Arneault Annie Turcotte Questions and Answers about the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against [...]

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Finally: Recognition

Wednesday, December 6, 2006

Baffling and wrong-headed! Even better, I own the top nineteen “most baffling and wrong-headed” comments made at The Weblog. Who ever could my secret detractor be?

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Wolin on the Reformation

Sunday, December 3, 2006

The first I read of Sheldon Wolin was his paper on Foucault. When and why I can’t remember, but, even as an undergrad, I knew this was a rather poor – and rather Anglo-American – reading of Foucault. I therefore never read any more of his work and was consequently confused when people would speak [...]

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