Abstract
Because the occasion for his essay was the inaugural conference of the newly formed Foucault Society in New York City in the spring of 2005, Todd May takes as his point of departure the question of whether Foucault’s work is valuable to the sort of people who have come together to form that society: philosophers, artists, political activists, and in general to concerned citizens today, twenty years after Michel Foucault’s death. As might be expected given the Society’s raison d’être, May answers this question in the affirmative. But exactly how is Foucault’s work still relevant? It is his answer to this latter question that is the philosophical substance of May’s address.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2005
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Copyright © 2005, Queensland University of Technology. This article first appeared in Foucault Studies 3 (2005), 83-87.
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Recommended Citation
McWhorter, Ladelle. "The Technology of Biopower: A Response to Todd May's "Foucault Now?"" Foucault Studies 3 (2005): 83-87.