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7Reading The History of Sexuality, Volume 1In Christopher Falzon, Timothy O'Leary & Jana Sawicki (eds.), A Companion to Foucault, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.The History of Sexuality, volume 1 (HS1): An Introduction may be the most widely read of Foucault's texts in English for many, to be sure, it is the first book by Foucault that one is likely to read. It is an indispensable text in Foucault's oeuvre –for a theoretically sophisticated understanding of the construction of sexuality and the exercise of power. This essay consists of two parts. The first part attempts to situate and assess HS1. Thus, HS1 constitutes a turning point in Foucault's thoug…Read more
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Appendix: Michel Foucault's Shorter Works in EnglishIn Christopher Falzon, Timothy O'Leary & Jana Sawicki (eds.), A Companion to Foucault, Wiley-blackwell. 2013.
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59Foucault's Critical EthicsFordham University Press. 2016.The central thesis of Foucault's Critical Ethics is that Foucault's account of power does not foreclose the possibility of ethics; on the contrary, it provides a framework within which ethics becomes possible. Tracing the evolution of Foucault's analysis of power from his early articulations of disciplinary power to his theorizations of biopower and governmentality, Richard A. Lynch shows how Foucault's ethical project emerged through two interwoven trajectories: analysis of classical practices…Read more
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13Introduction to section from the 12th Annual Foucault Circle ConferenceFoucault Studies 18 195-196. 2014.
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87Mutual Recognition and the Dialectic of Master and SlaveInternational Philosophical Quarterly 41 (1): 33-48. 2001.
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18A New Architecture of Power, an Anticipation of EthicsPhilosophy Today 53 (Supplement): 263-267. 2009.
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35The Death of Philosophy: Reference and Self-reference in Contemporary ThoughtColumbia University Press. 2011.Philosophers debate the death of philosophy as much as they debate the death of God. Kant claimed responsibility for both philosophy's beginning and end, while Heidegger argued it concluded with Nietzsche. In the twentieth century, figures as diverse as John Austin and Richard Rorty have proclaimed philosophy's end, with some even calling for the advent of "postphilosophy." In an effort to make sense of these conflicting positionswhich often say as much about the philosopher as his subjectIsab…Read more
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94Is Power All There Is?: Michel Foucault and the "Omnipresence" of Power RelationsPhilosophy Today 42 (1): 65-70. 1998.
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62The Alienating Mirror: Toward a Hegelian Critique of Lacan on Ego-FormationHuman Studies 31 (2): 209-221. 2008.This article brings out certain philosophical difficulties in Lacan’s account of the mirror stage, the initial moment of the subject’s development. For Lacan, the “original organization of the forms of the ego” is “precipitated” in an infant’s self-recognition in a mirror image; this event is explicitly prior to any social interactions. A Hegelian objection to the Lacanian account argues that social interaction and recognition of others by infants are necessary prerequisites for infants’ capacit…Read more
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