The Southern Journal of Philosophy, together with the Department of Philosophy at the University of 糖心Vlog传媒, and Wiley Publishing, is proud to present:
Michel Foucault and Phenomenology
The Southern Journal of Philosophy Workshop March 27-28, 2025, 糖心Vlog传媒
The Southern Journal of Philosophy Workshop 2025 Program
All sessions take place in the Maxine A. Smith University Center (UC,) Fountain View Room (Rm. 350), 3rd Floor.
Thursday, March 27鈥赌�&苍产蝉辫;鈥赌�&苍产蝉辫;
1:00-1:20鈥傗�傗�侽pening Reception
1:20-1:30鈥傗�傗�侽pening Remarks
1:30-3:00 Session I
Chair: Ryan Adams (University of 糖心Vlog传媒)
Shawn Gary Fran莽is Huberdeau (Villanova University)鈥�
鈥淭he night in which all phenomenological sheep are black: Foucault鈥檚 archaeological
method shot out of Kant, Hegel, Husserl, and Heidegger鈥�
Avery Dawson (University of Western Ontario)
鈥淎 Transcendentality complementary to historicity? Debates on Foucault鈥檚 critical
method and phenomenology鈥�
Melanie Swan (University College London)
鈥淗istorical transcendentality: Foucault鈥檚 1949 master鈥檚 thesis and emergent epistemes鈥�
3:00-3:30鈥����� Break
3:30-4:30鈥傗赌傗赌�Invited Speaker
Chair: Samuel Munroe (University of 糖心Vlog传媒)
Bruce Baugh (Thompson Rivers University)
鈥淔oucault and the historical transcendental: On first looking into Foucault鈥檚 La constitution d鈥檜n transcendental historique dans la Ph茅nom茅nologie de l鈥檈sprit de Hegel鈥�
4:30-5:00鈥����� Break
5:00-6:00 Keynote Address
Chair: Laura Hengehold (Case Western Reserve University)
Christophe Bouton (Bordeaux-Montaigne University)
"The problem of the transcendental from Kant to Hegel. The young Foucault's interpretation
of the Phenomenology of Spirit in his 1949 thesis"
7:00鈥� SJP Workshop Reception at Mary-Beth Mader鈥檚 home
Friday, March 28
University Center Fountain View Room
9:30-10:00鈥傗�傗�侭reakfast Reception 鈥��
10:00-11:30鈥傗赌�Session II
Chair: Seyran Sam (University of 糖心Vlog传媒)
Changyuan Chen (University of Wuppertal)
鈥淭he figure of cogito: Foucault and the possibility of transcendental phenomenology鈥�
Leonhard Riep (Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main)
鈥淭owards an objective method of intuitive understanding: Foucault鈥檚 early criticism
of Jaspers鈥� 鈥榟ermeneutic limitation鈥欌��
Jeannette Hicks (University of Guelph)
鈥溾�楥aught in the act鈥�: Imagination and wonder in Foucault鈥檚 early phenomenology of
expression鈥濃��
11:30-11:50鈥侭谤别补办&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;
11:50-12:50鈥�Keynote Address
Chair: Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign )
Elisabetta Basso (University of Pavia)
鈥淲hich phenomenologies behind Foucault's archaeology?"
12:50-2:50鈥傗赌侺耻苍肠丑
2:50-3:50鈥傗�傗�侷nvited Speaker
Chair: Almira Mert (DePaul University)
Kevin Thompson (DePaul University)
鈥淔oucault on the origin of the world: Notes on Ph茅nom茅nologie et Psychologie (1953-1954)鈥�&苍产蝉辫;
3:50-4:00鈥傗赌傗赌侭谤别补办&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;&苍产蝉辫;鈥赌�&苍产蝉辫;
4:00-5:00 Keynote Address
Chair: Hannah Lyn Venable (University of Mary)
Philippe Sabot (University of Lille)
鈥淔rom phenomenology to archaeology: Foucault with Merleau-Ponty
5:00-5:15 Break
5:15-6:00 Roundtable with all invited speakers
7:00鈥傗�傗�傗�傗�� 鈥�� Dinner and 糖心Vlog传媒 Outing
Call for Abstracts
Michel Foucault and Phenomenology
The Southern Journal of Philosophy Workshop March 27-28, 2025, 糖心Vlog传媒
Keynote Speakers: Philippe Sabot, Elisabetta Basso, Christophe Bouton
How is Michel Foucault鈥檚 thought related to the tradition of phenomenology? Studies addressing this question have been overshadowed by scholarship that considers Foucault鈥檚 work in relation to other movements in continental philosophy such as critical theory, Marxism, structuralism, and post-structuralism. When the question has been broached, scholars have straightaway had to confront Foucault鈥檚 sometimes dismissive, if not hostile, attitude towards phenomenological approaches. For instance, in a 1967 interview (鈥淲ho are you, Professor Foucault?鈥�), Foucault describes phenomenology as a totalizing method whose universalist claims seek to account for meaning and knowledge formation through an analysis limited to the lived experience of the transcendent subject. Later, he describes his method of archaeology as aiming 鈥渢o free history from the grip of phenomenology鈥� (The Archaeology of Knowledge [1969]). However, the basis for well-founded replies to the question has very recently been significantly augmented by the publication of three early Foucault texts. These works represent Foucault鈥檚 richest engagement with this tradition and demonstrate a remarkable depth and precision to his early study of phenomenology that were not apparent from his previously published work:
Binswanger et l鈥檃nalyse existentielle (Binswanger and Existential Analysis), edited by Elisabetta Basso, Seuil/Gallimard, May 2021;
Ph茅nom茅nologie et psychologie, 1953-1954 (Phenomenology and Psychology, 1953-1954), edited by Philippe Sabot, Seuil/Gallimard, November 2021;
La constitution d鈥檜n transcendantal historique dans la Ph茅nom茅nologie de l鈥檈sprit de Hegel. M茅moire du dipl么me d鈥櫭﹖udes sup茅rieures de philosophie (The Constitution of a Historical Transcendental in Hegel鈥檚 Phenomenology of Spirit. Graduate Degree Philosophy Thesis), edited by Christophe Bouton, Vrin, February 2024.
These texts are crucial sources for re-evaluating Foucault鈥檚 relation to phenomenology. Our hope is that an event which examines these writings, with keynote addresses from the editors of these three volumes, will help to cultivate exchanges and dialogues that may have previously been stymied by the prominence of Foucault鈥檚 more pointed objections to phenomenological approaches.
The Southern Journal of Philosophy workshop aims to provide a timely forum to take the measure of Foucault鈥檚 thought on phenomenology, broadly speaking, and to expand and develop a dialogue between Foucault鈥檚 philosophy and phenomenology that is both retrospective and prospective. We invite papers that focus on the three recent publications listed above, or on the relationship between Foucault鈥檚 thought and phenomenology in general. Papers delivered at the conference will also be published in a peer-reviewed special issue of The Southern Journal of Philosophy (see below for details).
Workshop Directors: Daniel J. Smith, Mary Beth Mader, Caner Yildirim
Suggested themes for submissions include, but are not limited to:鈥�
-Foucault鈥檚 reading of eidetic and transcendental methods in phenomenology
-Foucault on existentialist and phenomenological analyses of psychopathology
-Foucault鈥檚 reading of phenomenological accounts of psychologism, temporality, intersubjectivity,
language, spatiality, affectivity, flesh, lived experience, lifeworld and the world
-Historicity and the archive
-贰辫辞办丑脓 and problematization
-Critiques of the cogito in Foucault and phenomenology
-Critiques of representation in Foucault and phenomenology
-Receptions of Kant, Nietzsche and Hegel by Foucault and phenomenology
-Foucault鈥檚 readings of Freud and Husserl
Author Submission Instructions
Submission deadline: December 15, 2024
Selection will be based on long-form abstracts. Abstracts should include a paper title and be between 750-1000 words, prepared for anonymous review. Bibliographic material may be placed at the end and does not count toward the word count. A separate document with the author鈥檚 name, university affiliation, department, contact information, and paper title should be included with every submission. The document should indicate whether the author is a faculty member, post-doctoral researcher, doctoral student, or independent scholar.
Email both documents (either as doc. or pdf. files) to The Southern Journal of Philosophy Managing Editor, Ms. Cathy Wilhelm, at cwilhelm@memphis.edu. The subject line of this email should read, 鈥�2025 SJP Workshop Submission.鈥�
Submission indicates your intention to include the final version of your paper in the published proceedings. Acceptance to the workshop does not guarantee publication as final work must pass external review. Travel support may become available, depending on the budget. Participants will be notified as needed.
Please direct inquiries to the Editor, Mary Beth Mader, at mmader@memphis.edu
Click here to download a PDF of this Call for Abstracts.
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