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Another Liberty Canon: Foucault
Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French writer on various but related topics of power, knowledge, discourse, history of thought, ethics, politics, and so on. His name to some summons negative...
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Why Republican Libertarianism? V Concluding Remarks
(This text was written for the European Students for Liberty Regional Conference in Istanbul at Boğaziçi University. I did not deliver the paper, but used it to gather thoughts which I then presented...
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Myths of Sovereignty and British Isolation XVIII: Laws, Juridification and...
The last post focused on the distinction between civil and common law, with regard to Britain’s position as a common law country in contrast with the civil law tradition of the rest of Europe. The...
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Foucault’s biopolitics seems like it’s just a subtle form of nationalism
I’ve been slowly making my way through Michel Foucault’s The Birth of Biopolitics, largely on the strength of Barry’s recommendation (see also this fiery debate between Barry and Jacques), and a couple...
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From the Comments: Foucault’s purported nationalism, and neoliberalism
Dr Stocker‘s response to my recent musings on Foucault’s Biopolitics is worth highlighting: Good to see you’re studying Foucault Brandon. I agree that nationalism is an issue in Foucault and that his...
View ArticleA quick update, then liberals and democracy, followed by racism and...
I have been busy. I picked up a gig at RealClearHistory as a ghost editor, and I also write a weekly column there. I have a baby daughter (she’s 8 months old). My musings here at NOL have been...
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Whatever Happened to Patient Confidentiality? Irfan Khawaja, Policy of Truth What Critics Don’t Understand About Gun Culture David French, the Atlantic Making Guns Obsolete Frances Woolley, Worthwhile...
View ArticleEye Candy: the US Asian population, circa 2010
“Asian” is a pretty broad term. Racial classifications are, perhaps, the dumbest thing in the world. Imagine seeing something like this in the press today, or this as an advertisement. There’s been...
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Paul Gauguin in San Francisco Bradley Anderson, Claremont Review of Books Did European colonisation precipitate the Little Ice Age? Dagomar Degroot, Aeon What if climate warriors put their money where...
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Coronavirus rattles US national security priesthood Nahal Toosi, PoliticoHas libertarianism dodged a bullet? Scott Sumner, EconLogStates don’t really mind their citizens dying (provided they don’t all...
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