EC Professor Published in Philosophy Journal

Dr. Corey McCall, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Elmira College, recently published a peer-reviewed article in the journal Foucault Studies entitled “Foucault’s Ambivalent Modernities: Foucault’s Iranian Writings Reconsidered”.

The abstract is as follows: This essay reconsiders Foucault’s writings on the Iranian Revolution in the context of his thought during 1977-1979. The essay defends three related claims: (1) Foucault does not turn away from power toward ethics as many scholars have claimed, (2) Careful interpretation of the texts on the Iranian Revolution will help us to better understand Foucault’s essays and lecture courses from this period (in particular, the relationship between political spirituality and counter-conduct), and (3) During this period Foucault is working on conceptualizing modernity as a multivalent set of practices—some that reinforce power relations and some that resist them.

To access the article, follow this link: rauli.cbs.dk/index.php/foucault-studies/article/view/3989