Michel Foucault, a French historian, philosopher, and social theorist, was one of the most important figures in twentieth-century thought. His work has had enormous influence throughout the humanities and social sciences.Patrice Maniglier is senior lecturer in the department of philosophy at the University of Paris–Nanterre.Dork Zabunyan is professor of film studies at the University of Paris–8.Clare O’Farrell is senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the Queensland University of Technology. Her books include Foucault: Historian or Philosopher? (1989) and Michel Foucault (2005).

Foucault at the Movies is an effectively translated and admirably assembled work of film scholarship and philosophical history . . . Foucault’s thoughts on film are fascinating yet also offer a more genial look at the famed philosopher.

• Translator’s Preface, by Clare O’FarrellIntroduction: Michel Foucault’s Cut, by Patrice Maniglier and Dork ZabunyanPart 1. Foucault and Film: A Historical and Philosophical Encounter1. What Film Is Able to Do: Foucault and Cinematic Knowledge, by Dork Zabunyan2. Versions of the Present: Foucault’s Metaphysics of the Event Illuminated by Cinema, by Patrice ManiglierPart 2. Michel Foucault on Film3. Film, History, and Popular Memory4. Marguerite Duras: Memory Without Remembering5. Paul’s Story: The Story of Jonah6. The Nondisciplinary Camera Versus Sade7. The Asylum and the Carnival8. Crime and Discourse9. The Return of Pierre Rivière10. The Dull Regime of Tolerance11. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse12. Werner Schroeter and Michel Foucault in ConversationAppendix: Foucault at the Movies—a Program of FilmsNotesBibliographyIndex

Michel Foucault, a French historian, philosopher, and social theorist, was one of the most important figures in twentieth-century thought. His work has had enormous influence throughout the humanities and social sciences.Patrice Maniglier is senior lecturer in the department of philosophy at the University of Paris–Nanterre.Dork Zabunyan is professor of film studies at the University of Paris–8.Clare O’Farrell is senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the Queensland University of Technology. Her books include Foucault: Historian or Philosopher? (1989) and Michel Foucault (2005).

Foucault at the Movies is an effectively translated and admirably assembled work of film scholarship and philosophical history . . . Foucault’s thoughts on film are fascinating yet also offer a more genial look at the famed philosopher.

• Translator’s Preface, by Clare O’FarrellIntroduction: Michel Foucault’s Cut, by Patrice Maniglier and Dork ZabunyanPart 1. Foucault and Film: A Historical and Philosophical Encounter1. What Film Is Able to Do: Foucault and Cinematic Knowledge, by Dork Zabunyan2. Versions of the Present: Foucault’s Metaphysics of the Event Illuminated by Cinema, by Patrice ManiglierPart 2. Michel Foucault on Film3. Film, History, and Popular Memory4. Marguerite Duras: Memory Without Remembering5. Paul’s Story: The Story of Jonah6. The Nondisciplinary Camera Versus Sade7. The Asylum and the Carnival8. Crime and Discourse9. The Return of Pierre Rivière10. The Dull Regime of Tolerance11. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse12. Werner Schroeter and Michel Foucault in ConversationAppendix: Foucault at the Movies—a Program of FilmsNotesBibliographyIndex

Michel Foucault, a French historian, philosopher, and social theorist, was one of the most important figures in twentieth-century thought. His work has had enormous influence throughout the humanities and social sciences.Patrice Maniglier is senior lecturer in the department of philosophy at the University of Paris–Nanterre.Dork Zabunyan is professor of film studies at the University of Paris–8.Clare O’Farrell is senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at the Queensland University of Technology. Her books include Foucault: Historian or Philosopher? (1989) and Michel Foucault (2005).

Foucault at the Movies is an effectively translated and admirably assembled work of film scholarship and philosophical history . . . Foucault’s thoughts on film are fascinating yet also offer a more genial look at the famed philosopher.

• Translator’s Preface, by Clare O’FarrellIntroduction: Michel Foucault’s Cut, by Patrice Maniglier and Dork ZabunyanPart 1. Foucault and Film: A Historical and Philosophical Encounter1. What Film Is Able to Do: Foucault and Cinematic Knowledge, by Dork Zabunyan2. Versions of the Present: Foucault’s Metaphysics of the Event Illuminated by Cinema, by Patrice ManiglierPart 2. Michel Foucault on Film3. Film, History, and Popular Memory4. Marguerite Duras: Memory Without Remembering5. Paul’s Story: The Story of Jonah6. The Nondisciplinary Camera Versus Sade7. The Asylum and the Carnival8. Crime and Discourse9. The Return of Pierre Rivière10. The Dull Regime of Tolerance11. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse12. Werner Schroeter and Michel Foucault in ConversationAppendix: Foucault at the Movies—a Program of FilmsNotesBibliographyIndex