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September 8, 2014 Seminar with François Ewald

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY CRITICAL THOUGHT

FALL 2014 SEMINAR

POWER, , , : RETHINKING JURIDICAL POWER

PROFESSORS FRANÇOIS EWALD & BERNARD E. HARCOURT

MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3-7, 2014 12:00 TO 1:20 PM

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION

Juridical power, jurisdiction, norms and legality, legal —these are, paradoxically, both everywhere and nowhere in the work of Michel . Many scholars have gone so far as to say that Foucault had no of law and legal institutions. Yet legal practices and institutions appear pervasively throughout practically all of the different facets of his work.

Another paradox: Traditionally, commentators who have studied juridical power in Foucault’s work have explored the topic predominantly through the lens of power, or more exactly, relations of power. But it is becoming increasingly clear—especially with the most recent publication of his earliest lectures at the Collège de —that law and jurisdiction should also be studied in relationship to the larger questions of truth and veridiction.

This seminar will explore both puzzles and the consequences of this change in perspective from power/knowledge to veridiction—or toward the integrated notion of veridiction and juridiction at the heart, for instance, of a book such as Foucault’s Wrong-Doing, Truth- Telling: The Function of Avowal in . The seminar will proceed by examining a number of different facets of Foucault’s writings as they relate to the question of norms, juridical power, judicial institutions, and juridiction. The purpose of this intensive week-long seminar will be to rethink the question of juridical power, normalization, truth, and law with and after Foucault.

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September 8, 2014 Seminar with François Ewald

NOTICE

This special seminar is open to graduate students in the , sciences, and law at Columbia University at the consent of the instructors and will be capped at 12 students. The seminar will meet five times during the week of November 3rd through November 7th, 2014. The seminar cannot be taken for credit, only for intellectual growth. If you would like to attend, you will be expected to attend all five meetings of the seminar. If you would like to participate, please send a paragraph to Claire Merrill at [email protected]. Please explain your interest, your background, and whether you will be able to attend all five seminars.

We will do our best to have all the readings in English. The readings will be ordered by their importance to the discussion at the seminars.

By way of background, it may be helpful to read Foucault’s two main juridical works: his Louvain lectures from 1981, Wrong-Doing, Truth-Telling: The Function of Avowal in Justice; and his 1973 Rio lectures, “Truth and Juridical Form,” in Power: Collected Works, Volume III. In addition, throughout, we will also be referencing secondary materials, primarily found in Alan Hunt and Gary Wickham’s Foucault and Law: Towards a of Law as Governance (Pluto 1994) and the collection of essays by Ben Golder and Peter Fitzpatrick titled Foucault and Law (Ashgate, 2010).

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE

I. INTERVENTIONS: THE VALUES AND MOTIVES MONDAY NOV. 3, 2014

The first seminar will explore the range of interventions that Foucault made—most often, or predominantly, in political and legal disputes within the penal context. Why did Foucault get interested in militancy regarding , asylums, political detainees, and juridical power? On the basis of what values, interests or motives?

READINGS:

M. Foucault. 1961 Preface to the History of Madness ( 2006), pp. xxvii- xxxvi [Histoire de la folie, D&E no. 159]

M. Foucault, “Useless to Revolt,” pages 449-453 in The Essential Works of , 1954-1984, Vol III: Power, ed. (New York: The New Press, 2000) [“Inutile de se soulever,” D&E no. 248 and 269]

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September 8, 2014 Seminar with François Ewald

M. Foucault, “Lives of Infamous Men,” pages 157-175 in Power (Volume III) [“La Vie des hommes infâmes,” Dits & Écrits, no. 198].

Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault, The Chomsky-Foucault debate : On human nature (The New Press, London, 2006, pp. 1-67) [Entretien avec , in D&E n. 132]

M. Foucault, “Open Letter to Medhi Bazargan,” p. 439-442 in Power (Volume III) [Lettre à , D&E n. 265].

Gilles Deleuze and Michel Foucault. 1972. “Intellectuals and Power” in Language, Counter-Memory, Practice (Cornell University Press, 1977, pp.205-217) [Translation of « Les intellectuels et le pouvoir » (entretien avec G. Deleuze, 4 mars 1972, L’Arc, n° 49 : , 2e trimestre 1972, p. 3-10), in M. Foucault, Dits & Écrits, II, n° 106, p. 307].

Michel Foucault. 1972. “On Popular Justice: A Discussion with Maoists” in Power/Knowledge (Chapter 1: pp.1-36) [Translation of « Sur la justice populaire : Débat avec les maos », Les Temps modernes 310 bis ; Nouveau Fascisme, Nouvelle Démocratie, juin 1972, p. 335-366 ; in M. Foucault, Dits & Écrits, II, n° 108, p. 340- 369].

M. Foucault, « An aesthetic of existence » in , Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and Writings, 1977-1984, ed. Lawrence D. Kritzman, 1988, Chap 3) [D&E, 184, 192, 281, 357]

FURTHER OPTIONAL READINGS :

1. , DE, 210, 211, 214 ; 232 (cf also translation : « Letter to Certain Leaders of the Left » in Power, pp. 423-426) 2. “Rendre des comptes,” D&E no. 112 and 113. 3. Le Désordre des familles (Lafarge & Foucault) 4. Le droit des gouvernés, D&E no. 355 5. Le droit de savoir, l’enquête, D&E, 86, 91 ,93 6. L’intolérable, D&E, 94, 114 (« Pompidou’s Two Deaths », Power, volume 3 (edited by James D. Faubion), pp. 418-422) 7. Libérer la sexualité, D&E, 200, 230 8. L’asile illimité, D&E, 202 9. Totalitarisme vs sécurité, D&E, 213 10. Le Goulag, DE, 218 (cf. also translation : « Powers and strategies » in Power/Knowledge) 11. Se débarrasser du marxisme, D&E, 235 12. Sexualité et politique, des droits sexuels, D&E, 138, 152, 3

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13. Exigence de lucidité, D&E, 256 14. Sexualité et vérité, répression, D&E, 190 15. Law and Order, D&E, 152 16. Rendre visible les mécanismes, D&E,160 17. Aller à , D&E, 158 18. La grande colère des faits, D&E, 204 19. Illégalisme et de punir, D&E, 175 20. Une mort inacceptable, D&E, 166 21. Effet anesthésiant, D&E, 278, 281 22. L’expérience à fond, D&E, 281 23. La curiosité, D&E, 108 24. Tout repenser, D&E, 298, 300, 301, 303 25. Loi vs culture, D&E, 318 26. Pologne, D&E, 319, 320, 321, 334 27. Autorégulation (mirage), D&E, 325 28. Le travail, D&E, 328, 324 29. M. Foucault, Le manifeste du GIP in Philippe Artières, ed. 2001. Le groupe d’information sur les prisons , GIP. L. Quero (excerpts) 30. Audrey Kiéfer, Michel Foucault : Le GIP, l’histoire et l’action (dissertation)

II. JUSTICE, JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND JURIDICAL POWER TUESDAY NOV. 4, 2014

This second seminar will explore the notion of « illégalismes » and how juridical power becomes the means to negotiate and manage these “illegalisms.” This presents the problem of judging, of how difficult it is to judge, and the need for expertise and other third parties to resolve the tensions of judging. This seminar will focus on the texts where Foucault explores penal law—or what we tend to call criminal law and sentencing in the United States.

READINGS:

M. Foucault. 1972. « Course summary » of Théories et Institutions pénales, Lectures at the Collège de France, 1971-1972 in The Essential Works of Michel Foucault, 1954-1984, vol 1: : Subjectivity and Truth ed. Paul Rabinow (New York: The New Press, 1997), pp. 17-22.

M. Foucault. 1973. « Course summary » La Société punitive, Lectures at the Collège de France, 1972-1973 in Volume 1 of Paul Rabinow’s Essential Works (Ethics: Subjectivity and Truth), pp. 23-39.

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September 8, 2014 Seminar with François Ewald

M. Foucault. 1975. : The Birth of the , Part IV, Chapters 1 and 2

M. Foucault. 1978-79, Birth of , Lesson of March 21, 1979

M. Foucault, “The anxiety of judging,” in Foucault Live: Collected Interviews, 1961-1984 (New York: Semiotext, 1996), pp. 66-84; “L’angoisse de juger, D&E no. 205

ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL READINGS:

1. Pouvoir, partage, exclusion, D&E, 197 2. Interdit/internement (loi de 1838), Le Pouvoir psy, 96 sq 3. Monstruosité/anomalie, Les Anormaux, p.52 4. L’économie du pouvoir de punition, Les Anormaux, p.76 5. Monstruosité et dangerosité, D&E, 220 ('About the Concept of “Dangerous Individual” in Nineteenth-Century Legal Psychiatry', in Power, vol. 3, p. 186), 228 6. Le grand enfermement, D&E, 105 7. Prison/punition, D&E, 125 8. Illégalismes, D&E, 125, 152 (« An Interview with Michel Foucault » in History of the Present, no.1, Feb. 1985) 9. Répression, D&E, 160, 177 10. La sagesse judiciaire, D&E, 240 11. Manières de justice, D&E, 260 12. Dangers, D&E, 270 13. Les deux types de criminels (le surpartage), D&E, 275 14. Le vrai sexe, D&E, 287 15. Le sexualité et la loi, D&E, 349 16. Punir, D&E, 346 (''What calls for punishment?'' Foucault live, p. 279), 353

III. FROM THE REGIME OF LAW TO THE REGIME OF NORMS WEDNESDAY NOV. 5, 2014

In this seminar, we will explore the shift from law to norms. We will analyze the notion of normalization. We will focus in detail on Foucault’s writings and thinking on the topic of public law, constitutional law, and the relationship between common law and civil law traditions of the Continent.

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September 8, 2014 Seminar with François Ewald

READINGS:

M. Foucault. 1976. History of Sexuality, Volume I: An Introduction – Part IV: Chapter 1, pages 81-91 [La Volonté de savoir, Le de sexualité, 1 « Enjeu », pp. 107-120]

Please also read Part V: “Right of Death and Power over Life” pp. 135-159.

M. Foucault. 1976. “ Must Be Defended”: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1975-1976 – Lesson of February 4, 1976

M. Foucault. 1978-79. Birth of Biopolitics, Lessons of January 10, of January 17, and of February 14, 1979.

M. Foucault, Discipline and Punish, pp. 177-184; Surveiller et punir, pp 180-186 (La sanction normalisatrice).

ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL READINGS:

1. La famille, articulation souveraineté/discipline, Le Pouvoir psy, 81-88 2. Médecins, juges et sorciers, D&E, 62 3. La loi et la norme, D&E, 173 (cf. translation : « The social extension of the norm », In: Foucault M, Foucault Live: Collected Interviews, 1961-1984, ed. Lotringer S. New York, pp.196-199.) 4. Les mailles du pouvoir, D&E, 297 (cf. translation : « The meshes of Power », trans. G. Moore, pp. 153-162 in Space Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography, edited by Jeremy W. Crampton, Stuart Elden) 5. Droit et éthique, D&E, 350 ("The Concern for Truth," interview conducted by François Ewald, in Foucault Live, p. 293-308)

IV. VERIDICTION & JURISDICTION : TRUTH AND JURIDICAL FORMS THURSDAY NOV. 6, 2014

In this seminar, we will explore the relationship between truth telling and saying justice, and the alethurgical method that Foucault develops throughout his lectures at the Collège de France.

READINGS:

M. Foucault. 1970-71. Lessons on the Will to Know, Lesson of March 10, 1971

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September 8, 2014 Seminar with François Ewald

Michel Foucault. 1973. “Truth and Juridical Forms,” 1-89, in Michel Foucault, Power (Vol. III). New York: The New Press [Also Dits et écrits, II, #139].

M. Foucault, Mal faire, dire vrai, excerpts

M. Foucault, Abnormal: Lectures at the Collège de France, 1974-1975 (Picador 2004), Lessons of January 8, 1975, and January 15, 1975.

ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL READINGS:

1. M. Foucault, Discipline and Punish, Part III, chap. 2, The Examination, pp. 184-194 2. « Une petite histoire de la vérité », Le Pouvoir psy, p. 235 sq 3. L’ de la psychiatrie, Les Anormaux, p.129 4. Table ronde sur l’expertise psy, D&E, 142 5. La criminologie, D&E, 146

V. THE LAW AS FRIDAY NOV. 7, 2014

In this seminar, we will explore the question of whether and how law figures as a form of discourse: In The Order of Discourse, law appears as a type of discourse, but in The Archaeology of Knowledge, law is practically absent. Why is that? Could we use an archaeology of knowledge to study law, juridical power, legal discourse?

READINGS:

M. Foucault. 1971. “The Discourse on Language” in Archaeology of Knowledge (New York: Pantheon, 1972) [L’Ordre du discours, Foucault’s inaugural lecture at the Collège de France, esp. pp 11-23 (droit et raréfaction du discours), 41 (rituel), 62-67 (programme de MF)]

M. Foucault. 1969. The Archaeology of Knowledge. We will locate the passages in the English translation; in the French edition, L’Archéologie du savoir, law is discussed in II, 1, pp 38-39, in II, 3, p. 57, in II, 4, p. 68, in II, 7, p. 99, in III, 1, p. 110, in III, 4, pp. 158 and 163, in IV, 4, p. 212, in IV, 6, pp. 232-233, and conclusion pp. 272-273.

M. Foucault, « Réponse à une question », D&E no. 58; and “Sur l’archéologie des sciences”, D&E no. 59

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September 8, 2014 Seminar with François Ewald

ADDITIONAL OPTIONAL READINGS:

1. Le droit, composante de « dispositifs », D&E, 206 (« The Confession of the Flesh », in Power/Knowledge: Selected Interviews & Other Writings 1972-1977. Ed. C. Gordon) 2. Les effets de partage de la loi, D&E, 281 3. M. Foucault. 1961. The History of Madness; Histoire de la folie, 1ere partie, chap. 2 « le grand renfermement », 3eme partie, chap. 3, « Du bon usage de la liberté » 4. M. Foucault. 1975. Discipline and Punish, Part IV, chap. 3, The carceral

CONCLUSION: LEGAL AND POLITICAL THEORY AFTER FOUCAULT FRIDAY NOV. 7, 2014

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