March 18, 2005

Foucault Scholars Gain a New Society and Journal

By RICHARD BYRNE

Martin Parkins has held a number of jobs, including prominent positions in the corporate side of book publishing and in nongovernmental organizations dedicated to serving refugees, and also as a teacher in the New York City public schools. But his latest task is to be the champion of the philosopher Michel Foucault, who died in 1984 at the age of 57.

In September 2004, Mr. Parkins was chosen as the first executive director of the newly founded Foucault Society. The society, which

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