Leonard D'Cruz
@leonarddcruz.bsky.social
Tutor in Sociology at the University of Melbourne. Social and political theory, political sociology, and continental philosophy (especially Foucault)
Did you know that Foucault's respect for the natural sciences is crucial to making sense of his work?
Check out my article, "Foucault's Naturalism", which has just been included in the most recent issue of Philosophy & Social Criticism
Link here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Check out my article, "Foucault's Naturalism", which has just been included in the most recent issue of Philosophy & Social Criticism
Link here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Foucault’s naturalism: The importance of scientific epistemology for the genealogical method - Leonard D’Cruz, 2025
This article offers a novel reconstruction of Foucault’s methodology that emphasises his respect for the natural sciences. Foucault’s work has long been suspect...
journals.sagepub.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Did you know that Foucault's respect for the natural sciences is crucial to making sense of his work?
Check out my article, "Foucault's Naturalism", which has just been included in the most recent issue of Philosophy & Social Criticism
Link here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Check out my article, "Foucault's Naturalism", which has just been included in the most recent issue of Philosophy & Social Criticism
Link here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Leonard D'Cruz
New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Leonard D’Cruz, 'What Demarcates Necropolitics from Biopolitics? A Foucauldian Critique of Mbembe'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
New as Online First in Theory, Culture & Society: Leonard D’Cruz, 'What Demarcates Necropolitics from Biopolitics? A Foucauldian Critique of Mbembe'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Everyone talks about 'necropolitics'. But does Mbembe actually succeed in distinguishing this idea from Foucault's conception of biopolitics?
My new paper in Theory, Culture & Society tackles this exact question.
Check it out here (open access!): doi.org/10.1177/0263...
My new paper in Theory, Culture & Society tackles this exact question.
Check it out here (open access!): doi.org/10.1177/0263...
What Demarcates Necropolitics from Biopolitics? A Foucauldian Critique of Mbembe - Leonard D’Cruz, 2025
Achille Mbembe presents ‘necropolitics’ as a corrective to Foucault’s conception of biopolitics, which Mbembe argues is insufficient to account for the contempo...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Everyone talks about 'necropolitics'. But does Mbembe actually succeed in distinguishing this idea from Foucault's conception of biopolitics?
My new paper in Theory, Culture & Society tackles this exact question.
Check it out here (open access!): doi.org/10.1177/0263...
My new paper in Theory, Culture & Society tackles this exact question.
Check it out here (open access!): doi.org/10.1177/0263...
"The normative stakes of Foucault's engagement with neoliberalism: Seduction, invention, and normalization" has been included in the latest issue of The Southern Journal of Philosophy!
TL;DR Foucault was NOT seduced by neoliberalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
TL;DR Foucault was NOT seduced by neoliberalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
The normative stakes of Foucault's engagement with neoliberalism: Seduction, invention, and normalization
This article critically examines Foucault's engagement with neoliberalism. While Foucault declares that his analysis of this tradition is primarily descriptive, I argue that he continually questions ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
"The normative stakes of Foucault's engagement with neoliberalism: Seduction, invention, and normalization" has been included in the latest issue of The Southern Journal of Philosophy!
TL;DR Foucault was NOT seduced by neoliberalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
TL;DR Foucault was NOT seduced by neoliberalism
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Leonard D'Cruz
#CFP: The Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference 2025 will be held at the University of Melbourne Parkville campus (November 24–26) and online (November 21)
Submission deadline: August 31
For more information: ascp.org.au/conference #ASCP2025 #AusSocContiPhil
Submission deadline: August 31
For more information: ascp.org.au/conference #ASCP2025 #AusSocContiPhil
ASCP Conference 2025
UniMelb 24-26 November
ascp.org.au
June 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
#CFP: The Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy Conference 2025 will be held at the University of Melbourne Parkville campus (November 24–26) and online (November 21)
Submission deadline: August 31
For more information: ascp.org.au/conference #ASCP2025 #AusSocContiPhil
Submission deadline: August 31
For more information: ascp.org.au/conference #ASCP2025 #AusSocContiPhil
Thanks so much for this wonderful review, @keanuheydari.bsky.social!
Hello, friends! I have a new blog post out that praises an article by Leonard D’Cruz. He critically examines Michel Foucault’s attempt to historicize epistemological conditions while avoiding the pitfalls of transcendental philosophy. I also offer my reflections. www.keanuheydari.com/blog/foucaul...
Foucault’s Radical Historicism: Limits, Tensions, and the Specter of the Transcendental — Keanu Heydari
In his article, “ The Limits of Radical Historicism: The Methodological Significance of Foucault’s Relationship to Transcendental Philosophy ,” Leonard D’Cruz critically examines Michel Foucault’s att...
www.keanuheydari.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Thanks so much for this wonderful review, @keanuheydari.bsky.social!