Foucault and Hayek: On Power, Knowledge, and Freedom - Book talk by Mark Pennington

A talk by Mark Pennington, Professor of Political Economy and Public Policy, King's College London

Monday, October 19 | 12:00 PM ET | Posvar 3911

Register here — the first attendees get a free copy of the book.

Foucault and Hayek are rarely read together, but Pennington argues they should be. Drawing on his new book, Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge and Freedom (Oxford University Press, 2025), he shows how Foucault's critique of power can sharpen Hayek's liberalism into a "post-modern liberalism" equipped to identify and challenge illiberalism and over-government in contemporary societies. He will discuss:

Where Foucault's account of power and knowledge complements, rather than contradicts, Hayek's case for freedom

What a post-modern liberalism offers for diagnosing un-freedom today

Q&A follows the talk.

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Part of the Pluralism360 series at the Center for Governance and Markets.