Foucault, Buddhism and Disciplinary Rules

Malcolm Voyce graduated in law at Auckland University in 1970. In 1980 he completed a Doctorate under J.D.M. Derrett at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK, on the topic of the rules of Buddhist monks. This Doctorate was published in five articles. While teaching law at Macquarie University in 2001, he completed a second Doctorate on Foucault. This Doctorate has been published in article form and Dr Voyce has published some 20 articles or chapters in books utilizing the work of Foucault. In the last few years Dr Voyce has published further articles on Buddhism and law in leading journals. He recently published, with Erich Kolig, an edited volume entitled Muslim Integration, Pluralism and Multiculturalism in New Zealand and Australia (2016). Dr Voyce is currently an Associate Professor of Law at Macquarie University, Australia.

• Introduction to the Work of Foucault and its Use in this Study An Overview of the Vinaya The Presentation of the Vinaya within Forms of Western Scholarship The Vinaya and the Dharmaśāstra The Formation of the Religious Body From Ethics to Aesthetics The Role of Confession and Discipline Rules and Transgressions Conclusion: The ‘Care of the Self’ and the Practice of the Vinaya

"There is no question that Foucault, Buddhism and Disciplinary Rules makes an important contribution to Buddhist studies, Foucault studies, and the small but growing practice of cross-cultural philosophizing. Given the burgeoning complex of seemingly irreversible factors and tendencies that go under the name ‘globalism’ these days, the philosophical world – which should include the concerns and work of all philosophers, East and West, North and South – needs more books of this sort." - Louis Wolcher, University of Washington Law School