Karl Baldacchino (2026). (De)subjectivation in Foucault’s later thought: critical indifference and resistance. Theory, Culture & Society, published online November 11, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764261493767 Abstract This article argues that a significant dimension in Foucault’s rethinking of resistance remains underexplored, namely how he navigated the relationship between desubjectivation and subjectivation. These two processes point to fundamentally different subjective …
Robin Hickman, Annika Mosser, Daniel Abendano, Yanliang Dong, Discourses on the Lower Thames Crossing: rationality or rationalisation?, Transport Policy, Available online 7 August 2026. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2026.104348 Abstract: This paper examines the Lower Thames Crossing in discursive terms, seeking to understand the multiple socially-constructed realities associated with the project. Nine in-depth interviews are carried out, with transport …
Perspectives foucaldiennes en analyse du discours, Langage & Société n° 185 – 2025/2 Michel Foucault est une figure phare de la vie intellectuelle dans le monde entier. Il a été l’un des penseurs qui ont mis la notion de discours au centre de la réflexion des sciences humaines et sociales et il a contribué au …
Elena Vasiliou, Brunilda Pali, Marijke Van Buggenhout, Lior Volinz, and Mattias Lucien De Backer. “A call for epistemic disobedience in the face of the European Society of Criminology’s silence on Palestine”, Justice, Power and Resistance (published online ahead of print 26 Oct 2026 ) https://doi.org/10.1332/26352338Y2026D000000089 Abstract This article examines the European Society of Criminology’s (ESC) …
Ravinder Sidhu & Mayumi Ishikawa (2022). Governing the International University. The Intellectual and Ethical Challenges of Leadership In: Fenwick W. English (ed) The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Leadership and Management Discourse. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-99097-8_95 Abstract By the end of the twentieth century, many universities worldwide were describing themselves as international or global in vision, …
Foucault and Marx, Genealogy + Critique, 2025-2026 Papers for the symposium “Foucault and Marx: Ambivalences, Legacies, and Future Struggles” (University of Vienna, 18–19 October 2024). The symposium was part of the World Congress “Foucault: 40 years after”, marking the 40th anniversary of Foucault’s death. The special collection “Foucault and Marx,” edited by Eva-Maria Aigner, Ralf …
The Will to Knowledge | Vesper, Spring–Summer 2026 Editorial: Sara Marini, Angela Mengoni, The Will to Knowledge Fifty years ago, Michel Foucault, in La volonté de savoir (1976), described how the mechanisms of the examination of conscience belonging to the pastoral tradition of the 17th century progressively extended to all areas of society, marking the …
Cahier de L’Herne : Michel Foucault, Dirigé par Frédéric Gros. Avec la collaboration Philippe Artières, Jean-François Bert et Judith Revel. Paris, L’Herne, 15 Octobre 2026 Première édition publiée en 2011. Republished to celebrate Foucault’s Centenary Les ouvrages de Michel Foucault ont tous été ressentis comme des provocations : Histoire de la folie a heurté la …
Foucault Studies. Issue 40, Fall 2026 Open access This issue contains a special section entitled Contributions from the Foucault Circle, a little-known interview with Michel Foucault from 1983, two original articles, and a review essay. Editorial pp. iii-v DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/fou.00042 Special Section: Contributions from the Foucault Circle Vilde Lid Aavitsland, Adam Herpolsheimer, Elena Vasiliou pp. …
Tony Bennett, Habit’s Pathways: Guiding Repetition, Governing Conduct, Contested Interruptions. Topoi. An International Review of Philosophy (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11245-025-10236-x Abstract Drawing principally on the work of Michel Foucault, this paper considers how the relations between habit and repetition have been construed in the exercise of different forms of power: disciplinary, pastoral, governmental, and algorithmic, for example. …
