Foucault News

News and resources on French thinker Michel Foucault (1926-1984)

Lewis, K. Social justice leadership and inclusion: a genealogy (2016) Journal of Educational Administration and History, 48 (4), pp. 324-341. DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2016.1210589 Abstract The purpose of this article is to engage in an historical analysis of research about two concepts: social justice leadership and leadership for inclusion. Recent experiences have caused me to wonder about …

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Nicolas Vallois, « Michel Foucault and the history of economic thought », Œconomia, 5-4 | 2015, 461-490. https://doi.org/10.4000/oeconomia.2181 Open access Michel Foucault dedicated a significant part of his works to the study of political economy. In the late 1980s, these analyses attracted the interest of historians of economic thought (Amariglio, 1988, 1900; Birken, 1990). The …

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Ferreira, V.S. Aesthetics of Youth Scenes: From Arts of Resistance to Arts of Existence (2016) Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 24 (1), pp. 66-81. DOI: 10.1177/1103308815595520 Abstract The aesthetic expressions produced and reproduced within post-war spectacular youth (sub)cultures used to be seen as a display of resistance to and subversion of ‘social order’, perceived …

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Bendix Petersen, Eva, Millei, Zsuzsa (Eds.), Interrupting the Psy-Disciplines in Education, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 This book offers critical explorations of how the psy-disciplines, Michel Foucault’s collective term for psychiatry, psychology and psycho-analysis, play out in contemporary educational spaces. With a strong focus on Foucault’s theories, it critically investigates how the psy-disciplines continue to influence education, …

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Guy Roberts-Holmes, Alice Bradbury, Governance, accountability and the datafication of early years education in England (2016) British Educational Research Journal, 42 (4), pp. 600-613. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3221 Abstract In this paper we attempt to critically ‘make visible the flow and circulation of data’ through analysing the datafication of the early years education sector in England (children aged …

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Bal Sokhi-Bulley, Governing (Through) Rights, Hart Publishing, 2016 About Governing (Through) Rights Taking a critical attitude of dissatisfaction towards rights, the central premise of this book is that rights are technologies of governmentality. They are a regulating discourse that is itself managed through governing tactics and techniques – hence governing (through) rights. Part I examines …

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Murphy, Brendon (2015), Zone of Impeachment: A Post-Foucauldian Analysis of Controlled Operations Law and Policy, PhD University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, Newcastle Law School Full PDF Description This thesis presents a Post-Foucauldian analysis of Australian controlled operations law. The purpose was to extend current doctrinal scholarship by exploring the discursive forces that …

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Feely, M. Sexual surveillance and control in a community-based intellectual disability service (2016) Sexualities, 19 (5-6), pp. 725-750. DOI: 10.1177/1363460715620575 Abstract Within contemporary policy documents regarding intellectual disability and sexuality we often find a progress narrative that contrasts a dark past, when the sexuality of disabled people was suppressed, with an enlightened present, when we …

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Noguera-Ramírez, C.E. The pedagogical effect: On Foucault and Sloterdijk (2016) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-14. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204738 Abstract Although Foucault did not produce any particular work devoted to teaching or education, following authors like Hoskin this text aims to show the importance that teaching practices and discourses have in Foucault’s analysis, …

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