Leib, R.S. Spaces of the self: Foucault and Goffman on the micro-physics of discipline (2017) Philosophy Today, 61 (1), pp. 189-210. DOI: 10.5840/philtoday2017321153 Abstract This article argues that the works of Michel Foucault and Erving Goffman are complementary, specifically in their analyses of disciplinary power. This analysis would be what Foucault calls a ‘micro-physics’ of …
Tynan, R., McEvilly, N. ‘No pain, no gain’: former elite female gymnasts’ engagements with pain and injury discourses (2017) Qualitiative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/2159676X.2017.1323778 Abstract This paper investigates former elite female gymnasts’ views and experiences of pain and injury. The purpose of the study was to …
Fage-Butler, A.M. Risk resistance: constructing home birth as morally responsible on an online discussion group (2017) Health, Risk and Society, pp. 1-15. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13698575.2017.1327038 Abstract In hegemonic risk discourses, hospital obstetric units are represented as the safest and best birth settings; however, a minority of women in England and Wales (2.3% in …
An Interview with Elizabeth Grosz, Theory Culture and Society, 22 May 2017 The Incorporeal’: An Interview with Elizabeth Grosz Elizabeth Grosz & Vikki Bell March 2017 VB: Many congratulations on the publication of your new book The Incorporeal: Ontology, Ethics and the Limits of Materialism (Columbia University Press, 2017). The book seems to simultaneously explore …
Holly Link, Sarah Gallo, Stanton E. F. Wortham, The Production of Schoolchildren as Enlightenment Subjects, American Educational Research Journal First Published May 19, 2017 Abstract This article investigates children’s elementary school experiences, exploring how they become autonomous, rational individuals—the type of person envisioned in the European Enlightenment and generally imagined as the outcome of Western …
Aquino, J.G. Two premises and one general hypothesis for the analysis of the educational present (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 672-680. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204733 Abstract Contemporary research in the field of Foucauldian studies on education have pointed to a growing imbrication between educational practises and neoliberal ideas. The problematization of such scenario would …
Jiménez, M.A., Valle, A.M. Pedagogy and the care of the self: A reading from Foucault (2017) Educational Philosophy and Theory, 49 (7), pp. 702-709. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204736 Abstract This text reflects about the need to consider an additional institutional alternative that matters, not only to the ones that advocate for pedagogy, but also to all of …
Special Issue: Echoes of Foucault in Education, Educational Philosophy and Theory , 7, vol 49, 2017
Romito, M. Governing through guidance: an analysis of educational guidance practices in an Italian lower secondary school (2017) Discourse, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2017.1314251 Abstract Current social policy discourse defines educational and career guidance as a key tool to enhance individual self-realisation while pursuing collective social objectives (economic growth, reduction of drop-out rate, …
Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
I don’t plan to write detailed posts on the work I’m doing on Georges Canguilhem for the book for Polity’s Key Contemporary Thinkers series, unlike the ones which I’ve been writing on the work on Foucault. (More background on this project here.) Part of the reason for this is that…
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