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

Bronwen M.A. Jones, Stephen J. Ball, The neoliberal dispositif: understanding the transformation of the social and ethical space of education, In Editor(s): Robert J Tierney, Fazal Rizvi, Kadriye Erkican, International Encyclopedia of Education (Fourth Edition), Elsevier, 2023,Pages 60-69, ISBN 9780128186299, https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818630-5.01009-5. Abstract: In this article we examine some of the difficulties that surround the understanding …

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Carmona, S., Casasola, A., Ezzamel, M. Penal accountancy and the Spanish Inquisition (2022) Journal of Accounting and Public Policy, art. no. 107031. DOI: 10.1016/j.jaccpubpol.2022.107031 Abstract In this paper, we examine how accounting and financial conditions mediated public policy processes of prosecution, punishment, and imprisonment in the Spanish Inquisition during the late 16th and early 17th …

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The West’s leading pseudo-intellectual by Ammar Ahmad The Michigan Daily, November 30, 2022 Jordan Peterson is a popular Canadian personality psychologist who has made quite a name for himself by preaching against the use of pronouns, arguing that they violate freedom of speech. In a CBC interview, he uses his spotlight moment to say “I …

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L’écrivain Serge Livrozet, anarchiste et militant anti-carcéral, est mort à 83 ans franceinfo: Culture 30/11/2022 Figure des milieux anarchistes, il fut l’un des meneurs des révoltes qui ébranlèrent les prisons françaises dans les années 70. Il s’est éteint chez lui dans la région niçoise, “des suites d’une longue maladie”, ont annoncé mercredi ses proches à …

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