Rose, P.A. The Tug-of-War Over Truth: A Foucauldian Case Study on the Interplay of Competing Discourses in Education (2022) Frontiers in Education, 7, art. no. 840403 DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2022.840403 Abstract The present study applies a Foucauldian critical analytic to investigate competing discourses in education that are shown to be present in one public high school in …
The Critique and Politics of Identity: On the Affinities between Critical Theory and Poststructuralism. A Conversation with Bernard E. Harcourt and Martin Saar conducted by Sarah Bianchi, Coils of the Serpent. A Journal for the Study of Contemporary Power, Issue 10, 2022, pp. 110-130. We know what Michel Foucault, the leading poststructuralist thinker, said about …
Hewitt, M. How Does a Foucauldian Genealogical Approach Enhance the Study of Long-Term Care through a Critical Disability Lens? (2022) Societies, 12 (3), art. no. 73 DOI: 10.3390/soc12030073 Abstract Younger disabled adults in long-term care, particularly those with physical disabilities and chronic illnesses, receive care that does not fit their needs. This article looks at …
Borah, R.R., Bhuvaneswari, G., Hussain, M.M. When Worlds Collide: Using films to Understand the Heterotopic Overlaps of Multiple Worlds (2022) ECS Transactions, 107 (1), pp. 2363-2370. DOI: 10.1149/10701.2363ecst Abstract Heterotopia is an idea as put forward by Michel Foucault, from the notion of place and non-place as disruptive elements. This article explores the fascination with …
Barry, L. Epidemic and Insurance: Two Forms of Solidarity (2022) Theory, Culture and Society DOI: 10.1177/02632764221087932 Abstract Despite their common core in statistics, insurance and epidemiology propel two different forms of solidarity. In insurance, the collective is a source of protection, thanks to the pooling of risks; in epidemics by contrast, the group remains the …
Zhang, H., Powell, D. Governing Olympic education: Technologies of policy announcements and outsourcing (2022) International Review for the Sociology of Sport DOI: 10.1177/10126902221101993 Abstract The Chinese government views the Olympic Games as a critical platform to present national pride on a global scale. Olympic education also has an important role to play for China, as …
Psychology as Apparatus An Interview with Sam Binkley Interviewed by Derek Hook Chapter In Neoliberalism, Ethics and the Social Responsibility of Psychology. Dialogues at the Edge Edited By Heather Macdonald, Sara Carabbio-Thopsey, David M. Goodman, Routledge, 2022 ABSTRACT In this interview, Sam Binkley, using Michel Foucault’s (2008) constructivist view of neoliberalism. He outlines how subjectivity …
Foucault, Sexuality, Antiquity, Edited By Sandra Boehringer, Daniele Lorenzini, Routledge, 2022 Book Description Foucault, Sexuality, Antiquity, published for the first time in English, takes an interdisciplinary approach to exploring how the work of Michel Foucault has influenced studies of ancient Greece and Rome. Foucault’s The History of Sexuality has had a profound and lasting impact …
Mark Coeckelbergh, Self-Improvement. Technologies of the Soul in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Columbia University Press, 2022 We are obsessed with self-improvement; it’s a billion-dollar industry. But apps, workshops, speakers, retreats, and life hacks have not made us happier. Obsessed with the endless task of perfecting ourselves, we have become restless, anxious, and desperate. We …
Twyford, E.J. Crisis accountability and aged “care” during COVID-19 (2022) Meditari Accountancy Research DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-05-2021-1296 Abstract Purpose: This study aims to fill the gaps in mandated reports with social accounts to provide more inclusive accountability during a crisis using the illustrative example of Anglicare’s Newmarch House during a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses …
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