Special Issue “Philosophical Genealogy from Nietzsche to Williams” Genealogy Genealogy is a broadly encompassing historiographical technique that investigates the emergences and subversions of trends over time. Philosophical genealogy is a species of genealogy that generally turns this technique upon trends in philosophical ideas, especially upon values, norms, and societal structures. Although there were important precursors, …
Foth, T. (2020). Humanitarian reason and the movement for overdose prevention sites: The NGOization of the Opioid “Crisis”. Nursing Philosophy, First published: 11 August 2020 doi:10.1111/nup.12324 Abstract In August 2017, a group of activists erected in Ottawa’s downtown a tent as a first overdose prevention site as a response to what the public and the …
Gillespie, L. Laws of Inclusion and Exclusion: Nomos, Nationalism and the Other (2020) Law and Critique, 31 (2), pp. 163-181. DOI: 10.1007/s10978-020-09264-w Abstract This article explores how and why contemporary nationalist ‘defence leagues’ in Australia and the UK invoke fantasies of law. I argue these fantasies articulate with Carl Schmitt’s theory of ‘nomos’, which holds …
Kester, J. Security in transition(s): The low-level security politics of electric vehicle range anxiety (2019) Security Dialogue, 50 (6), pp. 547-563. Cited 1 time. DOI: 10.1177/0967010619871443 Abstract By drawing on critical security studies in the context of a sociotechnical transition, this article calls for more attention to the presence and sometimes alternative use of mostly …
Sarah Pedigo Kulzer & Ryan Phillips, Those Who Must Die: Syrian Refugees in the Age of National Security (2020) Human Rights Review, 21 (2), pp. 139-157. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12142-020-00582-1 Abstract The purpose of this study is to deconstruct the language used in President Trump’s Facebook posts while on the campaign trail, and the subsequent comments which reiterate …
Craig Wight, A. Visitor perceptions of European Holocaust Heritage: A social media analysis (2020) Tourism Management, 81, art. no. 104142. DOI: 10.1016/j.tourman.2020.104142 Abstract This study presents a netnographic discourse analysis of social media content generated around three high profile European Holocaust heritage sites: Ann Frank’s House in Amsterdam, The Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland, …
Bhattacharya, S. Monsters in the dark: the discovery of Thuggee and demographic knowledge in colonial India (2020) Palgrave Communications, 6 (1), art. no. 78. DOI: 10.1057/s41599-020-0458-8 Open access Abstract The thugs have been one of the most lasting images in the portrayal of India in Western imagination. Although several scholars have questioned the authenticity of …
Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Two interesting reviews of my books in Thesis Eleven. Mitchell Dean reviews Foucault’s Last Decade and Ben Golder’s Foucault and the Politics of Rights; and Peter Beilharz reviews Foucault: The Birth of Power. Both reviews require subscription, unfortunately. Dean is generous in his praise, but also points out some things the book does not do. A…
Danisha Jenkins, Dave Holmes, Candace Burton, Stuart J. Murray, ‘This Is Not a Patient, This Is Property of the State’: Nursing, ethics, and the immigrant detention apparatus (2020) Nursing inquiry, p. e12358. https://doi.org/10.1111/nin.12358 Abstract This paper opens with first-hand accounts of critical care medical interventions in which detainees, in the custody of U.S. Immigration and …
Garrett, P.M. Faulty ‘tools’? Why social work scholarship needs to take a more critical approach to Michel Foucault (2020) Journal of Social Work, 20 (4), pp. 483-500. DOI: 10.1177/1468017319830538 Abstract Summary: Having outlined Foucault’s articulation of power and governmentality, the article critically explores attempts to translate the philosopher’s theorisation into social work. Findings: After briefly …
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