Lloro-Bidart, T., Semenko, K. Toward a feminist ethic of self-care for environmental educators (2017) Journal of Environmental Education, 48 (1), pp. 18-25. DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2016.1249324 Abstract Feminist theory and philosophy have examined how dominant ideologies oppress women, nonhuman animals, and the environment. Feminist scholars also have begun to discuss how neoliberalism problematically re-inscribes women as the …
Hugo Durieux, La CIA et les intellectuels français, Durieux.eu blog, 31 Mars 2017 Après l’avoir purifiée (sanitized), la CIA états-unienne (Central Intelligence Agency) a rendu publique en 2011 une note de recherche intitulée France : Defection of the Leftist Intellectuals (France : la défection des intellectuels de gauche)[i]. Le document original confidentiel date de fin 1985 et fut …
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I’ve largely been able to continue the focus of the last update, with a series of fairly uninterrupted days’ research and writing. Aside from continuing work on Lacan, I’ve also been looking at the people who taught Foucault. Merleau-Ponty is the key figure, as I’ve mentioned before, and I’ve done…
Fully automated episode 2: biopolitical imperialism, with Mark G.E. Kelly Podcast Our guest this week is Mark G. E. Kelly, an Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts at Western Sydney University. He is the author of The Political Philosophy of Michel Foucault (2009), as well as of Biopolitical Imperialism (from Zer0 …
Burkhart Brückner, Lukas Iwer & Samuel Thoma, Die Existenz, Abwesenheit und Macht des Wahnsinns. Eine kritische Übersicht zu Michel Foucaults Arbeiten zur Geschichte und Philosophie der Psychiatrie N.T.M. 25, 69–98 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00048-017-0164-9 Zusammenfassung In diesem Artikel diskutieren wir Michel Foucaults Hauptwerke zum Thema „Wahnsinn und Psychiatrie“ von den Frühschriften bis in die siebziger Jahre. Zum …
Asimaki, A., Koustourakis, G., Vergidis, D. Regulative discourses of primary schooling in Greece: memories of punishment (2016) International Studies in Sociology of Education, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/09620214.2016.1191367 Abstract The mechanisms of discipline and power within the institution of the school constitute, in part, the relationship between society and childhood. This article traces …
Formosinho, M., Jesus, P., Reis, C. Emancipatory and critical language education: a plea for translingual possible selves and worlds (2016) Critical Studies in Education, pp. 1-19. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1237983 Abstract Language is the main resource for meaningful action, including the very formation of selves and psychosocial identities, shaped by practical norms, beliefs, and …
Matan Oram, Modernity and Crisis in the Thought of Michel Foucault, The Totality of Reason, Routledge, 2017 About the Book Few studies of Foucault have examined his thought from a sustained interdisciplinary perspective. Through the interpretative prism of the concept of the‘Totality of Reason’, this book suggests an original analytical reading of Foucault’s thought. This …
Victoria Wasylak, Our Modern Dystopia: Schooltree shake up the rock opera with ‘Heterotopia’, Vanyaland: Music and Beyond, March 29, 2017 Somewhere over time, in between spoken lore and salty Facebook statuses, the rock opera was the en vogue way to recount epic stories. While the trend might have seen its peak of popularity around The …
Sam Leith, In our Google era, indexers are the unsung heroes of the publishing world, The Guardian, Thursday 30 March 2017 […] Today, the Society of Indexers – the industry body for those professionals (for which, full disclosure, I have the honour to be honorary president) – turns 60 years old. It celebrates its “anniversary, …
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