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

Michael-Luna, S.C., Castner, D.J. Rising Authoritarian Practice in Early Childhood Curriculum: A Case Study (2024) Cultural Studies – Critical Methodologies, . DOI: 10.1177/15327086241271898 Abstract Amid the ideological shift from democratic neoliberalism to authoritarian neoliberalism, spearheaded by right-wing Christian nationalists, early childhood educational policy has become a weapon in the “culture war” in many parts of …

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Dean, Mitchell. 2024. “The Concept of Authoritarian Governmentality Today.” Global Society, June, 1–20.. DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2024.2362739 Open access Abstract The paper examines “authoritarian governmentality”. It argues that there are salient differences between the contemporary intellectual and political context and those of the 1990s when it was first developed. Chief among these is the confidence by which …

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Joranger, L. The Evolution and Integration of Life and Theory in Foucault’s Work on Power (2024) Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science DOI: 10.1007/s12124-024-09862-8 Abstract The article is a response to Kaldybekov and his colleague’s, 2024 paper about Foucault’s theory on power. I argue that it is difficult to understand Foucault’s theory of power without looking …

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Taheri, H. Censoring Iranian cinema: normalization of the “modest” woman (2024) Feminist Media Studies DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2024.2328089 Abstract This research examines the structure of Iranian film that has normalized the image of the “modest” Iranian woman, which has little to no relation to the reality of Iranian women. This power structure includes not only the modesty …

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Pavlich, G. Plaguing Segregations: Paradigms of Rule at The Cape of Good Hope (2024) Canadian Journal of Law and Society DOI: 10.1017/cls.2023.25 Abstract Power, while fundamental to sociality, might be exercised with haphazard ferocity or more judiciously in legally constrained ways. Such constraint requires us first to understand how ruling paradigms work, and the effects …

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Journée d’études « Lire Michel Foucault avec le CERFI » le mercredi 6 novembre 2024 à l’Université Paris 8 (Salle de la Recherche de la Bibliothèque Universitaire). PDF flyer Cet événement est organisé par Alessandro FALCONIERI (Université Paris 8 – GRAF) et Gabriel POCHAPSKI (Université d’État de Campinas – GRAF) en collaboration avec le Département …

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Chiang, T.-H., Achaa, L.O., Ball, S.J. Activating self-monitoring through the discourse of fear and hope: The subjectivation of enterprising teachers (2024) International Journal of Educational Research, 125, art. no. 102324 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2024.102324 Abstract Drawing upon Foucault’s governmentality, this study sets out to explore how enterprising subjects constituted through self-monitoring are fashioned in the epoch of …

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FOUCAULT STUDIES SPECIAL ISSUE: CALL FOR PAPERS Critique beyond criticism: Crisis and potentials of critique in critical times PDF of call for papers Special issue editors Sverre Raffnsøe, Copenhagen Business School Daniele Lorenzini, University of Pennsylvania Dorthe Staunæs, University of Aarhus Martina Tazzioli, University of Bologna Submission deadlines: Abstract: January 1st, 2025 Article: July 1st, …

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Arthur Bradley, Staging Sovereignty. Theory, Theater, Thaumaturgy, Columbia University Press, 2024 To become sovereign, one must be seen as sovereign. In other words, a sovereign must appear—philosophically, politically, and aesthetically—on the stage of power, both to themselves and to others, in order to assume authority. In this sense, sovereignty is a theatrical phenomenon from the …

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