Bendix Petersen, Eva, Millei, Zsuzsa (Eds.), Interrupting the Psy-Disciplines in Education, Palgrave Macmillan, 2016 This book offers critical explorations of how the psy-disciplines, Michel Foucault’s collective term for psychiatry, psychology and psycho-analysis, play out in contemporary educational spaces. With a strong focus on Foucault’s theories, it critically investigates how the psy-disciplines continue to influence education, …
Guy Roberts-Holmes, Alice Bradbury, Governance, accountability and the datafication of early years education in England (2016) British Educational Research Journal, 42 (4), pp. 600-613. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3221 Abstract In this paper we attempt to critically ‘make visible the flow and circulation of data’ through analysing the datafication of the early years education sector in England (children aged …
Michel Foucault: Die Spur der Macht in uns allen Von Christoph David Piorkowski, LANGE NACHT | Beitrag vom 08.10.2016, DEUTSCHLANDRADIO KULTUR [Editor: With thanks to Stefanie Petschick for this news. Unfortunately I can’t see a podcast link to this 3 hour broadcast.] Als Michel Foucault 1984 im Alter von 57 Jahren stirbt, ist er längst …
Bal Sokhi-Bulley, Governing (Through) Rights, Hart Publishing, 2016 About Governing (Through) Rights Taking a critical attitude of dissatisfaction towards rights, the central premise of this book is that rights are technologies of governmentality. They are a regulating discourse that is itself managed through governing tactics and techniques – hence governing (through) rights. Part I examines …
Murphy, Brendon (2015), Zone of Impeachment: A Post-Foucauldian Analysis of Controlled Operations Law and Policy, PhD University of Newcastle. Faculty of Business & Law, Newcastle Law School Full PDF Description This thesis presents a Post-Foucauldian analysis of Australian controlled operations law. The purpose was to extend current doctrinal scholarship by exploring the discursive forces that …
Feely, M. Sexual surveillance and control in a community-based intellectual disability service (2016) Sexualities, 19 (5-6), pp. 725-750. DOI: 10.1177/1363460715620575 Abstract Within contemporary policy documents regarding intellectual disability and sexuality we often find a progress narrative that contrasts a dark past, when the sexuality of disabled people was suppressed, with an enlightened present, when we …
Noguera-Ramírez, C.E. The pedagogical effect: On Foucault and Sloterdijk (2016) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-14. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204738 Abstract Although Foucault did not produce any particular work devoted to teaching or education, following authors like Hoskin this text aims to show the importance that teaching practices and discourses have in Foucault’s analysis, …
Dolly Jørgensen, Rethinking rewilding (2015) Geoforum, 65, pp. 482-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.11.016 Abstract The term ‘rewilding’ sounds as if it should have a straightforward meaning ‘to make wild again’. But in truth the term has a complex history and a host of meanings have been ascribed to it. Rewilding as a specific scientific term has its beginnings …
Beer, D. The social power of algorithms (2016) Information Communication and Society, pp. 1-13. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1216147 Abstract This article explores the questions associated with what might be thought of as the social power of algorithms. The article, which introduces a special issue on the same topic, begins by reflecting on how we …
Daniele Lorenzini, Pierre Hadot (1922/2010) et Michel Foucault (1926/1984) – La culture de soiLa philosophie, un art de vivre, Les Grands Dossiers des Sciences Humaines, 2016/6 (N° 43) Premières lignes Qu’est-ce que la philosophie ? En posant cette question, dans un article intitulé « La philosophie est-elle un luxe ? », Pierre Hadot remarque que …
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