Foucault and Contemporary Theory in Education Special Interest Group SIG 45 Part of the AARE. The American Educational Research Association (AERA), founded in 1916, is concerned with improving the educational process by encouraging scholarly inquiry related to education and evaluation and by promoting the dissemination and practical application of research results. SIG Purpose The Foucault …
Anders Fogh Jensen, Foucault – Systems of Thought – Systems of Management and Governance (2013) Foucault – Systems of Thought: Systems of Management and Governance. Danish philosopher Anders Fogh Jensen guides us through some of the primary issues in the philosophy of Michel Foucault (1926-84). Anders demonstrates that, to Foucault, the history of the systems …
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Foucault / Wittgenstein. Subjectivité, politique, éthique Sous la direction de Pascale Gillot et Daniele Lorenzini CNRS Editions, 2016 Les œuvres de Foucault et de Wittgenstein, qui relèvent de traditions philosophiques fort éloignées, peuvent toutefois entrer en résonance et se relancer mutuellement : cette mise en perspective permet alors de cerner les points aveugles comme l’insistance …
Despard, E. Diagram of a love for plants gone bad (2016) Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 34 (2), pp. 337-354. DOI: 10.1177/0263775815615124 Abstract This article uses a surprising horticultural event—an unplanned, collective ‘theft’ of plants from the Montreal Botanical Garden in 1981—as impetus to interrogate the contribution of garden plants to public life …
Robert Shaw, Nuit Debout as Heterotopia: Some Early Thoughts, Blog post (2016) Since March 31st, protestors in the Place de La République in Paris have been convening every evening, staying in place the full night as part of the ‘Nuit Debout’ protests. The protests, which began in opposition to the ‘Loi Travail’ labour laws, form …
UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN Escuela de Humanidades Centro de Estudios Filosóficos (CEFILO) Coloquio Internacional Michel Foucault: a cincuenta años de “Las palabras y las cosas” y a cuarenta años de “La voluntad de saber” 26 al 28 de abril de 2016 – Campus Miguelete – Auditorio Tanque Programa de Exposiciones Programa de Exposiciones Martes …
The Art of Thought Press release PDF April 13th – May 6th 2016 Exhibition at The Cob Gallery 205 Royal College Street London NW1 0SG All artworks are available for purchase. The Cob Gallery is delighted to present celebrated Russian artist Sam Kaprielov’s new exhibition ‘The Art of Thought’ on 14th April. The show …
Torrano, A. Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm (2016) Philosophy Today, 60 (1), pp. 153-173. DOI: 10.5840/philtoday2016113102 Abstract This article problematizes the political category of the monster in Hobbes’s thought from a biopolitical perspective. Even though political thought has been tra-ditionally focused on Leviathan’s figure as a political monster, here we pay particular attention to the …
Marianne Fenech and Jennifer Sumsion, Early Childhood Teachers and Regulation: Complicating Power Relations Using a Foucauldian Lens, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, June 2007 vol. 8 no. 2 109-122 doi: 10.2304/ciec.2007.8.2.109 Abstract This article both supports and complicates the positioning of reconceptualists who frame the regulation of early childhood services as repressive. Drawing on Foucault’s …
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