Foucault News

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

Gray, E.M., Harris, A., Jones, T. Australian LGBTQ teachers, exclusionary spaces and points of interruption (2016) Sexualities, 19 (3), pp. 286-303. DOI: 10.1177/1363460715583602 Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) teachers are a marginalised group that historically have been absent from research on sexuality and schooling. Rather, much research in the field has focused …

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Aggerholm, K. On practising in sport: towards an ascetological understanding of sport (2016) Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, pp. 1-15. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00948705.2016.1159917 Abstract Within the philosophy of sport, the phenomenon of practising (askēsis) has received very little attention, whereas other related aspects of sport such as excellence (aretē) and competition (agon) …

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Foucault, Political Life and History – Workshop 5 Friday April 22nd 2015 11.00 – 16.00 London School of Economics Room CLM.1.02 , first floor, Clement House, The Aldwych We are very happy to confirm the programme for the next workshop. [10:15 approx] Dr Egle Rindzeviciute (Kingston University) : “System-Cybernetic Governmentality: Depoliticisation of Scientific Governance During …

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Waitt, G., Roggeveen, K., Gordon, R., Butler, K., Cooper, P. Tyrannies of thrift: Governmentality and older, low-income people’s energy efficiency narratives in the Illawarra, Australia (2016) Energy Policy, 90, pp. 37-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.11.033 Abstract Social scientists are arguing that energy policies should pay more attention to everyday life to address energy efficiency. Scholars are now …

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Eduardo Rivera Vicencio, Monetary conformation of the corporate governmentality III Description of the monetary system, Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, 4(2), 2016, 18-41 DOI: 10.15604/ejef.2016.04.02.003 Full PDF available Abstract This paper describes the current monetary system, identifying different components and the relationship between them. It is part of the Foucaultian approach of power relations …

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Eduardo Rivera Vicencio, Monetary conformation of the corporate governmentality I From the new art of governing to the beginning of neoliberal governmentality, Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, 4(2), 2016, 72-90 DOI: 10.15604/ejef.2016.04.02.006 Full PDF available Abstract From the perspective of the Foucaultian approach and using the archaeological and genealogical methodology, this paper describes the …

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Political Science Department and the The France Chicago Center present “Reflections on Foucault’s Lessons on the Will to Know”, with Daniel Defert, Moderated by Bernard E. Harcourt Julius Kreeger Professor and, Chairman of the Political Science Department. Daniel Defert edited the French edition of Foucault’s Leçons sur la volonté de savoir. Cours au Collège de …

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Creagh, S. ‘Language Background Other Than English’: a problem NAPLaN test category for Australian students of refugee background (2016) Race Ethnicity and Education, 19 (2), pp. 252-273. DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2013.843521 Abstract Since 2008 Australia has held the National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy (known as NAPLAN) for all students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. …

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Philippe Sabot, « De Foucault à Macherey, penser les normes », Methodos [En ligne], 16 | 2016 https://doi.org/10.4000/methodos.4652 Texte intégral Penser avec Pierre Macherey – avec Foucault. Tel est l’objet des lignes qui vont suivre. Penser avec, ce n’est pas simplement penser (à) quelque chose, ce qui revient à circonscrire un objet pour en faire …

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Orazio Irrera, « Michel Foucault et les critiques de l’idéologie. Dialogue avec Pierre Macherey », Methodos [En ligne], 16 | 2016; https://doi.org/10.4000/methodos.4667 Texte intégral Orazio Irrera – On a l’habitude un peu hâtive de dire que lorsque Foucault critique l’idéologie, il s’adresse surtout à la conception althussérienne de l’idéologie. Mais en suivant votre argumentation, il …

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