Paul Hanna Foucauldian Discourse Analysis in Psychology: Reflecting on a Hybrid Reading of Foucault When Researching “Ethical Subjects” (2014) Qualitative Research in Psychology, 11 (2), pp. 142-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14780887.2013.853853 Abstract This article attempts to address a novel dilemma the author recently faced when undertaking qualitative psychological research into sustainable tourism. The article embraces notions of reflexivity …
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My substantial (c. 8,000 words) essay on Foucault’s La société punitive is forthcoming in Historical Materialism. Thanks to Sebastian Budgen for his invitation to write this, and Alberto Toscano for taking it through two rounds of review. My shorter review of this important lecture course appeared in Berfrois earlier this year. You can…
Ian Hunter, History of Theory workshop When: October 8th, 12pm-5.30pm Where: C2.05, Burwood campus, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia 12pm. Prof. Ian Hunter (UQ): History of Theory: a précis 1pm. Dr Matthew Sharpe (Deakin): Idols of the Den in the Personae of the Theorist 2pm. A/Prof. Adrian Jones (LTU): “Theory” as coming out of Being or …
CALL FOR PAPERS The fifteenth annual meeting of the Foucault Circle University of Richmond Richmond, Virginia March 20-22, 2015 We seek submissions for papers on any aspect of Foucault’s work, as well as studies, critiques, and applications of Foucauldian thinking. Paper submissions require an abstract of no more than 750 words. All submissions should be …
Vanessa Lemm, and Miguel Vatter (eds.) The Government of Life: Foucault, Biopolitics, and Neoliberalism, Fordham University Press, July 2014 ISBN: 9780823255979 Further info See below description for details of book launch at University of NSW Description Foucault’s late work on biopolitics and governmentality has established him as the fundamental thinker of contemporary continental political thought …
Editorial Assistant wanted, Parrhesia The Editorial Board of Parrhesia: A Journal of Critical Philosophy is looking for an Editorial Assistant. This is a voluntary unpaid position. Since 2005, Parrhesia has provided an open-access venue for cutting-edge work in critical philosophy, and the appointment of an Editorial Assistant will allow us to make its publication a more …
Coll, S. Power, knowledge, and the subjects of privacy: understanding privacy as the ally of surveillance (2014) Information Communication and Society. Article in Press. Abstract The aim of this article is to argue that privacy, rather than serving only as a countermeasure against surveillance, can also be seen as its ‘partner-in-crime’. Normative statements made by …
Bye, J. Foucault and the use of critique: breaching the self-evidence of educational practices (2014) International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Article in Press. Abstract This paper poses methodological questions about the role and limits of Foucault’s concept of governmentality in education research. Firstly, it argues for the utility of governmentality as a means …
Try this quick quiz – who said what? -, Lacan, Derrida or Foucault? on the French Embassy’s site in the USA.
Miguel Vatter, The Republic of the Living: Biopolitics and the Critique of Civil Society, Fordham University Press,June 2014 ISBN: 9780823256020 Further info Details of workshop on book below description. This book takes up Foucault’s hypothesis that liberal “civil society,” far from being a sphere of natural freedoms, designates the social spaces where our biological lives …
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