Jentoft, E.E., Sandset, T., Haldar, M. Problematizing loneliness as a public health issue: an analysis of policy in the United Kingdom (2024) Critical Policy Studies, . DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2024.2306240 Abstract This article presents an analysis of discourses in recent UK policy on loneliness reduction. We use Carol Bacchi’s ‘what is the problem represented to be’ approach …
Resistance in Educational Leadership, Management, and Administration Edited By Amanda McKay, Pat Thomson, Jill Blackmore, Routledge, 2024 This edited volume brings together a range of perspectives on Educational Leadership, Management and Administration (ELMA) and various theories of resistance or compliance along with how policy and politics play out in school communities. The book makes a …
Foucault, writing and the contemporary university: a grim celebration Institute of Education, UCL, London 10.00am to 4.00pm Wednesday 19th June 2024 (Coffee, tea and biscuits available from 9.30am) Room: 106 Roberts Building, UCL Main Campus Torrington Place, London, WC1E 7JE Presenters include Patrick Bailey, Alice Bradbury, Bronwen Jones, Sarah Kerr, Adam Lang, Francesca Peruzzo, and …
Karimi, B. Deconstruction of Power, Resistance and Subjectivity; a comparative analysis of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault (2023) Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 17 (44), pp. 677-694. DOI: 10.22034/jpiut.2023.56090.3509 Abstract This article aims to reassess the concepts of power, resistance, and subjectivity by examining the ideas of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault. At first glance, it …
Zaeemdar, S. Postfeminist technologies of authenticity: Examining the construction of authentic feminine selves in the neoliberal workplace (2024) Organization, . DOI: 10.1177/13505084231224363 Abstract This paper examines how the neoliberal injunction to be authentic as addressed to working women operates at the level of the individual. Drawing on Foucault’s framing of self-construction, the paper conceptualizes the …
Simon Lemoine, Responsabiliser pour dominer. Aliénation et émancipation par l’aménagement des lieux de vie, Hermann, 2024 (France) Also published by Presses de l’Université Laval (Canada) Cet ouvrage examine les nombreuses responsabilisations qui s’imposent à nous tout au long de notre vie. Sont-elles toujours légitimes ? L’individu est-il par nature un sujet responsable, ou est-il, au …
Adam Takács, Foucault’s Critical Philosophy of History. Unfolding the Present, Lexington Books, 2023 PDF flyer with discount offer Foucault’s Critical Philosophy of History: Unfolding the Present provides a comprehensive interpretation of Foucault’s work by focusing on its methodological, procedural, and epistemological elements. Adam Takács argues that despite all its thematic and analytical diversity, Foucault’s procedure …
Abuhassan, L.B., Dweiri, M.M. A heterotopic perception of ‘wall’ in psychological thriller films: a place, a labyrinth and a panoptic power (2024) Cogent Arts and Humanities, 11 (1), art. no. 2303180, . DOI: 10.1080/23311983.2024.2303180 Abstract A wall is often viewed simply as a structure that divides and isolates different worlds, spaces, or places. However, an …
Eric Schliesser, Bentham and Foucault on Biopolitics and Political Epistemology, digressionsimpressions’s Substack, Feb 13, 2024 Bonus Post: Foucault, the Benthamite in 1978-1979 […] Today’s post is a long read. The pay-off is that I show that the state’s essential role is the production and diffusion — as a machinery of record — of knowledge for …
There will be transmissions online during both days at the following addresses: 7th May: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmAod0zJYzg 8th May: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5d9tqvIg-Q
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