Engaging Foucault Conference December 5-7, 2014 Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory, Belgrade June 25, 2014 marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of Michel Foucault. During his lifetime, Foucault was, in his own words, described as an anarchist and a leftist; a covert Marxist or an explicit or covert anti-Marxist; a nihilist, a technocrat …
Andreas Fejes and Katherine Nicoll (editors) Foucault and a Politics of Confession in Education, Routledge, forthcoming 2015 Publisher’s page PDF flyer Description In liberal, democratic and capitalist societies today, we are increasingly invited to disclose our innermost thoughts to others. We are asked to turn our gaze inwards, scrutinizing ourselves, our behaviours and beliefs, while …
Mills, C. Reproductive autonomy as self-making: Procreative liberty and the practice of ethical subjectivity (2013) Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom), 38 (6), pp. 639-656. Abstract In this article, I consider recent debates on the notion of procreative liberty, to argue that reproductive freedom can be understood as a form of positive freedom-that is, …
Larsson, H., Quennerstedt, M., Öhman, M. Heterotopias in physical education: towards a queer pedagogy? (2014) Gender and Education, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract This article sets out to outline how prevailing gender structures can be challenged in physical education (PE) by exploring queer potentials in an event that took place during a dancing lesson in …
Bruce P Braun, A new urban dispositif? governing life in an age of climate change (2014) Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 32 (1), pp. 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1068/d4313 Abstract In an interview in 1977 Michel Foucault proposed the term dispositif for a heterogeneous set of discourses, practices, architectural forms, regulations, laws, and knowledges connected together …
McKay, J. Young people’s voices: disciplining young people’s participation in decision-making in special educational needs (2014) Journal of Education Policy, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract In recent years, education and family policy in the UK has sought to incorporate the views of children and young people through an active participation agenda, in the fulfilment of …
Muers, R. The ethics of stats: Some contemporary questions about telling the truth (2014) Journal of Religious Ethics, 42 (1), pp. 1-21. Abstract This essay argues for the importance and interest, within and beyond theological ethics, of the ethical questions faced by professionals who are called on to be producers of statistics (herein “stats”) for …
Cobb, S., Farrants, J. Male prisoners’ constructions of help-seeking (2014) Journal of Forensic Practice, 16 (1), pp. 46-57. Abstract Purpose: Help-seeking behaviours are fundamental to mental health and well-being. This study is concerned with how male prisoners talk about help-seeking in order that treatment programmes can be developed that better address their needs. The purpose …
Seth Brown, Moving elite athletes forward: examining the status of secondary school elite athlete programmes and available post-school options (2014) Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy, 20(4), 442–458. https://doi.org/10.1080/17408989.2014.882890 Abstract Purpose: The purpose of this study focused specifically on examining the status of and the promotion of two elite athlete programmes (EAPs), the students/elite athlete selection …
Erdem, E. Reading Foucault with Gibson-Graham: The Political Economy of “Other Spaces” in Berlin (2014) Rethinking Marxism, 26 (1), pp. 61-75. Abstract In recent years, Berlin has been widely acclaimed for the creative enactment of alternative urban imaginaries. This article explores how such spaces of urban alterity can be theorized from a political economy perspective. …
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