Leonard D’Cruz, Foucault’s naturalism: The importance of scientific epistemology for the genealogical method, Philosophy & Social Criticism, March 16, 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537241235571 Abstract: This article offers a novel reconstruction of Foucault’s methodology that emphasises his respect for the natural sciences. Foucault’s work has long been suspected of reducing knowledge to power, and thus collapsing into …
Gordon Hull, LLM, Inc. New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science blog, 27 February 2024 In previous posts (one, two, three), I’ve been exploring the issue of what I’m calling the implicit normativity in language models, especially those that have been trained with RLHF (reinforcement learning with human feedback). In the most recent one, I argued …
Baxter, K.I. Cecily Shoots a Rhinoceros: Big Game Hunting in British Somaliland and the 1900 Convention for the Preservation of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish in Africa (2023) Law and Literature DOI: 10.1080/1535685X.2023.2289771 Abstract In 1900, seven European nations gathered in London to agree the Convention for the Preservation of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish …
Bright, D., McKay, A., Firth, K. How to be reflexive: Foucault, ethics and writing qualitative research as a technology of the self (2023) International Journal of Research and Method in Education DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2023.2290185 Abstract This paper explores reflexivity in qualitative research, challenging conventional perspectives that revolve around the binary of ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ positioning. While …
Gjerde, Lars Erik Løvaas. “Marrying the Sources and Mechanisms of Power? Understanding the Quarantine Hotel through Michel Foucault and Michael Mann.” Journal of Political Power, (2024), 1–20. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/2158379X.2024.2337617 ABSTRACT Using the Norwegian quarantine hotel as a case, I analyse the narratives of 46 ‘guests’, so to explore this biopolitical device, which for biopolitical objectives enables …
Joinau, B. Cultural Governance and New Forms of Governmentality Focus on the South Korean Case (2023) Journal of Arts Management Law and Society DOI: 10.1080/10632921.2023.2280646 Abstract The paper discusses the reasons behind the dominance of governance in contemporary societies. The techniques of government cannot be understood apart from a critical genealogy of governmentality. This article …
Yuetong, Z., Jianxing, B. The Transgressive Individual in Foucault’s Rights-Punishment Theory – A Record of Self-Resistant Subjectivity in China (2023) Deviant Behavior DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2023.2291048 Abstract Foucault’s philosophical theories and sociological boundaries are not mutually exclusive, and his idea of “micro-power” breaks through the traditional sociological perspective of power studies to reveal a set of hidden …
Lovell, J. The Panaural People’s Republic: Loudness, Loss of Self, and Sonic Social Control in Mao’s China (2023) Annali di Ca Foscari Serie Orientale, 59, pp. 43-70. DOI: 10.30687/ANNOR/2385-3042/2023/02/002 Abstract Perspectives on the establishment of social control have long been shaped by theories concerning visibility and observation, such as Foucault’s concept of the Panopticon. In …
Federico Soldani, Due commenti sulla ‘psicolingua’ Psypolitics, 8 marzo 2024 “Qui si tocca un discorso sulla cosiddetta “psichiatrizzazione del linguaggio politico”, aperto da Federico Soldani, che merita ben altri approfondimenti”. Dalla prima nota al primo capitolo del libro del giurista Ugo Mattei “Il diritto di essere contro. Dissenso e resistenza nella società del controllo” (Arnoldo …
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