Foucault News

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

John Roberts, Testing the limits of structuration theory in accounting research (2013) Critical Perspectives on Accounting., Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages 135-141 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2012.12.002 Abstract In 1985 I published a paper in Accounting Organizations and Society with Bob Scapens titled ‘Accounting Systems and Systems of Accountability; understanding accounting practices in their organisational contexts’. The paper suggested …

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Jason Schaub, Roger Dalrymple, Surveillance and silence: New considerations in assessing difficult social work placements (2013) Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning, 11 (3), pp. 79-97. https://doi.org/10.1921/jpts.v11i3.279 Abstract Studies to date have highlighted a number of key factors in the assessment of difficult social work placements including the need for adequate professional formation; communication; the …

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Raúl Sánchez García and Antonio Rivero Herraiz, ‘Governmentality’ in the origins of European female PE and sport: The Spanish case study (1883-1936) Sport, Education and Society, 18 (4), 2013, pp. 494-510. https://doi.org/10.1080/13573322.2011.601735 Abstract The purpose of the paper is twofold: (1) to contribute to the analysis of the origins of modern European female PE and …

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Jérôme Englebert Some evidence for a psychopathological consideration on psychopathy: Part I [Quelques éléments en faveur d’une réflexion psychopathologique sur la psychopathie : Première partie] (2013) Annales Medico-Psychologiques, 171 (3), pp. 141-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amp.2012.05.025 Jérôme Englebert Some evidence for a psychopathological consideration on psychopathy: Part II [Quelques éléments en faveur d’une réflexion psychopathologique sur la psychopathie …

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Johann Michel (2013), Ricœur et ses contemporains, Presses Universitaires de France L’ouvrage se propose de confronter la philosophie de Ricœur avec certains de ses contemporains que l’on regroupent sous la bannière des « post-structuralistes L’ouvrage Si l’on connaît aujourd’hui le dialogue fructueux que Paul Ricœur a noué avec les penseurs structuralistes, on ignore largement son positionnement …

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Séminaire « Actualités Foucault » animé par Frédéric Gros, Daniele Lorenzini, Ariane Revel, Arianna Sforzini Université Paris-Est Créteil, EA 4395 LIS « Lettres, Idées, Savoirs » PDF Présentation du séminaire : L’objectif de ce séminaire est de rassembler régulièrement tous ceux qui travaillent sur ou à partir de la pensée de Michel Foucault, et de …

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Gary S. Becker, François Ewald & Bernard E. Harcourt, Becker and Foucault on Crime and Punishment’: A Conversation with Gary Becker, François Ewald, and Bernard Harcourt: The Second Session (Coase- Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Working Paper No.654, 2013 [Editor: Update 15 March 2026. I have updated the links below to the archived pages …

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