Foucault News

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

For full details and the conference poster please visit the Conference website Colloque international MICHEL FOUCAULT DU GOUVERNEMENT DES VIVANTS AU COURAGE DE LA VÉRITÉ Université Paris-Est Créteil/Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne    21-22 juin 2012  —— ED « Cultures et sociétés »/EA 4395 « Lettres, Idées, Savoirs » (UPEC) EA 3562 « Philosophies contemporaines »/<EXeCO (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) Revue …

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Ojakangas, M. (2012). “Michel Foucault and the enigmatic origins of bio-politics and governmentality”. History of the human sciences , 25 (1), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695111426654 Abstract Even a superficial look at the classical ideas and practices of government of populations makes it immediately apparent that there is a peculiarity in Foucault’s genealogy of western bio-politics and …

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Ferlie, Ewan; Mcgivern Gerry; FitzGerald Louise (2012). “A new mode of organizing in health care? Governmentality and managed networks in cancer services in England”. Social science & medicine (1982) , 74 (3), p. 340-7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.021 Abstract We explore the argument that a new mode of health care organizing is emerging which moves beyond the established …

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Niesche, Richard, Haase Malcom (2012). “Emotions and Ethics: A Foucauldian framework for becoming an ethical educator”. Educational philosophy and theory , 44 (3), p. 276-88. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00655.x Abstract This paper provides examples of how a teacher and a principal construct their ethical selves. In doing so we demonstrate how Foucault’s four-part ethical framework can be …

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Drazenovich, George (2012). “A Foucauldian Analysis of Homosexuality”. Educational philosophy and theory, 44 (3), pp. 259-75. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00653.x Abstract The present research paper approaches homosexuality from a Foucauldian perspective. Foucault’s place and standing in a postmodern historical and cultural context will be explained. The paper outlines how homosexuality has been historically constructed and socially constituted. How …

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