Foucault News

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

Emanuel, T. “It Is ‘About’ Nothing But Itself”: Tolkienian Theology Beyond the Domination of the Author (2023) Mythlore, 42 (1), pp. 29-53. Abstract There is a broad stream of Christian interpretation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fiction, especially The Lord of the Rings, which views it as the intentionally, essentially Christian work of an intentionally, essentially Christian …

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Kjærgaard, A., Bergmann, R., Blasco, M., Padan, T., Elliott, C., Callahan, J., Robinson, S., Wall, T. Subtle activism: Heterotopic principles for unsettling contemporary academia from within (2023) Organization DOI: 10.1177/13505084231167702 Abstract Research on academic activism tends to foreground vociferous and explicit forms of activism that pursue predefined political agendas. Against this backdrop, this article proposes …

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Chassagnol, A., Marie, C. Le musée du futur: imaginaire du musée dans la littérature contemporaine imagée, (2023) Culture et Musees, (41), pp. 119-149. DOI: 10.4000/culturemusees.9947 Abstract This article elaborates a poetic (in the ancient Greek sense of poesis) description of the future museum on the basis of the portrayal and fictionalization of museums in contemporary …

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Niesche, Richard. “Educational Leadership as a (Consumer) Culture Industry.” In Educational Leadership and Critical Theory: What Can School Leaders Learn from the Critical Theorists, edited by Charles L. Lowery , Chetanath Gautam , Robert White and Michael E. Hess , 57–74. Educational Leadership: Innovative, Critical and Interdisciplinary Perspectives. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024. pp. 57-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350353459.ch-003

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In Memoriam: Marcelo Otero (1960-2024) Professor, Department of sociology at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), member of the Centre de recherche de Montréal sur les inégalités sociales, les discriminations et les pratiques alternatives de citoyenneté (CRÉMIS), and author of Foucault sociologue. Critique de la raison impure (PUQ, 2021) Specialist in Foucault, whose destabilizing …

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Call for Papers for Special Issue “Colors in Econarratives about the Human and More-than-Human World“, Storyworlds: A Journal of Narrative Studies Guest Editors: Professor Peggy Karpouzou and Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki Colors are not only visual stimuli, but also social constructs that play a pivotal role in our perception, psychology, behavior and communication. Colors also evoke …

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CFP: Special Issue: Ecologies of Life and Death in the Anthropocene, Lagoonscapes The Venice Journal of Environmental Humanities Guest editors: Professor Peggy Karpouzou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece & Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Both life and death are natural states of humans and non-humans, coexisting and at …

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In Memoriam: Marnia Lazreg, CUNY Graduate Centre, February 23, 2024 See also Marnia Lazreg, Pathbreaking Hunter Sociology Professor, 83, Hunter CUNY, February 26, 2024 Marnia Lazreg, an emerita professor of sociology at Hunter College who was affiliated with the Graduate Center, died on January 13. She was 83 and was being treated for cancer at …

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