Foucault News

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

Servalli, S., Gitto, A., Gandelli, F. Florence flood and the rescue of the Florence state archives: The role of accounting and accountability (2023) Accounting History DOI: 10.1177/10323732231175711 Abstract This archival research aims to explore the role of accounting for natural disasters. It is focused on the 1966 Florence flood. Considering the role of Florence in …

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Editor: These passages are from Foucault’s original manuscript for “What is critique?” but weren’t included in his presentation to the Société française de Philosophie – the version that was published in 1978 in French and later in two separate English translations in 1996 and 1997. These passages appear in the new edition and translation of …

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Lorenzini, D., Tiisala, T. The architectonic of Foucault’s critique (2023) European Journal of Philosophy DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12877 Abstract This paper presents a new interpretation of Michel Foucault’s critical project. It is well known that Foucault’s genealogical critique does not focus on issues of justification, but instead tackles “aspectival captivity,” that is, apparently inevitable limits of thought …

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Yang, X., Hu, N. #girls help girls#: feminist discussions and affective heterotopia in patriarchal China (2023) Feminist Media Studies DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2023.2229967 Abstract In June 2021, a girl named Du Meizhu revealed on Weibo (Chinese Twitter) of having been emotionally and sexually abused by the top-tier idol Kris Wu. The incident gained publicity over the month …

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Daniel Chao y Marilina Del Valle (compiladores), El gobierno como problema (II), TeseoPress, 2023 Intersecciones entre gubernamentalidad, pensamiento y problematización Open access Sinopsis Resultado de la labor conjunta, que lleva casi una década, en torno a la obra de Michel Foucault y sus derivas, este libro reúne las propuestas de los miembros del Grupo de …

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Hilt, R. Gifted and On the Move: The Impact of Losing the Gifted Label for Military Connected Students (2023) Journal for the Education of the Gifted DOI: 10.1177/01623532231180882 Abstract Society is becoming increasingly mobile, which impacts all facets of the educational experience, including gifted education. Military students attend several different schools in their educational careers, …

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Kutay, A. From Social Sphere to Intermediary Association: A Critical Analysis of Civil Society’s Neoliberal Transformation (2023) Critical Sociology DOI: 10.1177/08969205231180263 Abstract In this paper, I examine the neoliberal transformation of civil society through Mitchel Foucault’s insights concerning knowledge, power, and governmentality. The objective of this paper is to trace the evolving understandings of civil …

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Nyman, S., Bødker, M., Blegind Jensen, T. Reforming work patterns or negotiating workloads? Exploring alternative pathways for digital productivity assistants through a problematization lens (2023) Journal of Information Technology, DOI: 10.1177/02683962231181602 Abstract Digital trace data can be used to capture organizational practices in granular detail and enable the automation of a wide range of managerial …

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