Foucault News

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

Corcoran, M. ‘Leave Something Witchy’: Evolving Representations of Cults and New Religious Movements in Folk Horror (2023) in Robert Edgar, Wayne Johnson (eds) The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror, Routledge, 2023 pp. 65-76. DOI: 10.4324/9781003191292-8 Abstract The Folk Horror sub-genre, as it is popularly understood, emerged alongside heightened public and media fascination with cults. In …

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Reimagining Globalization and Education Edited By Fazal Rizvi, Bob Lingard, Risto Rinne, Routledge, 2022 Description This book brings together leading scholars in Global Studies in Education to reflect on how various developments of historic significance have unsettled the neoliberal imaginary of globalization. The developments include greater recognition of inequalities and the changing nature of work …

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Karastergiou, A. AI and Madness (2023) In David Goodman, Matthew Clemente (eds) The Routledge International Handbook of Psychoanalysis, Subjectivity, and Technology, Routledge, 2023, pp. 281-292. DOI: 10.4324/9781003195849-28 Abstract Are the concepts of “madness” and “normality” applicable to modern AI technologies? In this chapter, we will endeavor on a journey to explore how Foucault’s conception of …

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James, K., Elliott, S. Student-Led Cricket Matches as a Product of Coaching/Mentoring An Autoethnographic Account (2023) Boyhood Studies, 16 (1), pp. 40-64. DOI: 10.3167/bhs.2023.160104 Abstract Using a historical, autoethnographic approach in this article, we discuss six student-led cricket matches that we organized in Perth, Australia, from 1979 to 1981. From a Foucauldian perspective, we present …

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Michel Foucault et la théologie politique. Sous la direction de Agustín Colombo, Laval théologique et philosophique, Volume 79, numéro 3, 2023, p. 327-497, Diffusion numérique : 13 novembre 2023 Dossier Liminaire — Michel Foucault et la théologie politique : un rapport problématique Agustín Colombo et Jean Leclercq Théologie politique et pouvoir pastoral : Foucault contre …

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Agustín Colombo, Christianisme et subjectivité chez Michel Foucault, Hermann, 2023. Quel est le rôle que Michel Foucault attribue au christianisme dans la formation de la subjectivité ? Faut-il conclure que, pour lui, le christianisme constitue exclusivement le noyau formateur des principales dynamiques de pouvoir qui gouvernent et façonnent la subjectivité contemporaine ? Ou peut-on, en …

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Círculo de Estudios Foucaultianos. A new initiative based in Peru. Please contact Leonardo Banos for further details leonardo.banos@unmsm.edu.pe ¡Presentamos el Círculo de Estudios Foucaultianos! Colectivo con la finalidad de estudiar y divulgar la obra de Michel Foucault, contribuyendo en el desarrollo de la comunidad hispanoamericana. Sigannos para mantenerse informados de nuestras actividades. We are glad …

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Tilleczek, William. “On the Ownership of the Means of Training: Domination, Asceticism, and Capacities of Resistance.” Theory & Event 26, no. 4 (2023): 701-726. https://doi.org/10.1353/tae.2023.a909213. Abstract: This article argues that asceticism—understood in the etymological sense of “training”—can productively be incorporated into analyses of politics. It is of particular use in thinking through questions of inequality …

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Dean, J. From solidarity to self-promotion? Neoliberalism and left politics in the age of the social media influencer (2023) Capital and Class DOI: 10.1177/03098168231199907 Abstract The aim of this article is to map the contested intersections of influencer culture and left/progressive politics within the current conjuncture. Furthermore, drawing on a combination of Gramscian and Foucaultian …

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Schultz, Daniel J. Review of The History of Sexuality, Volume 4: Confessions of the Flesh, by Michel Foucault. The Comparatist 47 (2023): 413-424. https://doi.org/10.1353/com.2023.a911953 Extract When Volumes 2 and 3 of Michel Foucault’s The History of Sexuality appeared in 1984, a publisher’s insert announced the imminent arrival of a fourth volume, Confessions of the Flesh. …

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