Foucault News

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

Stephen J. Ball Subjectivity as a site of struggle: refusing neoliberalism? (2015) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 18 p. Article in Press. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2015.1044072 Abstract This paper extends the author’s previous enquiries and discussions of governmentality and neoliberal policy technologies in a number of ways. The paper explores the specificity and generality of performativity as …

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Michel Foucault : héritages et perspectives en éducation et formation. Le Télémaque, 2015/1 (n° 47) Sommaire Brigitte Frelat-Kahn, Dominique Ottavi, Alain Vergnioux Page 7 à 8 Ouverture Chronique morale Alain Vergnioux Page 9 à 15 La philosophie de François Châtelet Notion Valentina Crispi Page 17 à 30 L’interculturalité Dossier – Michel Foucault : héritages et …

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Denison, J., Mills, J.P., Konoval, T. Sports’ disciplinary legacy and the challenge of ‘coaching differently’ (2015) Sport, Education and Society, 12 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2015.1061986 Abstract Be empowering. Be athlete-centered. Be autonomy supportive. These are three related topics currently being promoted by sport psychologists and sport pedagogists in an effort to recognize athletes’ …

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Burman, E. Knowing Foucault, knowing you: ‘raced’/classed and gendered subjectivities in the pedagogical state (2015) Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 25 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2015.1057215 Abstract This article evaluates the continuing contemporary relevance of Foucauldian analyses for critical educational and social research practice. Framed around examples drawn from everyday cultural and educational practices, I …

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Angus, Gail and Winslade, John M. (2015) “How Foucault’s Panopticon Governs Special Education In California,” Wisdom in Education: Vol. 5: Iss. 1, Article 2. Abstract Special education laws in California function to create compliance by creating an environment of constant surveillance and monitoring from a range of perspectives. Even those who do the monitoring are …

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Greig, C.J., Holloway, S.M. A Foucauldian analysis of literary text selection practices and educational policies in Ontario, Canada (2015) Discourse, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2015.1043239 Abstract Like schools, curricula are socially constructed and constituted within broader social, political, and historical relations of power, powerfully shaping students’ beliefs and attitudes about themselves and their …

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Michalinos Zembylas, ‘Pedagogy of discomfort’ and its ethical implications: the tensions of ethical violence in social justice education (2015) Ethics and Education, 10(2), 163–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449642.2015.1039274 Abstract This essay considers the ethical implications of engaging in a pedagogy of discomfort, using as a point of departure Butler’s reflections on ethical violence and norms. The author shows …

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Hope, A. Biopower and school surveillance technologies 2.0 (2015) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 20 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2014.1001060 Abstract In recent years the proliferation, speed and reach of school-based surveillance devices has undergone what could be labelled as a revolution. Drawing upon Foucault’s concept of biopower to explore the disciplining of …

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Manan, S.A., David, M.K., Dumanig, F.P. Language management: a snapshot of governmentality within the private schools in Quetta, Pakistan (2014) Language Policy, 24 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10993-014-9343-x Abstract Pakistan is a multilingual and multiethnic country; however, this diversity stands unrecognized in the formal language-in-education policies. Estimates suggest that about 90 % of children …

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Gourlay, L. Open education as a ‘heterotopia of desire’ (2015) Learning, Media and Technology, 18 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2015.1029941 Abstract The movement towards ‘openness’ in education has tended to position itself as inherently democratising, radical, egalitarian and critical of powerful gatekeepers to learning. While ‘openness’ is often positioned as a critique, I will …

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