Foucault News

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

Bay, U. (2011). “Unpacking neo-liberal technologies of government in Australian higher education social work departments”. Journal of social work, 11 (2), p. 222. https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017310386696 Abstract The Summary: This article analyses how neo-liberal and managerialist policies, over the last two decades in Australia, have positioned university staff as self-managing individuals. Social work academics are positioned as …

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Vansieleghem, Nancy (2011). Philosophy with Children as an Exercise in Parrhesia: An Account of a Philosophical Experiment with Children in Cambodia. Journal of philosophy of education, 45 (2), p. 321-37. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9752.2011.00803.x Abstract The last few decades have seen a steady growth of interest in doing philosophy with children and young people in educational settings. …

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Farquhar, Sandy and Fitzsimons, Peter (2011). “Lost in Translation: The power of language”. Educational philosophy and theory, 43 (6), p. 652-662. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-5812.2009.00608.x Abstract The paper examines some philosophical aspects of translation as a metaphor for education-a metaphor that avoids the closure of final definitions, in favour of an ongoing and tentative process of interpretation …

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Beyes, T., & Michels, C. (2011). The production of educational space: Heterotopia and the business university. Management Learning, 42(5), 521-536. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507611400001 Abstract: This article responds to recent calls for rethinking management education and fostering a spatial understanding of educational practices. We propose to introduce Foucault’s notion of heterotopic space and the spatial thought of Lefebvre …

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Linda Graham, (2011), The Product of Text and ‘Other’ Statements: Discourse analysis and the critical use of Foucault. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43: 663-674. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00698.x Abstract Much has been written on Michel Foucault’s reluctance to clearly delineate a research method, particularly with respect to genealogy (Harwood, 2000; Meadmore, Hatcher & McWilliam, 2000; Tamboukou, 1999). Foucault …

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Santos, Filipe D. (2011). “Foucault and Lifelong Learning, Governing the Subject – Edited by A. Fejes & K. Nicoll Book Reviews”. Educational philosophy and theory, 43 (8), pp. 898-900. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00699.x Review of A. Fejes & K. Nicoll (eds) Foucault and Lifelong Learning, Governing the Subject, Routledge, 2008. Extract This book is the first dedicated solely …

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Taylor, Chloe, Disciplinary Relations/Sexual Relations: Feminist and Foucauldian Reflections on Professor–Student Sex. Hypatia, 26: 187–206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2010.01143.x Abstract Drawing on Michel Foucault’s writings as well as the writings of feminist scholars bell hooks and Jane Gallop, this paper examines faculty–student sexual relations and the discourses and policies that surround them. It argues that the dominant discourses …

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Ian LEASK (2011), Beyond Subjection: Notes on the later Foucault and education. Educational Philosophy and Theory. August. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2011.00774.x Abstract This article argues against the doxa that Foucault’s analysis of education inevitably undermines self-originating ethical intention on the part of teachers or students. By attending to Foucault’s lesser known, later work—in particular, the notion of ‘biopower’ …

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Ronald E. Butchart, What’s Foucault Got to Do with It? History, Theory, and Becoming Subjected, History of Education Quarterly, Issue 2, Volume 51, May 2011, pages 239–246. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5959.2011.00333.x Extract The three essays before us constitute an indictment of the field of the history of education for its neglect of theory. Read linearly, from the Introduction …

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Juritzen TI, Grimen H, Heggen K., ‘Protecting vulnerable research participants: A Foucault-inspired analysis of ethics committees’. Nursing Ethics. Jun 6 2011 https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330114038 Abstract History has demonstrated the necessity of protecting research participants. Research ethics are based on a concept of asymmetry of power, viewing the researcher as powerful and potentially dangerous and establishing ethics committees …

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