Foucault News

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

Kurt Borg, (2026). Foucault and Business Ethics. In: Luetge, C., Thejls Ziegler, M. (eds) Handbook of the Philosophical Foundations of Business Ethics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6176-6_118-1 Abstract This chapter presents an overview of a range of analyses within business ethics which have been informed by the work of Michel Foucault. It considers work in business ethics …

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Paul Flaig, ‘From the Tramp to Trump: On Sovereignty and Screen Comedy’, in William V. Costanzo, and Peter C. Kunze (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Screen Comedy, Oxford Handbooks (2025; online edn, Oxford Academic, 21 Aug. 2025) https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197675502.013.0026 Abstract In recent years, critics and scholars have anxiously observed that the subversive force of satire, jokes, …

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Denise Mifsud, Richard Niesche (2025). Exploring the Lived Experiences of Two Scholars Researching Social (In)Justice in Educational Leadership Across Maltese and Australian Contexts. In: Bogotch, I., Shields, C.M. (eds) Second International Handbook of Educational Leadership and Social (In)Justice. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-56275-4_121-1 Abstract This chapter highlights aspects of researching educational leadership …

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Call for Abstracts: Intellect Handbook of Cinema and the Anthropocene H-Announce link We are pleased to announce a forthcoming edited volume, Intellect Handbook of Cinema and the Anthropocene. The volume will bring together original scholarship that examines the relationship between cinema and the Anthropocene from a variety of perspectives. It is intended as a resource …

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Xinling Li, The Manufacturing of ‘Correct Collective Memory’ in Chinese Media and the Resistance of Chinese Netizens, In Rawnsley, M.-Y.T., Ma, Y., & Rawnsley, G.D. (Eds.). (2025). Routledge Handbook of Chinese Media (2nd ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003362500 Abstract This chapter examines the concept of ‘correct collective memory’, articulated by China’s foreign affairs spokeswoman Hua Chunying during …

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Eberl, J.T., Bishop, J.P. Battlestar Galactica as Philosophy: Breaking the Biopolitical Cycle (2024) The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy Editors: David Kyle Johnson (Editor-in-Chief), Dean A. Kowalski, Chris Lay, Kimberly S. Engels, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 93-112. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24685-2_4 Abstract The reimagined Battlestar Galactica series (2003–2009) and its prequel series Caprica (2009–2010) provoked viewers …

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Brake, M. The Joker as Philosopher: Killing Jokes (2024) The Palgrave Handbook of Popular Culture as Philosophy Editors: David Kyle Johnson (Editor-in-Chief), Dean A. Kowalski, Chris Lay, Kimberly S. Engels, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 1987-2001. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-24685-2_92 Abstract Alan Moore and Brian Bolland’s Batman: The Killing Joke is one of the most popular Batman comic stories, …

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Grenier, J.-Y. Michel Foucault and Money (2024) In The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy and Money: Volume 2: Modern Thought, Ed. Joseph J. Tinguely, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 701-720. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-54140-7_35 Abstract Michel Foucault broached the question of political economy on many occasions without ever offering a comprehensive study of it in its own right. Money in …

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Geller, P.L. In Small Plastic Things Forgotten: The Contradictions and Consequences of Biopower (2025) In The Routledge Handbook of Archaeology and Plastics Edited By Genevieve Godin, Þóra Pétursdóttir, Estelle Praet, John Schofield, Routledge, pp. 152-166. DOI: 10.4324/9781003272311-10 Abstract This chapter explores the contradictions raised by and consequences of small plastic things forgotten that were born …

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Butchart, G.C. Poststructuralism: A Philosophy of Difference, (2025) In The Handbook of Communication Ethics. Edited By Amit Pinchevski, Patrice M. Buzzanell, Jason Hannan, Second Edition, Routledge, pp. 93-107. DOI: 10.4324/9781003274506-9 Abstract This chapter offers an overview of poststructuralism as relevant to media and communication ethics. Research informed by poststructuralist thinking typically emphasizes alterity over identity, …

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