Foucault News

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

Karimi, B. Deconstruction of Power, Resistance and Subjectivity; a comparative analysis of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault (2023) Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 17 (44), pp. 677-694. DOI: 10.22034/jpiut.2023.56090.3509 Abstract This article aims to reassess the concepts of power, resistance, and subjectivity by examining the ideas of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault. At first glance, it …

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Zaeemdar, S. Postfeminist technologies of authenticity: Examining the construction of authentic feminine selves in the neoliberal workplace (2024) Organization, . DOI: 10.1177/13505084231224363 Abstract This paper examines how the neoliberal injunction to be authentic as addressed to working women operates at the level of the individual. Drawing on Foucault’s framing of self-construction, the paper conceptualizes the …

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Abuhassan, L.B., Dweiri, M.M. A heterotopic perception of ‘wall’ in psychological thriller films: a place, a labyrinth and a panoptic power (2024) Cogent Arts and Humanities, 11 (1), art. no. 2303180, . DOI: 10.1080/23311983.2024.2303180 Abstract A wall is often viewed simply as a structure that divides and isolates different worlds, spaces, or places. However, an …

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Nikidehaghani, M. Accounting and neoliberal responsibilisation: a case study on the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (2023) Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, . DOI: 10.1108/AAAJ-01-2023-6250 Abstract Purpose: This paper aims to explore how accounting is fostering neoliberal citizenship through the participants of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). More specifically, this paper aims to understand …

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Rossi, A. Techniques of Finitude: On the Pastoral Matrix of Economic Care (2023) Theory, Culture and Society DOI: 10.1177/02632764231203567 Abstract Building and expanding on Foucault’s work, this essay interprets pastoral power as a turning point within the long-term history of the care of the self. Through an analysis of early Christian monasticism, it claims that …

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Mahadevan, J. What connects positivism and interpretivism in cross-cultural management studies: Genealogy as a method for re-ordering disciplinary knowledge (2023) International Journal of Cross Cultural Management DOI: 10.1177/14705958231223874 Abstract Cross-cultural management (CCM) studies is the discipline that investigates the interrelations between culture, management and organization, and ensuing implications. Like all disciplines, it is built upon …

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Fazilleau, K. L’Indien atemporel d’Edward S. Curtis et le mythe de la race en voie de disparition (2023) Etudes Anglaises, 76 (2), pp. 157-179. DOI: 10.3917/etan.762.0157 Abstract This article aims at highlighting the dynamic link between the photographs of Native Americans taken by Edward S. Curtis between 1898 and 1927, published in his work The …

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Leonard D’Cruz, Foucault’s naturalism: The importance of scientific epistemology for the genealogical method, Philosophy & Social Criticism, March 16, 2024 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537241235571 Abstract: This article offers a novel reconstruction of Foucault’s methodology that emphasises his respect for the natural sciences. Foucault’s work has long been suspected of reducing knowledge to power, and thus collapsing into …

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Baxter, K.I. Cecily Shoots a Rhinoceros: Big Game Hunting in British Somaliland and the 1900 Convention for the Preservation of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish in Africa (2023) Law and Literature DOI: 10.1080/1535685X.2023.2289771 Abstract In 1900, seven European nations gathered in London to agree the Convention for the Preservation of Wild Animals, Birds and Fish …

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Bright, D., McKay, A., Firth, K. How to be reflexive: Foucault, ethics and writing qualitative research as a technology of the self (2023) International Journal of Research and Method in Education DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2023.2290185 Abstract This paper explores reflexivity in qualitative research, challenging conventional perspectives that revolve around the binary of ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’ positioning. While …

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