Critique 935. Après Canguilhem. Nouveaux dialogues entre médecine et philosophie « Ôtez Canguilhem et vous ne comprenez plus grand-chose à toute une série de discussions. » Par ces mots, Michel Foucault faisait de Georges Canguilhem l’invisible clef de voûte de la philosophie française. Pourtant, à son décès en 1995, l’austère historien des sciences ne nous …
Rovira Martorell, J., Gálvez, A., & Tirado, F. (2024). Artificial Intelligence and the Production of Judicial Truth. Theory, Culture & Society, 42(1), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/02632764241268174 (Original work published 2025) Abstract The aim of this paper is to present artificial intelligence (AI) as an organ with a role in the production of judicial truth, expanding its objects, …
Jones, Luke, Zoe Avner, Neil Boardman, and Jim Denison. 2025. “Confessions of a Retired Footballer: A Foucauldian Reading of British Working Footballers’ Longer-Term Retirement Experiences.” Sport in Society, March, 1–21. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2025.2470144 Abstract Historically, the phenomenon of retirement from high-performance sport has predominantly been researched through a psychological or psychosocial lens, highlighting the key challenges experienced …
Oztig, L. I., & Karluk, A. C. (2025). Beyond Foucault and Post-Panoptic Theories: New Perspectives on China’s Surveillance Mechanisms in East Turkestan. Geopolitics, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650045.2025.2465681 ABSTRACT Surveillance is as old as human history. In pre-modern times, it mostly took place through spies, informants, and guards. In modern times, it became a systematised practice conducted through …
Ahrens, T., & Ferry, L. (2025). Governmentality, counter-conduct, and modes of governing: Accounting and the pursuit of municipal sustainable waste management. Contemporary Accounting Research, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.13026 Abstract Recent research into the uses of accounting as a technology of government has used Foucault’s notion of “counter-conduct” to shed light on various ways in which the governed …
Dhona, H. R. (2024). Islamic communication as an invention of modern-western knowledge: critical analysis toward Islamic communication in Indonesia. Asian Journal of Communication, 34(3), 381–398. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2024.2320902 ABSTRACT This article questions the idea that Islamic communication is rooted purely in the religion itself. By studying the field of Islamic communication studies in Indonesia, it analyzes discourses …
Diefenhardt, F. (2025). Automating the managerial gaze: critical and genealogical notes on machine learning in personnel assessment. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 1–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2025.2470302 Abstract This paper takes a Foucauldian approach to current discussions on the use of machine learning in personnel selection, with a focus on pre-selection assessment. It problematizes two central …
Reddy Naveen K. Redefining disease in the age of blood-based biomarkers, Frontiers in Sociology, vol 10 2025 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1533429 Abstract This article explores the sociological and ethical implications of redefining disease in the era of advanced diagnostic technologies, with a focus on blood-based biomarkers. Drawing from Foucault’s concept of medicalization and Illich’s critique of disease mongering, …
Yarar, B. (2025), Exiled Scholars and New Organizational Strategies in Academic Humanitarianism in Europe in the Aftermath of the Syrian War. Global Networks, 25: e70004. https://doi.org/10.1111/glob.70004 ABSTRACT Over the past decade and more, many countries in the Middle East and Africa have experienced significant disruptions in their social and institutional life due to the rise …
Baciu, Elena-Loreni , Lazăr, Theofild-Andrei , Totan, Raluca Iunia, Social goals under a neoliberal agenda: measures to promote equality in European higher education read through a Foucauldian lens, Frontiers in Sociology, vol 10, 2025 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sociology/articles/10.3389/fsoc.2025.1492863 Abstract In this study we draw on Foucault’s work on governmentality and examine the power dynamics involved in establishing and …
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