Gormley, K. Neoliberalism and the discursive construction of ‘creativity’ (2018) Critical Studies in Education, pp. 1-16. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2018.1459762 Abstract This paper resists normative definitions of ‘creativity’ to argue that the concept is constructed by neoliberal discourses in education policy. The analysis is firstly centred on the Australian context, and this is further …
Nedim Karakayali, Burc Kostem, and Idil Galip, Recommendation Systems as Technologies of the Self: Algorithmic Control and the Formation of Music Taste (2018) Theory, Culture and Society, 35 (2), pp. 3-24. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276417722391 Abstract The article brings to light the use of recommender systems as technologies of the self, complementing the observations in current literature regarding …
Matthews, J. Occupation as refrain: territory and beyond in Occupy London (2018) Social Movement Studies, 17 (2), pp. 127-143. DOI: 10.1080/14742837.2018.1427056 Abstract Emerging with the wider ‘movements of the squares’ of 2011, Occupy London was defined by occupation, and by participants’ negotiation of what occupation meant. Its forms and meanings changed as London’s Occupiers moved …
Erol, A.E. Queer contestation of neoliberal and heteronormative moral geographies during #occupygezi (2018) Sexualities, 21 (3), pp. 428-445. DOI: 10.1177/1363460717699768 Abstract During the summer of 2013, Turkey witnessed the largest protest movement in the history of the republic. The protests began with environmentalist concerns to save a public park in central Istanbul, Gezi Park, from …
Palacios, C. Society, like the market, needs to be constructed: Foucault’s critical project at the dawn of neoliberalism (2018) History of the Human Sciences, 31(1), pp. 74-96. DOI: 10.1177/0952695117746045 Abstract It has been commonplace to equate Foucault’s 1979 series of lectures at the Collège de France with the claim that for neoliberalism, unlike for classical …
Palacios, C. Freedom can also be productive: The historical inversions of “the conduct of conduct” (2018) Journal of Political Power, pp. 1-21. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/2158379X.2018.1478641 Abstract The Foucauldian conception of power as ‘productive’ has left us so far with a residual conception of freedom. The article examines a number of historical cases in …
From Stockerblog Philosophy, Politics, Culture from Barry Stocker, British philosopher based in Istanbul Barry Stocker, ‘Foucault on Two Types of Neoliberalism: ORDO Liberalism and Anarcholiberalism, along with European Historical Roots’ (in English) in Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, latest issue. See linked pdf, article starts page 187. It represents early work for a project on …
Stuart Elden, Do We Need a New Biography of Michel Foucault?, American Book Review, Volume 39, Number 2/3, January/April 2018 pp. 12-23 In the 34 years since his death, there has been no lack of interest in Michel Foucault’s work. His ideas continue to be analysed, critiqued, utilised, and cited, across an ever-broadening range of …
Farrell, F., Lander, V. “We’re not British values teachers are we?”: Muslim teachers’ subjectivity and the governmentality of unease (2018) Educational Review, pp. 1-17. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131911.2018.1438369 Abstract This paper is a critical investigation of a group of eight Muslim religious education (RE) teachers’ views of fundamental British values in education (FBV). Findings …
Hamilton, S. The measure of all things? The Anthropocene as a global biopolitics of carbon (2018) European Journal of International Relations, 24 (1), pp. 33-57. DOI: 10.1177/1354066116683831 Abstract We are now told to welcome ourselves to the Anthropocene, a new geological epoch where humanity is ‘literally making’ the planet (Dalby, 2014). Yet, the underlying philosophical …
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