Foucault News

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

Urošević, Milan. 2024. “Therapy culture and the production of subjectivity in neoliberalism.” Philosophy and Society https://doi.org/10.2298/FID240220005U ABSTRACT This article explores the relationship between neoliberalism and the phenomena of “therapy culture”. We define therapy culture as a consequence of the spread of ideas, discourses, and practices from psychology and psychotherapy into various realms of society. Previous …

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Bufkin, S. The hunger strike as a biopolitical technology: re-reading the 1981 Irish republican prison protest (2024) Cultural Studies. DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2024.2405584 Abstract This article uses the case of the 1981 Irish republican prison protest to show that indefinite hunger strikes can force Euromodern states to the negotiating table by undercutting their commitment to good government. …

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Forlenza, R., Thomassen, B. Christian democracy as political spirituality: transcendence as transformation—Italian politics, 1942–1953 (2024) Politics and Religion DOI: 10.1017/S1755048324000063 Abstract This article deals with the transformation of Catholic politics in Italy between 1942 and 1945 and the emergence of Christian Democracy as the dominant political party in the postwar years. It analyzes how Catholic …

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Inowlocki, S. From Text to Relics: The Emergence of the Scribe-Martyr in Late Antique Christianity (Fourth Century–Seventh Century) (2024) Journal of Early Christian Studies, 32 (3), pp. 403-430. DOI: 10.1353/earl.2024.a936760 Abstract This paper delves into the conflation of two prominent figures of authority in the early Christian world: the scribe-scholar and the martyr. While previous …

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Leonard D’Cruz, The Limits of Radical Historicism: The Methodological Significance of Foucault’s Relationship to Transcendental Philosophy, Angelaki, 29(6), 2024, 53–76. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0969725X.2024.2430899 Abstract: This article examines the methodological significance of Foucault’s relationship to transcendental philosophy. While Foucault presents his work as a historicist transformation of Kant’s critical project, some commentators question whether he succeeds in …

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Ratcliffe, J. Genealogy: A conceptual map (2024) European Journal of Philosophy DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12949 Abstract The blossoming literature on genealogy in recent years has come as somewhat of a pleasant surprise to the historically inclined among us. It has not, however, come without its difficulties. As I see it, the literature on genealogy is guilty of …

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Bigoni, M., Maran, L., Occhipinti, Z. Of power, knowledge and method: The influence of Michel Foucault in accounting history (2024) Accounting History DOI: 10.1177/10323732241243088 Abstract Michel Foucault’s work had a strong influence not only in philosophy but also in a wide range of humanistic and social disciplines, including accounting. Notably, the first studies which brought …

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Wang, C., Wang, S. Educating the Autonomous Learner in a Confucian School: Subjectivity, Memorisation, and Dilemma (2023) China Perspectives, 2023 (135), pp. 61-70. Abstract The current literature on Chinese governmentality and subjectivity lacks rigorous discussion of the involvement of Confucian education. This article applies Foucauldian conceptual tools to explore this scholarship gap empirically. Based on …

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Giorgi Vachnadze, The Incomputability of Calculation: Wittgenstein, Turing and the Question of Artificial Intelligence, Newsletter on the Results of Scholarly Work in Sociology, Criminology, Philosophy and Political Science, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024). Special Issue Tune-Changing World – Every Single Minute DOI: https://doi.org/10.61439/URSA3237 Open access Abstract Calculation is one of the foundational concepts operating at …

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Lee Ludvigsen, J.A. Beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fans: exploring the mechanisms enabling football fans’ position as a stakeholder in the management of circulations (2024) Soccer and Society DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2024.2332089 Abstract This article explores mechanisms enabling football fans’ position as a (safety) stakeholder in the context of European football. It is clear that fans, in the …

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