Special Section: Foucault and religion: Critical engagements (2017), Critical Research on Religion, Volume 5, Issue 2, August 2017 Contents A genealogy of critique: From parrhesia to prophecy Tom Boland, Paul Clogher First Published February 10, 2017; pp. 116–132 Reexamining Foucault on confession and obedience: Peter Schaefer’s Radical Pietism as counter-conduct Elisa Heinämäki First Published May …
Stevens, Jeremy and Fuller, Glen. Journalistic challenges of the public and private: Exploring professional and ethical norms [online]. Australian Journalism Review, Vol. 39, No. 1, Jul 2017: 113-125. Authors’ note: This article develops the idea of ‘commentary as method’. ‘Commentary’ is derived from Foucault’s Discourse on Language and related texts and reworked into a method …
Roberts, J.L. Obsessional subjectivity in societies of discipline and control (2017) Theory and Psychology, 27 (5), pp. 622-642. DOI: 10.1177/0959354317716308 Abstract Drawing on the work of the later Foucault, especially that concerning disciplinary power and bio-power, as well as Deleuze on the emergence of “societies of control,” this article traces the trajectory of obsessional subjectivity …
Brioni, S. A station in motion: Termini as heterotopia (2017) Italian Studies, 72 (4), pp. 443-454. DOI: 10.1080/00751634.2017.1370792 Abstract Drawing on Michel Foucault’s definition of heterotopia, the article analyses the filmic and literary representation of Stazione Termini, Rome’s main train station. The Fascist architectural project, which mirrors an idea of the nation as homogeneous, monolithic, …
Schweber, L. Jack-in-the-black-box: Using Foucault to explore the embeddedness and reach of building level assessment method (2017) Energy Research and Social Science, 34, pp. 294-304. DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2017.08.005 Abstract Environmental policy in Western countries is marked by extensive reliance on voluntary self-regulation, designed to influence market behavior. In many instances, these policy tools fail to deliver …
Gerdin, G. ‘It’s not like you are less of a man just because you don’t play rugby’—boys’ problematisation of gender during secondary school physical education lessons in New Zealand (2017) Sport, Education and Society, 22 (8), pp. 890-904. DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2015.1112781 Abstract Despite clear messages from current physical education (PE) curricula about the importance of adopting …
Raaper, R. ‘Peacekeepers’ and ‘machine factories’: tracing Graduate Teaching Assistant subjectivity in a neoliberalised university (2017) British Journal of Sociology of Education, pp. 1-15. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2017.1367269 Abstract Guided by a Foucauldian theorisation, this article explores Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) experiences of their work and subjectivity in a neoliberalised higher education environment. By …
Burgess, C. ‘Having to say everyday … I’m not black enough … I’m not white enough’. Discourses of Aboriginality in the Australian education context (2017) Race Ethnicity and Education, 20 (6), pp. 737-751. DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2016.1195353 Abstract This paper interrogates discourses of Aboriginality about, and by, early career Aboriginal teachers as they negotiate their emergent professional …
Bouilloud, J.-P., Deslandes, G., Mercier, G. The Leader as Chief Truth Officer: The Ethical Responsibility of “Managing the Truth” in Organizations (2017) Journal of Business Ethics, pp. 1-13. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10551-017-3678-0 Abstract Our aim is to analyze the position of the leader in relation to the ethical dimension of truth-telling within the organization …
Macneill, P. Balancing bioethics by sensing the aesthetic (2017) Bioethics, 31 (8), pp. 631-643. DOI: 10.1111/bioe.12390 Abstract This article is critical of “bioethics” as it is widely understood and taught, noting in particular an emphasis given to philosophical justification, reason and rationality. It is proposed that “balancing” bioethics be achieved by giving greater weight to …
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