Nancy Partner, Foucault’s iconic afterlife: The posthumous reach of words and things, History & Theory Volume 55, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 35–53 https://doi.org/10.1111/hith.10827 ABSTRACT The lasting influence of Michel Foucault’s work is both instantly recognizable in that his very name can be invoked as a noun or adjective (“Foucauldian”), as a critical stance or …
Fabienne de Bilbao, Paola Bonavitacola, The abuses of a certain knowledge The International Journal of Psychoanalysis, First published: 5 April 2016 DOI: 10.1111/1745-8315.12493 Abstract In the psychiatric institution, the sex act is a matter of controversy, all the more so when elderly patients with dementia are concerned. Yet, a question imposes itself: thinking beyond the …
Lefebvre, A. The Rights of Man and the Care of the Self (2016) Political Theory, 44 (4), pp. 518-540. DOI: 10.1177/0090591714556355 Abstract In this article, I claim that Mary Wollstonecraft and Edmund Burke both conceive of the rights of man as a medium for individuals to care for and cultivate the self. Beginning with Michel …
Uggla, Y., Lidskog, R. Climate risks and forest practices: forest owners’ acceptance of advice concerning climate change (2016) Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 31 (6), pp. 618-625. DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2015.1134648 Abstract Based on qualitative interviews with Swedish forest owners this study focuses on climate change, risk management and forest governance from the perspective of the forest …
Ravinder Sidhu, Navigating unfreedoms & re-imagining ethical counter-conducts: Caring about refugees & asylum seekers, Educational Philosophy and Theory, Pages 1-12 | Published online: 05 Oct 2016 10.1080/00131857.2016.1225558 Abstract This article uses Foucault’s concept of the care of the self to interrogate the accounts of ethical agency provided by professionals involved in the settlement of refugees, …
Silcock, M., Payne, D., Hocking, C. Governmentality within Children’s Technological Play: Findings from a Critical Discourse Analysis (2016) Children and Society, 30 (2), pp. 85-95. DOI: 10.1111/chso.12123 Abstract In many countries today, digital technology and instant communication are embedded in children’s everyday lives to the extent that their play frequently incorporates smartphones, the Internet and …
Foster, R. The therapeutic spirit of neoliberalism (2016) Political Theory, 44 (1), pp. 82-105. DOI: 10.1177/0090591715594660 Abstract My essay argues that neoliberal forms of government emerged through the shifting political trajectory of the therapeutic ethos in the postwar period in Anglo-American societies. In the postwar era, the therapeutic ethos attracted the attention of conservative cultural …
Christopher Worthman & Beverly Troiano (2016): A good student subject: a Foucauldian discourse analysis of an adolescent writer negotiating subject positions, Critical Studies in Education Published online: 24 Oct 2016 DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2016.1246372 ABSTRACT In this article, we draw on the work of Michel Foucault to analyze one student’s subject development in an expository writing classroom. …
Terri Bourke, Mary Ryan, Margaret Lloyd, The discursive positioning of graduating teachers in accreditation of teacher education programs, Teaching and Teacher Education, Volume 53, January 2016, pp. 1–9 Abstract This paper uses discourse analysis techniques associated with Foucauldian archaeology to examine a teacher education accreditation document from Australia to reveal how graduating teachers are constructed …
Rik Peeters & Marc Schuilenburg, The birth of mindpolitics: understanding nudging in public health policy, Social Theory & Health, 09 November 2016 https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-016-0024-z Abstract This article addresses the question: ‘In what ways have nudging and other behavioural techniques entered the realm of policymaking for public health and what does that mean for the way contemporary …
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