Foucault News

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

Lewis, K. Social justice leadership and inclusion: a genealogy (2016) Journal of Educational Administration and History, 48 (4), pp. 324-341. DOI: 10.1080/00220620.2016.1210589 Abstract The purpose of this article is to engage in an historical analysis of research about two concepts: social justice leadership and leadership for inclusion. Recent experiences have caused me to wonder about …

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Nicolas Vallois, « Michel Foucault and the history of economic thought », Œconomia, 5-4 | 2015, 461-490. https://doi.org/10.4000/oeconomia.2181 Open access Michel Foucault dedicated a significant part of his works to the study of political economy. In the late 1980s, these analyses attracted the interest of historians of economic thought (Amariglio, 1988, 1900; Birken, 1990). The …

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Ferreira, V.S. Aesthetics of Youth Scenes: From Arts of Resistance to Arts of Existence (2016) Young: Nordic Journal of Youth Research, 24 (1), pp. 66-81. DOI: 10.1177/1103308815595520 Abstract The aesthetic expressions produced and reproduced within post-war spectacular youth (sub)cultures used to be seen as a display of resistance to and subversion of ‘social order’, perceived …

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Guy Roberts-Holmes, Alice Bradbury, Governance, accountability and the datafication of early years education in England (2016) British Educational Research Journal, 42 (4), pp. 600-613. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3221 Abstract In this paper we attempt to critically ‘make visible the flow and circulation of data’ through analysing the datafication of the early years education sector in England (children aged …

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Feely, M. Sexual surveillance and control in a community-based intellectual disability service (2016) Sexualities, 19 (5-6), pp. 725-750. DOI: 10.1177/1363460715620575 Abstract Within contemporary policy documents regarding intellectual disability and sexuality we often find a progress narrative that contrasts a dark past, when the sexuality of disabled people was suppressed, with an enlightened present, when we …

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Noguera-Ramírez, C.E. The pedagogical effect: On Foucault and Sloterdijk (2016) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-14. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204738 Abstract Although Foucault did not produce any particular work devoted to teaching or education, following authors like Hoskin this text aims to show the importance that teaching practices and discourses have in Foucault’s analysis, …

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Dolly Jørgensen, Rethinking rewilding (2015) Geoforum, 65, pp. 482-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.11.016 Abstract The term ‘rewilding’ sounds as if it should have a straightforward meaning ‘to make wild again’. But in truth the term has a complex history and a host of meanings have been ascribed to it. Rewilding as a specific scientific term has its beginnings …

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Beer, D. The social power of algorithms (2016) Information Communication and Society, pp. 1-13. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1216147 Abstract This article explores the questions associated with what might be thought of as the social power of algorithms. The article, which introduces a special issue on the same topic, begins by reflecting on how we …

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Daniele Lorenzini, Pierre Hadot (1922/2010) et Michel Foucault (1926/1984) – La culture de soiLa philosophie, un art de vivre, Les Grands Dossiers des Sciences Humaines, 2016/6 (N° 43) Premières lignes Qu’est-ce que la philosophie ? En posant cette question, dans un article intitulé « La philosophie est-elle un luxe ? », Pierre Hadot remarque que …

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Jiménez, M.A., Valle, A.M. Pedagogy and the care of the self: A reading from Foucault (2016) Educational Philosophy and Theory, pp. 1-8. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2016.1204736 Abstract This text reflects about the need to consider an additional institutional alternative that matters, not only to the ones that advocate for pedagogy, but also to all …

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