Foucault News

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

Elden, S. Canguilhem, Dumézil, Hyppolite: Georges Canguilhem and his Contemporaries (2024) Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 307 (1), pp. 27-48. DOI: 10.3917/rip.307.0027 Abstract In the original preface to his primary doctoral thesis Folie et déraison, Michel Foucault thanked three men as intellectual mentors and influences on his work. In his inaugural lecture at the Collège de …

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Krylova, A. Foucault, Post-structuralism, and the Fixed “Openness of History” (2024) Modern Intellectual History DOI: 10.1017/S1479244324000088 Abstract Today, it seems impossible to discuss historians’ encounter with post-structuralist theory, the ensuing triumphant surge of the cultural turn, and the establishment of what scholars have recently called the postcultural historiography without the help of such paramount concepts …

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Special Issue: Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault: A Comparison of their Historical Methodologies, ed. Edmund Neill, Journal of the Philosophy of History, Volume 18 (2024): Issue 3 (Nov 2024) Free access Introduction: the Challenge of Arendt and Foucault on History Author: Edmund Neill Restricted Access Reason to Hope? Arendt, Foucault, and the Escape from Politics …

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Naz, Z. ‘Tick boxes are just tick boxes’: Problematising evidence-based teaching and exploring the space of the possible through a complexity lens (2024) Policy Futures in Education, . DOI: 10.1177/14782103241240542 Abstract This article seeks to provide a new paradigm for questioning how quality and excellence in teaching practices are understood and evaluated. By combining ideas …

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Isegoría Núm. 70 (2024) Ejemplaridad y moralidad. Desafección política y nuevos vínculos sociales Michel Foucault y la religión DOI: https://doi.org/10.3989/isegoria.2024.i70 Publicado: 2024-06-30 Michel Foucault y la religión Presentación. Pensar la religión con Michel Foucault Martín Bernales Odino, Agustín Colombo [es] Arqueología y experiencia en la Historia de la sexualidad de Michel Foucault Juan Vicente Cortés …

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Bloch, S., Olivares-Pelayo, E.A. Prison geographies: Nine disciplinary approaches (2024) Geography Compass, 18 (3) DOI: 10.1111/gec3.12742 Abstract Motivated by a critical concern for state-sanctioned coercion, control, and containment across “free society,” geographers have extended Foucault’s concept of “the carceral” to more and increasingly diffuse spaces and processes. In this paper, however, we aim to re-center …

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Mavelli, L., Cerella, A. Neoliberalism Against Society? Spontaneous Order and Governance of Desire in Digital Societies (2024) Critical Sociology DOI: 10.1177/08969205241287067 Open access Abstract Critical scholarship often argues that neoliberalism has caused the ‘crisis’ or ‘destruction’ of society. Drawing on Foucault’s concept of power as ‘productive’ and focusing on digital societies, we argue that neoliberalism …

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Simon, J.‘After Neoliberalism’ and on the ‘Dark Side’? Governmentality and Counter-Conduct in Times of Growing Autocratisation (2024) Global Society DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2024.2401552 Open access Abstract The political world today in many ways seems vastly different from the context in which the concepts of governmentality and counter-conduct were initially elaborated by Foucault in the late 1970s. Especially …

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Rudnyckyj, D. The Protestantism of neoliberalism (2024) Culture, Theory and Critique, . DOI: 10.1080/14735784.2024.2313602 Abstract This essay illuminates the affinity between of Protestantism and neoliberalism. Drawing on the insights of Max Weber and Michel Foucault, the essay demonstrates how both Protestantism and neoliberalism are premised on a common set of norms and ethical practices. In …

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Beck, Daniel Put in Humour: Creating Indifference Through the Generation of Grotesque Memes (2024) Alternatives DOI: 10.1177/03043754241283956 Open access Abstract This article proposes a power-focused perspective for International Relations to specifically undertake an examination of grotesque and ridiculous representations of leader figures. This is illustrated by examples of Vladimir Putin in public media and online. …

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