Foucault News

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

Torrano, A. Werewolves in the immunitary paradigm (2016) Philosophy Today, 60 (1), pp. 153-173. DOI: 10.5840/philtoday2016113102 Abstract This article problematizes the political category of the monster in Hobbes’s thought from a biopolitical perspective. Even though political thought has been tra-ditionally focused on Leviathan’s figure as a political monster, here we pay particular attention to the …

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Marianne Fenech and Jennifer Sumsion, Early Childhood Teachers and Regulation: Complicating Power Relations Using a Foucauldian Lens, Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, June 2007 vol. 8 no. 2 109-122 https://doi.org/10.2304/ciec.2007.8.2.109 Abstract This article both supports and complicates the positioning of reconceptualists who frame the regulation of early childhood services as repressive. Drawing on Foucault’s construction …

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Emily M Gray, Anne Harris, and Tiffany Jones, Australian LGBTQ teachers, exclusionary spaces and points of interruption (2016) Sexualities, 19 (3), pp. 286-303. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460715583602 Abstract Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) teachers are a marginalised group that historically have been absent from research on sexuality and schooling. Rather, much research in the field has …

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Aggerholm, K. On practising in sport: towards an ascetological understanding of sport (2016) Journal of the Philosophy of Sport, pp. 1-15. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/00948705.2016.1159917 Abstract Within the philosophy of sport, the phenomenon of practising (askēsis) has received very little attention, whereas other related aspects of sport such as excellence (aretē) and competition (agon) …

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Waitt, G., Roggeveen, K., Gordon, R., Butler, K., Cooper, P. Tyrannies of thrift: Governmentality and older, low-income people’s energy efficiency narratives in the Illawarra, Australia (2016) Energy Policy, 90, pp. 37-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2015.11.033 Abstract Social scientists are arguing that energy policies should pay more attention to everyday life to address energy efficiency. Scholars are now …

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Eduardo Rivera Vicencio, Monetary conformation of the corporate governmentality III Description of the monetary system, Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, 4(2), 2016, 18-41 DOI: 10.15604/ejef.2016.04.02.003 Full PDF available Abstract This paper describes the current monetary system, identifying different components and the relationship between them. It is part of the Foucaultian approach of power relations …

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Eduardo Rivera Vicencio, Monetary conformation of the corporate governmentality I From the new art of governing to the beginning of neoliberal governmentality, Eurasian Journal of Economics and Finance, 4(2), 2016, 72-90 DOI: 10.15604/ejef.2016.04.02.006 Full PDF available Abstract From the perspective of the Foucaultian approach and using the archaeological and genealogical methodology, this paper describes the …

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Creagh, S. ‘Language Background Other Than English’: a problem NAPLaN test category for Australian students of refugee background (2016) Race Ethnicity and Education, 19 (2), pp. 252-273. DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2013.843521 Abstract Since 2008 Australia has held the National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy (known as NAPLAN) for all students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. …

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Philippe Sabot, « De Foucault à Macherey, penser les normes », Methodos [En ligne], 16 | 2016 https://doi.org/10.4000/methodos.4652 Texte intégral Penser avec Pierre Macherey – avec Foucault. Tel est l’objet des lignes qui vont suivre. Penser avec, ce n’est pas simplement penser (à) quelque chose, ce qui revient à circonscrire un objet pour en faire …

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Orazio Irrera, « Michel Foucault et les critiques de l’idéologie. Dialogue avec Pierre Macherey », Methodos [En ligne], 16 | 2016; https://doi.org/10.4000/methodos.4667 Texte intégral Orazio Irrera – On a l’habitude un peu hâtive de dire que lorsque Foucault critique l’idéologie, il s’adresse surtout à la conception althussérienne de l’idéologie. Mais en suivant votre argumentation, il …

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