Foucault News

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

New Issue of Foucault Studies Number 20: December 2015: Civil Society All articles open access  Table of Contents Editorial Editorial PDF Sverre Raffnsøe et al. 1-3 Special Issue on Civil Society Introductory Note: Foucault and Civil Society PDF Miikka Pyykkönen 4-7 Liberalism, Governmentality and Counter-Conduct; An Introduction to Foucauldian Analytics of Liberal Civil Society Notions …

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Vigo de Lima, I., Guizzo, D. An Archaeology of Adam Smith’s Epistemic Context (2015) Review of Political Economy, 21 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/09538259.2015.1082819 Abstract Adam Smith played a key role in Foucault’s archaeology of political economy. This archaeology, which Foucault accomplished in The Order of Things, is the focus of this article. Foucault …

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Selin, J. From self-regulation to regulation – An analysis of gambling policy reform in Finland (2015) Addiction Research and Theory, 10 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2015.1102894 Abstract Responsible gambling is a form of gambling industry self-regulation, covering the multiple ways of gambling operator’s promises to prevent and reduce gambling addiction. In Finland, where the …

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Bondy, J.M. Negotiating domination and resistance: English language learners and Foucault’s Care of the Self in the context of English-only education (2015) Race Ethnicity and Education, 21 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2015.1095171 Abstract This article explores the basis for resistance to the normalizing technologies associated with English-only legislation and resulting educational practices. The dominance …

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Huijer, M. A Critical Use of Foucault’s Art of Living (2015) Foundations of Science, 5 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10699-015-9441-z Abstract Foucault’s vocabulary of arts of existence might be helpful to problematize the entwinement of humans and technology and to search for new types of hybrid selves. However, to be a serious new ethical …

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Nildo Avelino, Confession and Political Normativity: Control of Subjectivity and Production of the Subject, May 4th 2015. This article is the result of research activities held at the Department of Social Sciences (Federal University of Paraiba/UFPB). Full text available on Academia.edu. Abstract The theme of confession, present in the reflection of Michel Foucault since the …

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Miller, H.E., Thomas, S.L., Smith, K.M., Robinson, P. Surveillance, responsibility and control: An analysis of government and industry discourses about “problem” and “responsible” gambling (2015) Addiction Research and Theory, 14 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2015.1094060 Abstract Background: Discussions of gambling have traditionally focused on ideas of “problem” and “responsible” gambling. However, few studies have …

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Kelly Quinn and Renee M. Powers Revisiting the concept of ‘sharing’ for digital spaces: an analysis of reader comments to online news (2015) Information Communication and Society, 19(4), 442–460. https://doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2015.1092565 Abstract ‘Sharing’ as it relates to the online environment is underconceptualized, and yet has been proposed as a means for understanding how individuals negotiate everyday …

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Christopher R. Mayes, Revisiting Foucault’s ‘Normative Confusions’: Surveying the Debate Since the Collège de France Lectures, Philosophy Compass, Volume 10, Issue 12, pages 841–855, December 2015 https://doi.org/10.1111/phc3.12274 Abstract At once historical and philosophical, Michel Foucault used his genealogical method to expose the contingent conditions constituting the institutions, sciences and practices of the present. His analyses …

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