Foucault News

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

Andreas Folkers, Daring the Truth: Foucault, Parrhesia and the Genealogy of Critique, Theory, Culture & Society, January 2016 vol. 33 no. 1 3-28 https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276414558885 Abstract This paper draws attention to Foucault’s genealogy of critique. In a series of inquiries, Foucault traced the origins and trajectories of critical practices from the ancient tradition of parrhesia to …

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Cristina Chimisso, Narrative and epistemology: Georges Canguilhem’s concept of scientific ideology (2015) Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A, 54, pp. 64-73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsa.2015.08.016 Abstract In the late 1960s, Georges Canguilhem introduced the concept of ‘scientific ideology’. This concept had not played any role in his previous work, so why introduce it at all? …

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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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