Foucault News

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

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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Alessandro Baccarin, L’esploratore e l’intruso. Le scienze dell’antichità di fronte a Michel Foucault, Rationes Rerum. Rivista di Filologia e Storia, n.° 5, Gennaio-Giugno 2015, pp. 217-242 A trent’anni dalla sua scomparsa, Michel Foucault costituisce ancora una figura chiave per gli antichisti che indagano le problemantiche inerenti la sessualità e il genere nelle società antiche. Oggi, …

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Thomson, P., Pennacchia, J. Hugs and behaviour points: Alternative education and the regulation of ‘excluded’ youth (2015) International Journal of Inclusive Education, 19 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/13603116.2015.1102340 Abstract In England, alternative education (AE) is offered to young people formally excluded from school, close to formal exclusion or who have been informally pushed to …

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Dorrestijn, S. The Care of Our Hybrid Selves: Ethics in Times of Technical Mediation (2015) Foundations of Science, 11 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10699-015-9440-0 Abstract What can the art of living after Foucault contribute to ethics in relation to the mediation of human existence by technology? To develop the relation between technical mediation and …

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