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

Ratcliffe, J. Genealogy: A conceptual map (2024) European Journal of Philosophy DOI: 10.1111/ejop.12949 Abstract The blossoming literature on genealogy in recent years has come as somewhat of a pleasant surprise to the historically inclined among us. It has not, however, come without its difficulties. As I see it, the literature on genealogy is guilty of …

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Bigoni, M., Maran, L., Occhipinti, Z. Of power, knowledge and method: The influence of Michel Foucault in accounting history (2024) Accounting History DOI: 10.1177/10323732241243088 Abstract Michel Foucault’s work had a strong influence not only in philosophy but also in a wide range of humanistic and social disciplines, including accounting. Notably, the first studies which brought …

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Wang, C., Wang, S. Educating the Autonomous Learner in a Confucian School: Subjectivity, Memorisation, and Dilemma (2023) China Perspectives, 2023 (135), pp. 61-70. Abstract The current literature on Chinese governmentality and subjectivity lacks rigorous discussion of the involvement of Confucian education. This article applies Foucauldian conceptual tools to explore this scholarship gap empirically. Based on …

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Giorgi Vachnadze, The Incomputability of Calculation: Wittgenstein, Turing and the Question of Artificial Intelligence, Newsletter on the Results of Scholarly Work in Sociology, Criminology, Philosophy and Political Science, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024). Special Issue Tune-Changing World – Every Single Minute DOI: https://doi.org/10.61439/URSA3237 Open access Abstract Calculation is one of the foundational concepts operating at …

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Lee Ludvigsen, J.A. Beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fans: exploring the mechanisms enabling football fans’ position as a stakeholder in the management of circulations (2024) Soccer and Society DOI: 10.1080/14660970.2024.2332089 Abstract This article explores mechanisms enabling football fans’ position as a (safety) stakeholder in the context of European football. It is clear that fans, in the …

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Fennell, D., Guo, Y. Codes of Conduct at Zoos: A Case Study of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (2024) Tourism and Hospitality, 5 (1), pp. 95-111. DOI: 10.3390/tourhosp5010007 Abstract Zoos consistently implement codes of conduct in efforts to manage visitor behaviour. However, few studies have examined the use of the codes of …

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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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