Phil Carney, Foucault’s Punitive Society: Visual Tactics of Marking as a History of the Present, British Journal of Criminology (2015) 55 (2): 231-247. First published online: January 7, 2015 doi: 10.1093/bjc/azu105 Abstract Applying a form of genealogical method rooted in Nietzsche’s use of history, this article seeks an understanding of ‘marking’ punishments in our own …
Michalinos Zembylas, Foucault and Human Rights: Seeking the Renewal of Human Rights Education, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Article first published online: 30 JUN 2015 DOI: 10.1111/1467-9752.12148 Abstract This article takes up Foucault’s politics of human rights and suggests that it may constitute a point of departure for the renewal of HRE, not only because …
Kaye, R.A. The new other Victorians: the success (and failure) of queer theory in nineteenth-century British studies (2014) Victorian Literature and Culture, 17 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1017/S1060150314000291 Abstract Much of the critical writing on Queer Theory and Sexuality Studies in a Victorian context over the last decade or so has been absorbing, exploring, …
Hope, A. Biopower and school surveillance technologies 2.0 (2015) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 20 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2014.1001060 Abstract In recent years the proliferation, speed and reach of school-based surveillance devices has undergone what could be labelled as a revolution. Drawing upon Foucault’s concept of biopower to explore the disciplining of …
Manan, S.A., David, M.K., Dumanig, F.P. Language management: a snapshot of governmentality within the private schools in Quetta, Pakistan (2014) Language Policy, 24 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1007/s10993-014-9343-x Abstract Pakistan is a multilingual and multiethnic country; however, this diversity stands unrecognized in the formal language-in-education policies. Estimates suggest that about 90 % of children …
Lopes, E., Carter, D., Street, J. Power relations and contrasting conceptions of evidence in patient-involvement processes used to inform health funding decisions in Australia (2015) Social Science and Medicine, 135, pp. 84-91. DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.04.021 Abstract We collected and analysed views of key stakeholders on the processes used to involve patient organisations in health care funding …
Hanna, P. Reconceptualizing subjectivity in critical social psychology: Turning to Foucault (2013) Theory and Psychology, 23 (5), pp. 657-674. DOI: 10.1177/0959354313493152 Abstract This article focuses on a reading of Foucault which draws on “technologies of the self,” as opposed to “technologies of subjectivity,” and examines the relevance of this work for critical psychology. The article …
Voyce, M. From Ethics to Aesthetics: A Reconsideration of Buddhist Monastic Rules in the Light of Michel Foucault’s Work on Ethics (2015) Contemporary Buddhism, 31 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/14639947.2015.1020735 Abstract This article considers the recent debate over the nature of Buddhist ethics largely conducted by scholars who have argued in different ways that …
Gourlay, L. Open education as a ‘heterotopia of desire’ (2015) Learning, Media and Technology, 18 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/17439884.2015.1029941 Abstract The movement towards ‘openness’ in education has tended to position itself as inherently democratising, radical, egalitarian and critical of powerful gatekeepers to learning. While ‘openness’ is often positioned as a critique, I will …
O’Neill, A.-M. The New Zealand experiment: assessment-driven curriculum – managing standards, competition and performance to strengthen governmentality (2015) Journal of Education Policy, 24 p. Article in Press. DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2015.1033766 Abstract Following the Tomorrow’s Schools administrative restructuring, a second wave of educational change installed globalised discourses as governmentality policies in Aotearoa New Zealand. Drawing on Foucault’s …
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