Bye, J. Foucault and the use of critique: breaching the self-evidence of educational practices (2014) International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Article in Press. Abstract This paper poses methodological questions about the role and limits of Foucault’s concept of governmentality in education research. Firstly, it argues for the utility of governmentality as a means …
EXTENDED DEADLINE: 7TH NOVEMBER 2014 Assuming Gender would like to invite submissions to our forthcoming special issue: ‘Neoliberal Gender, Neoliberal Sex’. Neoliberalism has recently come to define a particular object of critical enquiry, especially after the financial crisis of 2008. Considered by some to have superseded terms such as postmodernism and globalisation, neoliberalism is no …
Pezdek, K., Michaluk, T. The functioning of the Polish Football Association from the perspective of Michel Foucault’s conception of exclusion (2014) Soccer and Society. Article in Press. Abstract One of the management methods used by the Polish Football Association (PZPN) is management through exclusion. Due to such management, the Association constitutes to a considerable degree …
Connor J. Cavanagh Biopolitics, Environmental Change, and Development Studies, Forum for Development Studies, Vol. 41, Iss. 2, 2014, 273-294 https://doi.org/10.1080/08039410.2014.901243 Abstract This article proposes a Foucaultian, yet more-than-human, conceptual framework for scholars of both international development and biopolitics in our current historical–geographical conjuncture: the ostensibly nascent Anthropocene. Under these conditions, it is argued that biopower …
Ragan Fox Auto-archaeology of Homosexuality: A Foucauldian Reading of the Psychiatric–Industrial Complex, Text and Performance Quarterly, Vol. 34, Iss. 3, 2014, 230-250. Abstract This essay explores two primary questions. (1) Can there be a Foucauldian autoethnography? (2) How might a Foucault-driven autoethnography detail my experiences in the psychiatric–industrial complex? Pulling largely from Michel Foucault’s earliest …
Chris Howard, Jenny Hallam and Katie Brady, Governing the souls of young women: exploring the perspectives of mothers on parenting in the age of sexualisation, Journal of Gender Studies, Published online: 15 Sep 2014 Full PDF (will expire after 50 clicks) Abstract The sexualisation of young women has emerged as a growing concern within contemporary …
Ferry, M.D., Richards, C. Biopedagogy digitalized: ‘educational’ relations among participants on an online weight loss surgery forum (2014) Critical Public Health. Article in Press. Abstract Foucault uses the term ‘biopower’ to describe the totalizing effects of regulation of life through the manipulation of political messages, such as those in the obesity debate. This paper attempts …
Ofer Parchev, The body-power relationship and immanent philosophy: A question of life and death (2014) European Legacy, 19 (4), pp. 456-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/10848770.2014.919191 Abstract According to Foucault, the human body is the targeted object of modern power systems. In his genealogical studies, Foucault describes the manner in which these power systems leave an imprint on the …
Peter C. O’Brien, Performance Government: Activating and regulating the self-governing capacities of teachers and school leaders, Educational Philosophy and Theory, Published online: 04 Jul 2014 DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2014.930682 Abstract This article analyses ‘performance government’ as an emergent form of rule in advanced liberal democracies. It discloses how teachers and school leaders in Australia are being governed …
Silcock, M., Hocking, C., Payne, D. Childhood constructions of contemporary technology: Using discourse analysis to understand the creation of occupational possibilities (2014) Journal of Occupational Science, 21 (3), pp. 357-370. Abstract Ten children aged 10-12 years were audio recorded discussing and demonstrating the types of technology they regularly used at home. A critical discourse analysis …
