Philippe Fournier, Foucault and International Relations, E-International Relations, May 12 2014 Extract Michel Foucault’s name will be familiar to most IR scholars and his influence on the discipline appears to be beyond doubt. The work that Foucault inspired in International Relations is invariably associated with the post-structuralist approach and includes theoretical interventions as much as …
Dotan Leshem, Embedding Agamben’s Critique of Foucault: The Theological and Pastoral Origins of Governmentality, Theory, Culture & Society, June 30, 2014 doi: 10.1177/0263276414537315 Abstract This article tackles Giorgio Agamben’s critique of Michel Foucault’s genealogy of governmentality in two ways: first, by presenting an alternative model of the relations between pastoral and theological economy and, second, …
Editor: See comments on this post and this article and this retraction notice Also Michel Charles, Le plagiat sans fard. Recette d’une singulière imposture, Fabula, November 2014 Call for Papers: DISCOURSES OF MADNESS/ DISCOURS DE LA FOLIE (Special volume of Neohelicon [43, 2016]. Guest-Editor: R.-L. Etienne Barnett) PROSPECTUS Contributions on any aspect of madness in …
David Fryer and Rose Stambe, “Work and ‘the crafting of individual identities’ from a critical standpoint”, The Australian Community Psychologist, Volume 26, No 1, June 2014. Full PDF for download Abstract In this paper we start by critically problematising the argument that employment is important to the crafting of individual identities by drawing on the work of Michel Foucault …
Mills, C. Reproductive autonomy as self-making: Procreative liberty and the practice of ethical subjectivity (2013) Journal of Medicine and Philosophy (United Kingdom), 38 (6), pp. 639-656. Abstract In this article, I consider recent debates on the notion of procreative liberty, to argue that reproductive freedom can be understood as a form of positive freedom-that is, …
Larsson, H., Quennerstedt, M., Öhman, M. Heterotopias in physical education: towards a queer pedagogy? (2014) Gender and Education, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract This article sets out to outline how prevailing gender structures can be challenged in physical education (PE) by exploring queer potentials in an event that took place during a dancing lesson in …
Bruce P Braun, A new urban dispositif? governing life in an age of climate change (2014) Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 32 (1), pp. 49-64. https://doi.org/10.1068/d4313 Abstract In an interview in 1977 Michel Foucault proposed the term dispositif for a heterogeneous set of discourses, practices, architectural forms, regulations, laws, and knowledges connected together …
McKay, J. Young people’s voices: disciplining young people’s participation in decision-making in special educational needs (2014) Journal of Education Policy, Published online Feb 2014 Abstract In recent years, education and family policy in the UK has sought to incorporate the views of children and young people through an active participation agenda, in the fulfilment of …
Muers, R. The ethics of stats: Some contemporary questions about telling the truth (2014) Journal of Religious Ethics, 42 (1), pp. 1-21. Abstract This essay argues for the importance and interest, within and beyond theological ethics, of the ethical questions faced by professionals who are called on to be producers of statistics (herein “stats”) for …
Cobb, S., Farrants, J. Male prisoners’ constructions of help-seeking (2014) Journal of Forensic Practice, 16 (1), pp. 46-57. Abstract Purpose: Help-seeking behaviours are fundamental to mental health and well-being. This study is concerned with how male prisoners talk about help-seeking in order that treatment programmes can be developed that better address their needs. The purpose …
