Foucault News

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

Leonard, M. The Power of Oedipus: Michel Foucault with Hannah Arendt (2023) Arethusa, 56 (3), pp. 393-412. DOI: 10.1353/are.2023.a917343 Abstract It has become increasingly common to draw connections between Michel Foucault and Hannah Arendt: there are strong continuities between their respective theories of power, and Foucault and Arendt share an account of modernity and of …

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Stypinska, D. Pastorate Digitalized: Social Media and (De)Subjectification (2024) Theory, Culture and Society, . DOI: 10.1177/02632764231216896 Abstract Taking its cue from Michel Foucault’s analyses of the pastoral ‘conduct of conduct’, this paper considers social media as a specific dispositif that derives its mode of operation from the religious techniques of individualization. It argues that today’s …

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Cabrera, N.L., Batchelder, G.D., Oregon, Y.G., Zamora, E.J. CRToP: toward a critical race theory of power in higher education (2024) Race Ethnicity and Education, . DOI: 10.1080/13613324.2024.2306380 Abstract Critical Race Theory (CRT) is one of the most common forms of racial analysis in educational research, and it is largely responsible for introducing racial power into …

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Jentoft, E.E., Sandset, T., Haldar, M. Problematizing loneliness as a public health issue: an analysis of policy in the United Kingdom (2024) Critical Policy Studies, . DOI: 10.1080/19460171.2024.2306240 Abstract This article presents an analysis of discourses in recent UK policy on loneliness reduction. We use Carol Bacchi’s ‘what is the problem represented to be’ approach …

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Karimi, B. Deconstruction of Power, Resistance and Subjectivity; a comparative analysis of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault (2023) Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 17 (44), pp. 677-694. DOI: 10.22034/jpiut.2023.56090.3509 Abstract This article aims to reassess the concepts of power, resistance, and subjectivity by examining the ideas of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault. At first glance, it …

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Zaeemdar, S. Postfeminist technologies of authenticity: Examining the construction of authentic feminine selves in the neoliberal workplace (2024) Organization, . DOI: 10.1177/13505084231224363 Abstract This paper examines how the neoliberal injunction to be authentic as addressed to working women operates at the level of the individual. Drawing on Foucault’s framing of self-construction, the paper conceptualizes the …

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Abuhassan, L.B., Dweiri, M.M. A heterotopic perception of ‘wall’ in psychological thriller films: a place, a labyrinth and a panoptic power (2024) Cogent Arts and Humanities, 11 (1), art. no. 2303180, . DOI: 10.1080/23311983.2024.2303180 Abstract A wall is often viewed simply as a structure that divides and isolates different worlds, spaces, or places. However, an …

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Nikidehaghani, M. Accounting and neoliberal responsibilisation: a case study on the Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (2023) Accounting, Auditing and Accountability Journal, . DOI: 10.1108/AAAJ-01-2023-6250 Abstract Purpose: This paper aims to explore how accounting is fostering neoliberal citizenship through the participants of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). More specifically, this paper aims to understand …

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Rossi, A. Techniques of Finitude: On the Pastoral Matrix of Economic Care (2023) Theory, Culture and Society DOI: 10.1177/02632764231203567 Abstract Building and expanding on Foucault’s work, this essay interprets pastoral power as a turning point within the long-term history of the care of the self. Through an analysis of early Christian monasticism, it claims that …

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Mahadevan, J. What connects positivism and interpretivism in cross-cultural management studies: Genealogy as a method for re-ordering disciplinary knowledge (2023) International Journal of Cross Cultural Management DOI: 10.1177/14705958231223874 Abstract Cross-cultural management (CCM) studies is the discipline that investigates the interrelations between culture, management and organization, and ensuing implications. Like all disciplines, it is built upon …

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