Foucault News

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

Jablonska, Barbara (2012). “Władza i wiedza w krytycznych studiach nad dyskursem – szkic teoretyczny”. Studia socjologiczne , (1), p. 75-92. https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/427714 Abstract The article deals with the problem of power and knowledge in contemporary discourse studies. The presented reflections are based on theoretical assumptions of the work by two French authors: Michel Foucault and Pierre …

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Juan J. Jiménez-Anca, Beyond power: Unbridging Foucault and Weber, European Journal of Social Theory June 6, 2012 https://doi.org/10.1177/1368431012444919 Abstract Today, very few would doubt that there are plenty of reasons to liken Weber’s and Foucault’s theories of power. Nevertheless, their respective works have divergent ethical and ontological preoccupations which should be reconsidered. This article explores …

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Daniele Lorenzini et Martina Tazzioli, « Contre-usages, désobéissances actives et mouvements de l’intolérable. De la pratique du refus à la volonté de ne pas être gouverné », Cycnos, Volume 28-1, mis en ligne le 01 juillet 2012. The aim of this article is to analyse some of the most important contemporary practices of refusal that …

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Peng, Zheng (2012). “Discourse, Archeology, and Genealogy: The Development of Foucault’s Discourse Theory and Its Significance”. Foreign Literature Studies, Wai guo wen xue yan jiu (Wuhan Shi, China) , 34 (2), p. 129-36. https://caod.oriprobe.com/articles/29468415/Discourse__Archeology__and_Genealogy__The_Developm.htm Abstract As a representative figure of the discourse theory, Foucault produced great influence on contemporary thoughts; however, his discourse theory did …

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Jerzy Stachowiak. Studia socjologiczne , (1), 2012, p. 93. https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/427993 Abstract The article aims at presenting two opposite socio-philosophical stances, to which most of research on power within the framework of discourse studies can be attributed. These outlooks are represented by the names of Noam Chomsky and Michel Foucault. The discussion between these intellectuals constitutes …

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Joshua J. Kurz, (Dis)locating Control: Transmigration, Precarity and the Governmentality of Control, Behemoth: A Journal on Civilization, Volume 5, Issue 1, Pages 30–51, June 2012 https://dx.doi.org/10.1515/behemoth.2012.004 Abstract In this essay, the author takes up William Walters’ (2006) incitement to theorize transmigration through the Deleuzian concept of control. The importance of mechanisms, or technologies, that modulate …

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O’Byrne, P. (2012). “Population Health and Social Governance: Analyzing the Mainstream Incorporation of Ethnography”. Qualitative health research , 22 (6), pp. 859-67. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732311425049 Abstract Recently, health care workers (researchers, academics, policy writers, clinicians) have begun to view ethnography as an acceptable research methodology for informing public health work. This corresponds with a change in public …

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Sakellariou, Dikaios (2012). “Sexuality and Disability: A Discussion on Care of the Self”. Sexuality and disability , 30 (2), p. 187-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11195-011-9219-3 Abstract The aim of this article is to bring together the notions of sexuality, disability and care of the self. This is done by illustrating the importance of care of the self and …

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Youatt, R. (2012). “Power, Pain, and the Interspecies Politics of Foie Gras”. Political research quarterly , 65 (2), pp. 346-58. https://doi.org/10.1177/1065912911398049 Abstract This article examines the practices, logics, and politics of foie gras production and consumption. It argues that scholars need to rethink both pain and sentience to account for the fact that ducks are responsive, …

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McConnell, Fiona (2012). “Governmentality to practise the state? Constructing a Tibetan population in exile”. Environment and planning. D, Society & space, 30 (1), p. 78-95. https://doi.org/10.1068/d0711 Abstract Drawing on the extraterritorial and nonstate centric form of power found in Foucault’s notion of governmentality, I contribute to three emerging debates: the extent to which governmentality is …

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