Foucault News

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

Joanne Hunt. Mapping the government of disability in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: A critical feminist account. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice. 2025. Vol. 5(3):332-356. https://www.doi.org/10.13169/intljofdissocjus.5.3.0004 Abstract​ People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome have historically been conceptualised in health and social policy as “undeserving” of societal support, largely via a variant of biopsychosocial model …

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Emma Noble, Medical gaslighting: conceptual and theoretical foundations. Social Theory & Health 24, 1 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41285-025-00247-4 Abstract Medical gaslighting is a term that is frequently found in gray literature but rarely found in formal literature. However, Gaslighting is a term that has been examined in scientific literature, typically in relation to intimate partner relationships. I …

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Lorenzo Petrachi, Michel Foucault’s «La croisade des enfants». Schérer, Rochefort and the Political Philosophy of Childhood, Filosofia politica 1/2026, pp. 121-140. https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1416/119910 Article in Italian Abstract The essay offers an analysis of Michel Foucault’s previously unpublished manuscript, “La croisade des enfants”. After establishing its date and providing a description of the manuscript, the essay situates …

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Jessamine Giese, Megan Gibson, and Marie White, Navigating Policy Disconnect in Early Childhood: Teams Interpreting the NQF, EYLF, and Modern Awards. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, First published online February 12, 2026 https://doi.org/10.1177/18369391261425987 Abstract In Australia, early childhood education and care (ECEC) has experienced substantial policy reform in the past 15 years with major shifts …

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Milena Tekeste, Mustafa F. Özbilgin (2026), Misrecognition and Responsibilisation in Extreme Events: Towards Recognition-based Accountability in Academia. British Journal of Management, 37: e70032. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.70032 Abstract This essay interrogates how extreme events including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate disasters, and political conflict, amplify structural inequalities in academia. Drawing on critical autoethnographic material from an Early Career Researcher …

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Jan-Philipp Siebold, Annemarie Witschas, Rainer Mühlhoff, 2026. “ When the Future Feels Foreclosed: AI Resignation and the Power to Act.” Future Humanities 4: e70026. https://doi.org/10.1002/fhu2.70026. ABSTRACT This article develops the concept of ‘AI resignation’ to capture how young people encounter AI not only as a helpful or flawed tool, but as an overpowering and seemingly …

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Alex Midlen, Rethinking environmental governance for development: the blue œconomy dispositif, Political Geography, Volume 126, 2026 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2026.103494 Abstract: The Blue Economy is a recent development paradigm, created in response to a refocusing of sustainable development during preparations for the UN Conference on Environment and Development in 2012 in which the ‘green economy’ was proposed. Coastal …

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James I. Porter, Foucault, Kant, and Antiquity. Representations, 1 February 2024; 165 (1): 120–143. https://doi.org/10.1525/rep.2024.165.5.120 Abstract Michel Foucault’s return to classical antiquity at the end of his career coincides with a turn away from institutional critique and a return to Kant. This is no coincidence. Foucault’s Introduction to Kant’s “Anthropology” (1961) completely anticipates his approach …

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Shelza Jalan, The Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Dam and the shifting grounds of resistance, Social Sciences & Humanities Open, Volume 12, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.102118 Abstract: The Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project (LSHEP), India’s largest hydropower initiative in Northeast India, exemplifies the tensions between state-led developmentalism and civil society resistance in ecologically fragile regions. While envisioned as a cornerstone …

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Antti Saari, Nelli Piattoeva, and Katja Brøgger. (2026). Introduction: Critical times? Conditions, constraints, and cooptions in contemporary educational critique. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131857.2025.2611004 Extract In educational research, various conceptions of critique and criticality serve as markers for distinct genres of scholarship and writing, as well as for particular types of journals and monographs …

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