Foucault News

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

Linda Graham, (2011), The Product of Text and ‘Other’ Statements: Discourse analysis and the critical use of Foucault. Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43: 663-674. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-5812.2010.00698.x Abstract Much has been written on Michel Foucault’s reluctance to clearly delineate a research method, particularly with respect to genealogy (Harwood, 2000; Meadmore, Hatcher & McWilliam, 2000; Tamboukou, 1999). Foucault …

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Mary Gibson, Review Essay: Global Perspectives on the Birth of the Prison, The American Historical Review, Vol. 116, No. 4 (October 2011), pp. 1040-1063 https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr.116.4.1040 In a review essay, “Global Perspectives on the Birth of the Prison,” Mary Gibson surveys the globalization of prison history since the turn of the twenty-first century by focusing on …

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Fadil, Nadia, Not-/unveiling as an ethical practice, Feminist Review, no.98, July 2011, 83-109 https://doi.org/10.1057/fr.2011.12 Abstract The practice of Islamic veiling has over the last ten years emerged into a popular site of investigation. Different researchers have focused on the various significations of this bodily practice, both in its gendered dimensions, its identity components, its empowering …

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Aut Aut. Foucault e la “Storia della follia” (1961-2011), no. 351, July-September 2011 MATERIALI 1 Michel Foucault “Non esiste cultura senza follia” [1961] Frédéric Gros Nota sulla “Storia della follia” Daniel Defert L’altra scena della pittura Pier Aldo Rovatti “Sarai un malato di mente” (una risposta ai detrattori di Foucault) Mario Colucci La storia negata …

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Birkin, Frank and Thomas Polesie (2011). “An Epistemic Analysis of (Un)Sustainable Business”. Journal of business ethics , 103 (2), pp. 239-253 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-011-0863-4 Abstract Michel Foucault famously analysed orders of knowledge, ‘epistemes’, in past European ages. In this study, his analytical method is fruitfully applied to gaining a better understanding of business sustainability within and beyond …

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Taylor, Chloe, Disciplinary Relations/Sexual Relations: Feminist and Foucauldian Reflections on Professor–Student Sex. Hypatia, 26: 187–206. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1527-2001.2010.01143.x Abstract Drawing on Michel Foucault’s writings as well as the writings of feminist scholars bell hooks and Jane Gallop, this paper examines faculty–student sexual relations and the discourses and policies that surround them. It argues that the dominant discourses …

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Foucault Across the Disciplines Guest editor: Colin Koopman History of the Human Sciences , October 2011; 24 (4) Link to abstracts and pdfs Table of Contents Colin Koopman Foucault across the disciplines: introductory notes on contingency in critical inquiry Ian Hacking Déraison Arnold I. Davidson In praise of counter-conduct Amy Allen Foucault and the politics …

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Foucault Studies is pleased to announce the publication of issue 12 A Special Issue on Foucault and Race Guest Edited by Ladelle McWhorter Issue 12 also includes: A translated interview with Denys Foucault An interview with Cressida J. Heyes Three original articles related to Foucault’s writings on neoliberalism and eight book reviews Foucault Studies is …

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Sanna Karkulehto, The ‘Greatest Finn’ meets the ‘Gay Marshal’: Foucault’s cycle, national narratives and The Butterfly of the Urals, Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, vol 1, no.2, June 2011 https://doi.org/10.1386/jsca.1.2.177_1 Abstract The article examines the case of the ‘Gay Marshal’, the late C.G.E. Mannerheim, president of Finland, supreme commander of Finnish military forces during World War …

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Kim Su Rasmussen, Foucault’s Genealogy of Racism, Theory, Culture & Society September 2011 vol. 28 no. 5 34-51 https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276411410448 Abstract This paper argues that Foucault’s genealogy of racism deserves appreciation due to the highly original concept of racism as biopolitical government. Modern racism, according to Foucault, is not merely an irrational prejudice, a form of …

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