James Wong, ‘Foucault and Autonomy’, ARSP. Archiv. für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie, vol. 96, no3, 2010, pp. 277-290. Other details Abstract In this paper, I argue against Mark Bevir’s contention that Foucault is committed to reject autonomy but affirms agency. I argue that Bevir’s claim is extravagant, that (a) Foucault need not reject autonomy, and (b) …
The October issue of Law Cultiure and the Humanities contains a number of articles and a book review which relate to Foucault’s work. You can find the abstracts and pdfs (subscription only) on the journal site. The articles in question are: Jonathan Simon, ‘Beyond the Panopticon: Mass Imprisonment and the Humanities’, Law, Culture and the …
Michael Hardt, ‘Militant Life’, New Left Review 64, July-August 2010 Michael Hardt on Michel Foucault, Le gouvernement de soi et des autres and Le courage de la vérité. Parting words from the Collège de France on life as the scandal of truth. First paragraph Visit New Left Review for the rest. (You need a subscription). …
Michelle Brady, ‘What ethnography contributes to studies of governmentality’. Paper presented at the 11th Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference, October 2010, October 7-8 2010. Published as Brady, M. (2011) Researching governmentalities through ethnography: the case of Australian welfare reforms and programs for single parents Critical Policy Studies. Vol 5. No. 3. October. pp.265-283 Abstract In …
Foucault Studies is pleased to announce the publication of issue 9 including a “state of the disciplines“ review on Foucault and postcolonial studies. Included * 5 original articles about money, heterotopias, alimentary identities, animal ethics and the emotional content of governmentality processes * a review essay of Ladelle McWorter’s Racisism and Sexual Oppression in Anglo-America …
Social Identities. Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture , Volume 16 Issue 5 2010 Special issue: Foucault 25 years on Contents For cutting: an introduction to Foucault, 25 years on Ian Goodwin-Smith Resisting Foucault: the necessity of appropriation Ian Goodwin-Smith Post-structuralism’s colonial roots: Michel Foucault Pal Ahluwalia The huntsman’s funeral: targeting the …
Mariana Valverde, ‘Specters of Foucault in Law and Society Scholarship’ Annual Review of Law and Social Science, vol 6 (October 2010) https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-lawsocsci-102209-152951 Abstract To reflect on how we, in 2010, might make the best use of the analytical tools developed by Michel Foucault, we need first to go back to the 1970s and situate his …
Alan McKinlay and Eric Pezet, ‘Accounting for Foucault’, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, no 6, vol 21, August 2010, 486-495 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpa.2009.08.006 Abstract Michel Foucault’s concept of governmentality has been central to critical accounting research for two decades, a centrality that has placed systems of calculation as the starting point of discussions of the state, the firm …
Alain Beaulieu, ‘Towards a liberal Utopia: The connection between Foucault’s reporting on the Iranian Revolution and the ethical turn’, Philosophy Social Criticism September 2010, vol. 36 no. 7, 801-818 https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453710372065 Abstract The shift in Foucault’s work from genealogy to ethics finds consensus among Foucault scholars. However, the motivations behind this transition remain either misunderstood or …
Tell, Dave. “Rhetoric and Power: An Inquiry into Foucault’s Critique of Confession.” Philosophy & Rhetoric 43.2 (Spring 2010): 95-117. Lead Article. https://doi.org/10.5325/philrhet.43.2.0095 Abstract In the 1980s Foucault relentlessly distinguished between two discursive practices: the Christian confession and the ancient technologies of the self. This distinction provides a valuable opportunity to study the role of rhetoric …
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