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

Robert S. Leib, Of other histories: philosophical archaeology, historiology, and paradigmatology, Parrhesia 37 · 2023 · 91-120 Open access This article contributes to the discussion of philosophical archaeology in Foucault’s early works by reexamining its influences and recent developments using two concepts that appear in The Order of Things —a history of the Same and …

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Lorenzini, D., & Tiisala, T. (2023). The architectonic of Foucault’s critique. European Journal of Philosophy, 1– 16. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejop.12877 Open access Abstract This paper presents a new interpretation of Michel Foucault’s critical project. It is well known that Foucault’s genealogical critique does not focus on issues of justification, but instead tackles “aspectival captivity,” that is, apparently …

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Call For Papers – Happiness in Contemporary Continental Philosophy CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for a topical issue of Open Philosophy PDF -CFP Happiness in Contemporary Continental Philosophy HAPPINESS IN CONTEMPORARY CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY Open Philosophy (https://www.degruyter.com/opphil) invites submissions for the topical issue “Happiness in Contemporary Continental Philosophy,” edited by Ype de Boer (Radboud University, the Netherlands). DESCRIPTION …

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Call for Papers 3 (1): FILOSOFÍA, POLÍTICA Y VERDAD Coordinadores: Iván Torres Apablaza y Silvana Vignale Latin American Journal of Humanities and Educational Divergences  Recepción de trabajos: 30 de noviembre de 2023 https://revistas.educaidscientific.com/index.php/lajhed/announcement PDF of Call for Papers Latin American Journal of Humanities and Educational Divergences es una publicación semestral de acceso abierto, editado por …

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Xiao Han (2023) Disciplinary Power Matters: Rethinking Governmentality and Policy Enactment Studies in China, Journal of Education Policy, 38:3, 408-431, DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2021.2014570 ABSTRACT Besides Foucault’s own focus on liberal contexts, the relatively limited application of his thoughts in illiberal countries may also result from the misunderstanding of power. The traditional juridico-discursive model interprets power as …

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Foucault in Chinese Educational Studies, Special Issue. Knowledge Cultures, vol. 7, no. 1, March 2019 Foucault In Chinese Educational Studies Michael A. Peters Aesthetic Education: toward a possible aesthetic life Xu Jinyuan Using Foucault’s theory of technologies of the self to examine the learning process in China’s math classrooms Chi Xiao Governmentality and private tutoring …

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Chen, Z., & Wang, C. Y. (2019). The Discipline of Happiness: The Foucauldian Use of the “Positive Energy” Discourse in China’s Ideological Works. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 48(2), 201–225. https://doi.org/10.1177/1868102619899409 Abstract One important question about ideological works in China concerns the tension between mobilisation (encouraging public expression) and control (limiting public expression). Recently Xi …

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van der Merwe, Tania Rauch, Elelwani Lara Ramugondo, and André Keet. 2023. “Crafting a Foucauldian Archaeology Method: A Critical Analysis of Occupational Therapy Curriculum-as-Discourse, South Africa” Social Sciences 12, no. 7: 393. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci12070393 Abstract South Africa has a colonial and apartheid past of social injustice, epistemological oppression, and exclusion. These mechanisms are historically inscribed in …

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Bommenel, E., Richard, E., Reid, S. Using teaching and learning regimes in the international classroom to encourage student re-subjectification (2023) Journal of Applied Learning and Teaching, 6 (1), pp. 81-92. DOI: 10.37074/jalt.2023.6.1.14 Abstract This paper addresses one of the pedagogical challenges that followed the presence of increasingly multinational student groups, particularly the increased diversity of …

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He, Q. Avowal or Obedience: Foucault on the Solution to the Dilemma of Examination of Conscience and Its Influences (2023) Logos and Pneuma – Chinese Journal of Theology, 2023 (58), pp. 169-195. Note: This article is in Chinese Abstract Michel Foucault analyzed the ideas of John Cassian, a Church Father who lived in the 4th …

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