Foucault News

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

Højme, Philip. 2022. “Biopolitics and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Foucauldian Interpretation of the Danish Government’s Response to the Pandemic” Philosophies 7, no. 2: 34. https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies7020034 Abstract With the coronavirus pandemic and the Omicron variant once again forcing countries into lockdown (as of late 2021), this essay seeks to outline a Foucauldian critique of various legal …

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Pennacchia, J. Exclusionary tactics in English secondary education: an analysis of fair access protocols (2023) Journal of Education Policy DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2023.2222409 Abstract Although all young people in England are entitled to a full-time, state-funded education suitable to their needs, every year some are without a school place and must be found one through local fair …

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Kaufman, S.R., Morgan, L.M. The Anthropology of the Beginnings and Ends of Life (2023) Medical Anthropology, pp. 465-490. DOI: 10.4324/9781315249360-40 Abstract This essay reviews recent anthropological attention to the “beginnings” and “endings” of life. A large literature since the 1990s highlights the analytic trends and innovations that characterize anthropological attention to the cultural production of …

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Kjaran, J.I., Kristinsdóttir, G. Working on violent self: how perpetrators of IPV narrate about and position themselves during and after therapy? An example from Iceland (2023) Nordic Social Work Research, 13 (2), pp. 348-361. DOI: 10.1080/2156857X.2021.1991443 Abstract In this paper the aim is to explore how men who have been violent and abusive in their …

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Menard, R., Törrönen, J. Immigration, Multiculturalism and Biopolitical Projects on ‘Difference’: Negotiating Intersecting Social Divisions From Positions of Privilege and Disadvantage (2023) Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 13 (1), pp. 1-23. DOI: 10.33134/njmr.513 Abstract Informed by Foucault’s concept of biopolitics, in this study we examine how lived experiences of privilege and disadvantage may be at …

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Marx, S., Lavigne, A.L., Braden, S., Hawkman, A., Andersen, J., Gailey, S., Geddes, G., Jones, I., Si, S., Washburn, K. “I didn’t quit. The system quit me.” Examining why teachers of color leave teaching (2023) International Journal of Leadership in Education DOI: 10.1080/13603124.2023.2218113 Abstract Teachers of color leave the teaching profession at nearly three times …

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Erbilen, S.Ü., Uysal, M. The Common Point of Countries Successful Policies in the Struggle Against COVID-19: Women Leaders (2023) SAGE Open, 13 (2) DOI: 10.1177/21582440231179458 Abstract During the COVID-19 pandemic, which is one of the biggest epidemics of the last century and can be regarded as a global tragedy, leaders had to mobilize many resources …

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Hafeez, G.A. Counter-conduct and Persistence in Selected Works by Egyptian Women Writers (2023) Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures, 15 (1), pp. 347-363. DOI: 10.47012/jjmll.15.1.18 Abstract In this paper, Michel Foucault’s concept of “counter-conduct” and Judith Butler’s concept of “persistence” are deployed, explored, and applied to rethink the relationship between the dominant patriarchal power …

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Chandwani, R., Edacherian, S., Sud, M. National Digital Infrastructure and India’s Healthcare Sector: Physicians’ Perspectives (2023) Qualitative Report, 28 (2), pp. 360-386. DOI: 10.46743/2160-3715/2023.4964 Abstract Patient-centric digital infrastructure can potentially enhance the efficiency of healthcare systems. However, even in developed nations, evidence suggests low adoption rates for such infrastructure and lack of support from clinicians …

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Kneipp, S.M., Drevdahl, D.J., Canales, M.K. Philanthropic Foundations’ Discourse and Nursing’s Future: Part I: History and Agency (2023) Advances in Nursing Science, 46 (2), pp. 158-168. DOI: 10.1097/ANS.0000000000000450 Abstract In this article, we examine external agents’ effect on nursing’s professional evolution and the consequences for the discipline’s collective agency, social contract, and self-regulation. Situated within …

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