Foucault News

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

Cline, D.H. Sensory Disorientation during Crisis: Foucault’s “Heterotopia” and the Plague in Ancient Athens (2022) Classical World, 115 (4), pp. 325-359. DOI: 10.1353/clw.2022.0014 Abstract This article explores the sensory experience of being in Athens during the plague (430–426 bce). By approaching the ancient epidemic from a perspective of sensory archaeology, we discover that the intensity …

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Ostrowicka, H., Wolniewicz-Slomka, K. Heterotopias of Nationalist Youth Organisations in Poland: Communitarisation and Entry/Exit System (2022) Qualitative Report, 27 (11), pp. 2528-2545. DOI: 10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5708 Abstract The article presents the results of an analysis of the discourse of nationalist youth organisations in Poland. The authors have attempted to reconstruct the common “us”of two youth organisations based …

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Garlen, J.C., Hembruff, S.L. Children as ‘difference makers’: viral discourses of childhood innocence and activism in #Blacklivesmatter (2022) Children’s Geographies DOI: 10.1080/14733285.2022.2142037 Abstract Viral images on social media during the Black Lives Matter protests of 2020 brought heightened attention to the debate over children’s political participation. Therefore, our inquiry sought to discover what the circulation …

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Costa, V.R., Luguetti, C., Santos Oliveira, M.D., Pinheiro, M.C., Nunomura, M. Living within and outside a disciplinary bubble: a Foucauldian analysis of Brazilian gymnasts’ experiences in boarding school (2022) Sport, Education and Society, . DOI: 10.1080/13573322.2022.2142544 Abstract The gymnastics’ environment has been criticised for producing uncompromising coaching practices, emotional disorders, harassment and abuse. Furthermore, the …

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Foucault’s Late Politics. Special Issue. South Atlantic Quarterly, October 2022, Vol 121, Issue 4 Introduction: The Late Foucault and the Allegories of Theory Gavin Walker ARTICLES Beyond Neoliberal Realism: Foucault’s Late Politics Johanna Oksala Crisis and Transition: The Late Foucault and the Vocation of Philosophy Benjamin Noys The Revolutionary and Anti-Capitalist Politics of the Late …

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Cheung, M., Chen, Z.T. Power, Freedom, and Privacy on a Discipline-and-Control Facebook, and the Implications for Internet Governance (2022) IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, pp. 1-18. DOI: 10.1109/TPC.2022.3191103 Abstract Background: The proliferation and penetration of social media into professional and everyday lives have reshaped the way in which people deal with their personal information and …

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Goodley, C., Perryman, J. Beyond the ‘terrors of performativity’: dichotomies, identities and escaping the panopticon (2022) London Review of Education, 20 (1), art. no. 29 DOI: 10.14324/LRE.20.1.29 Abstract This article examines the influence of Stephen Ball’s work through the eyes of two former teachers turned academics who met through a mutual interest in his paper, …

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Cabrera, J.C.M. This is not a pipe Iconicity in Magritte’s language paintings (2022) Iconicity in Language and Literature, 18, pp. 193-211. DOI: 10.1075/ill.18.10cab Abstract A significant part of René Magritte’s pictorial work is devoted to the challenging relationships between images and written words. In this paper, I will look into two series of Magritte’s language …

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Judy, R.S. Vorticist Confucianism: Ezra Pound’s translation practice in Confucius as modernist self-fashioning (2022) Asia Pacific Translation and Intercultural Studies, 9 (2), pp. 134-150. DOI: 10.1080/23306343.2022.2123189 Abstract This article argues that Ezra Pound’s Confucius, which brings together his translations of three classics of Confucian philosophy (The Great Learning, The Doctrine of the Mean, and the …

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