Foucault News

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

Zhang, H., Powell, D. Governing Olympic education: Technologies of policy announcements and outsourcing (2022) International Review for the Sociology of Sport DOI: 10.1177/10126902221101993 Abstract The Chinese government views the Olympic Games as a critical platform to present national pride on a global scale. Olympic education also has an important role to play for China, as …

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Twyford, E.J. Crisis accountability and aged “care” during COVID-19 (2022) Meditari Accountancy Research DOI: 10.1108/MEDAR-05-2021-1296 Abstract Purpose: This study aims to fill the gaps in mandated reports with social accounts to provide more inclusive accountability during a crisis using the illustrative example of Anglicare’s Newmarch House during a deadly COVID-19 outbreak. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses …

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de Andrade, H.S., Carvalho, S.R., de Oliveira, C.F. Leituras do governo neoliberal do Estado e da saúde (2022) Physis, 32 (1), art. no. e320116 DOI: 10.1590/S0103-73312022320116 Abstract Brazilian Public Health has often analyzed neoliberalism as a phenomenon of emptying the role of the State and a threat to public and universal health. Taking Foucault’s governmental …

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Talcott, Samuel. 2022. “Vectors of Thought: François Delaporte, the Cholera of 1832 and the Problem of Error” Philosophies 7, no. 3: 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/philosophies7030056 Abstract This paper resists the virality of contemporary paranoia by turning to “French epistemology”, a philosophical ethos that embraces uncertainty and complexity by registering the transformative impact of scientific knowledge on thought. …

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Romanowski, M.H. Controlling higher education from a distance: using Foucault’s governmentality to better understand accreditation (2022) Cogent Education, 9 (1), art. no. 2073631 DOI: 10.1080/2331186X.2022.2073631 Abstract The Internationalization of Higher Education (IHE) has expanded significantly in quantity, scope, and complexity over the past two decades, advancing into a complex system able to influence and control …

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de Heredia, M.I. Reversing “Liberal” Aspirations: A View from “Citizen’s” Movements in Africa (2022) Global Society DOI: 10.1080/13600826.2022.2052022 Abstract Since Tahir Square, a series of movements and uprisings have spread around Africa. Redefining themselves as “citizens” movements to emphasise their “rights”, one of the most significant characteristics is their tendency to couch their aspirations in …

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Alain Brossat, Hétérotopies, communautés, lieux de vie, Ici et ailleurs, jeudi 9 juin 2022 La crise du présent se condense dans celle de l’habitabilité du monde. Moins que jamais, nous ne savons où habiter, comment habiter ni avec qui habiter. Habiter, selon la tradition philosophique occidentale, c’est infiniment davantage qu’occuper un lieu, avoir une maison …

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A. Colombo, La chair selon Michel Foucault le « retour» de l’expérience et l’élaboration de la subjectivité (2021) Revue des Sciences Philosophiques et Theologiques, 105 (3), pp. 353-379. https://dx.doi.org/10.3917/rspt.1053.0353 Résumé La définition de la chair comme une « expérience » constitue une des principales contributions conceptuelles des Aveux de la chair, quatrième volume de l’Histoire …

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Alexander J. Means & Yuko Ida (2022) Education after empire: A biopolitical analytics of capital, nation, and identity, Educational Philosophy and Theory, 54:7, 882-891 DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2020.1803836 Abstract As it emerged in the late twentieth century, Empire promised a new era of global cooperation and stability through a seamless integration of late capitalism and neoliberal technocracy. …

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