Ramírez-García, V. The Administration of Desire: Governmentality and Sexual Politics in Mexico’s Demographic Shift of the 1970s. Sexuality Research and Social Policy volume 17, pp. 741–752 (2020). DOI:10.1007/s13178-020-00430-4 Open access Abstract Introduction In 1974 Mexico adopted a new Population Act which marked a turning point in its policies of migration, fertility and education; this new …
Georgette Bajada, Anne-Marie Callus & Kurt Borg (2021) Unpretentious education: a Foucaultian study of inclusive education in Malta, Disability & Society, Published online: 27 Jan 2021 DOI: 10.1080/09687599.2021.1874877 Abstract This article adopts a theoretical perspective inspired from the work of Michel Foucault to explore the experience of disabled students in Malta. In particular, it studies …
Covid-19 no Brasil e diagnóstico do presente: análise do discurso e biopolítica, Revista Ética e Filosofia Política, v. 2 n. 23 (2020): Episteme e Práxis DOI: 10.34019/2448-2137.2020.33287 Open access Resumo A partir do pano de fundo da gestão política da pandemia de COVID-19, este artigo visa apresentar e discutir a noção foucaultiana de biopolítica articulando …
Federico Jose Lagdameo, Normalizing the Population: The Biopolitics of the “New Normal”, Budhi: A Journal of Ideas and Culture XXIV.1 (2020): 67–97. Open access Abstract While the whole world is trying to get its bearings in the face of the radical changes brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, two prevailing attitudes or approaches have emerged: …
Hull, Gordon, Infrastructure, Modulation, Portal: Thinking with Foucault about how Internet Architecture Shapes Subjects, SSRN (January 22, 2021). Open access Abstract Following Foucault’s remarks on the importance of architecture to disciplinary power, this paper offers a typology of power relations expressed in different models of Internet governance. Infrastructure governance understands the Internet as a common …
Mathieu Arminjon & Régis Marion-Veyron, Coronavirus biopolitics: the paradox of France’s Foucauldian heritage (2021) History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences, 43 (1), art. no. 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40656-020-00359-2 Open access Abstract In this short paper we analyse some paradoxical aspects of France’s Foucauldian heritage: (1) while several French scholars claim the COVID-19 pandemic is a perfect …
George Kokkinidis and Marco Checchi, Power matters: Posthuman entanglements in a social solidarity clinic (2021) Organization, Vol 30, Issue 2 https://doi.org/10.1177/1350508420973304 Abstract This paper develops a materialist and performative conception of power, proposing a theoretical framework that bridges Barad’s intra-active agential ontology and Foucault’s microphysics of power. The article uses empirical data collected from a …
Carol S. Walther, Stephanie D. Jones, Corrine M. Wickens, and Rodrigo Martinez, “The Numbers Are Eye Popping”: Statistical Consciousness as a Discursive Tool to Monitor Same-Sex Demography (2021) Social Currents, vol 9, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1177/2329496520983850 Abstract In this article, we examine newspaper accounts of same-sex demography to examine how journalists use U.S. Census Bureau statistics …
H. Unnathi S. Samaraweera (2020). Is resilience a unique extension rather than a rejection of neoliberalism? A critical reading of David Chandler’s writings on resilience. International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-05-2020-0050 Abstract Purpose: This paper aims to engage with the concept of resilience as theorized by David Chandler in his book …
Christian Möller, Discipline and Feed: Food Banks, Pastoral Power, and the Medicalisation of Poverty in the UK, Sociological Research Online, Published January 5, 2021 DOI: 10.1177/1360780420982625 Open access Abstract Food banks across the UK are offering basic food supplies and a range of support services to people who have been affected by years of welfare …
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