Foucault News

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

Aubin-Boltanski, E. A Lebanese contemporary female mystic and her counter-conducts (2020) Women’s History Review, 29 (1), pp. 74-89. DOI: 10.1080/09612025.2019.1595205 Abstract A network of Christian female mystics in Lebanon and Syria has been forming since the early 1980s. Composed of women from large cities, such as Beirut or Damascus, it is characterized by its denominational …

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Ohaneson, H.C. Voices of madness in Foucault and Kierkegaard (2020) International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 87 (1), pp. 27-54. DOI: 10.1007/s11153-019-09739-6 Abstract The central idea of this paper is that Michel Foucault and Søren Kierkegaard are unexpected allies in the investigation into the relation between madness and reason. These thinkers criticize reason’s presumption of …

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Oliver, C. Irrational rationalities and governmentality-effected neglect in immigration practice: Legal migrants’ entitlements to services and benefits in the United Kingdom (2020) British Journal of Sociology, 71 (1), pp. 96-111. DOI: 10.1111/1468-4446.12720 Abstract Governments’ attempts to manage immigration increasingly restrict immigrants’ eligibility to healthcare, education, and welfare benefits. This article examines the operation of these …

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Mathias Hein Jessen and Nicolai von Eggers, Governmentality and Statification: Towards a Foucauldian Theory of the State (2020) Theory, Culture and Society, 37 (1), pp. 53-72. https://doi.org/10.1177/0263276419849099 Abstract This article contributes to governmentality studies and state theory by discussing how to understand the centrality and importance of the state from a governmentality perspective. It uses …

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Mark Davis, Niamh Stephenson, Paul Flowers, Compliant, complacent or panicked? Investigating the problematisation of the Australian general public in pandemic influenza control, Social Science & Medicine, Volume 72, Issue 6, 2011, pp. 912-918 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.016 Abstract This article examines how pandemic influenza control policies interpellate the public. We analyse Australian pandemic control documents and key informant …

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Jindra, M., Paulle, B., Jindra, I.W. Relational Work in the Struggle Against Poverty: Balancing Scholarly Critiques and Emancipatory Practices in the Nonprofit Sector (2020) Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, 49 (1), pp. 160-179. DOI: 10.1177/0899764019861716 Abstract Among antipoverty nonprofit organizations (NPOs), a significant shift back to “relational work” has been occurring. This form of human …

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Mayes, C. Governmentality of Fencing in Australia: Tracing the White Wires from Paddocks to Aboriginal Protection, Pest Exclusion and Immigration Restriction (2020) Journal of Intercultural Studies, 41 (1), pp. 42-59. DOI: 10.1080/07256868.2020.1704228 Abstract The importation of wire-fencing to Australia from the 1840s transformed the management of sheep. Rather than shepherds watching over flocks, wire-fences allowed …

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Brendon Murphy, The Technology of Guilt, Australasian Journal of Legal Philosophy, Volume 44, 2019, pp. 64-99 PDF of article (Copyright Brendon Murphy) Introduction Arguably, the most important event in criminal law is the determination of guilt. Indeed, the entire intellectual architecture of criminal law is directed towards a moment when a court declares the subject …

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Evans, B., Johnson, H. Responding to the problem of ‘food security’ in animal cruelty policy debates: building alliances between animal-centred and human-centred work on food system issues (2020) Agriculture and Human Values, 37 (1), pp. 161-174. DOI: 10.1007/s10460-019-09979-2 Abstract Research on ethical issues within food systems is often human-centric. As a consequence, animal-centric policy debates …

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Kevin Maynard, Foucault on the Wards. Rediscovering Reflection as a Social Pediatrician in Training, Academic Medicine: October 15, 2019 DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003042 Open access Abstract The author states that as a second-year medical student with a liberal arts degree, it is often difficult for him to reconcile his former education with the current demands of his …

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