Olssen, M. Neoliberal competition in higher education today: research, accountability and impact (2016) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 37 (1), pp. 129-148. DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2015.1100530 Abstract Drawing on Foucault’s elaboration of neoliberalism as a positive form of state power, the ascendancy of neoliberalism in higher education in Britain is examined in terms of the displacement …
Daniel Zamora and Michael C. Behrent (eds), Foucault and Neoliberalism, Polity Press, 2016 Description Michel Foucault’s death in 1984 coincided with the fading away of the hopes for social transformation that characterized the postwar period. In the decades following his death, neoliberalism has triumphed and attacks on social rights have become increasingly bold. If Foucault …
Gordon Hull, Foucault, Descartes and Monastic Subjectivity, New APPS: Art, Politics, Philosophy, Science, 07 January 2016 Extracts [,,,] So Descartes is an Augustinian, at least on this point. What I’d like to do here is point out that Foucault further situates Descartes in a traditional Catholic framework of confession. Recall that, in general, On the …
A Foucault News exclusive. Governmentality studies observed Interview with Colin Gordon by Aldo Avellaneda and Guillermo Vega September 2015 Full PDF of article Interviewers’ introduction Colin Gordon is considered one of the key references of what, in a rather generic although recognizable way, has come to be called “governmentality studies”. He has been involved since …
Miguelángel Verde Garrido, Contesting a biopolitics of information and communications: The importance of truth and sousveillance after Snowden, Surveillance and society, Vol 13, No 2 (2015) https://doi.org/10.24908/ss.v13i2.5331 Abstract This article aims to provide a novel conceptual understanding of the nature of the global mass surveillance policies and practices revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden in collaboration …
Mitchell Dean, Foucault must not be defended, History and Theory, Volume 54, Issue 3, pages 389–403, October 2015 DOI: 10.1111/hith.10767 Available on academia.edu. You need to log in ABSTRACT This paper responds to and comments on many of the themes of the book under consideration concerning Foucault and neoliberalism. In doing so, it offers reflections …
Forum: Foucault and Neoliberalism, History and Theory, Volume 54, Issue 3, October 2015. 1. Introduction (pages 367–371) Matthew Specter 2. Can the critique of capitalism be antihumanist? (pages 372–388) Michael C. Behrent 3. Foucault must not be defended (pages 389–403) Mitchell Dean 4. Neoliberalism through Foucault’s eyes (pages 404–418) Serge Audier
Geoffroy de Lagasnerie, Monstruosités critiques et surdités politiques. Réponse à un article publié dans Clarin à propos de La dernière leçon de Michel Foucault (Une version de cet article en espagnol est également publié sur ce site. A Spanish version of this piece is also available on this website) En 1971, Michel Foucault publie un …
Stephen J. Ball Subjectivity as a site of struggle: refusing neoliberalism? (2015) British Journal of Sociology of Education, 18 p. Article in Press. https://doi.org/10.1080/01425692.2015.1044072 Abstract This paper extends the author’s previous enquiries and discussions of governmentality and neoliberal policy technologies in a number of ways. The paper explores the specificity and generality of performativity as …
The Neoliberalism Controversy and Saint Foucault Professor Mitchell Dean Copenhagen Business School PDF flyer WHEN Tues 15 December 2015 3pm – 5pm WHERE Room 116 Sir Llew Edwards Building (14) The University of Queensland St Lucia campus There is currently something of a controversy concerning Michel Foucault and neoliberalism, sparked by a book of that …
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