Governmentality in the Age of Neoliberalism Wendy Brown, University of California, Berkeley Video of Professor Wendy Brown’s talk in March 2014 at the Pacific Centre for Technology and Culture at the University of Victoria in Canada on governmentality in the age of neoliberalism.
The Politics of Legality in a Neoliberal Age 1-2 August 2014 Staff Common Room, Level 2, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales Building F8. See map Daniel McLoughlin and Ben Golder are organising a symposium in the Law School on 1-2 August 2014, under the umbrella of the ‘Public Law and Legal Theory …
Governing Academic Life A conference at the LSE and the British Library, June 25-26, 2014 June 25, 2014 is the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Michel Foucault. Governing Academic Life marks this anniversary by providing an occasion for academics to reflect on our present situation through our reflections on Foucault’s legacy – which could …
Darren Powell & Michael Gard, The governmentality of childhood obesity: Coca-Cola, public health and primary schools, Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Published online: 14 Apr 2014 https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2014.905045 Abstract In this paper, we examine the emergence of what might seem an unexpected policy outcome – a large multinational corporation, frequently blamed for exacerbating …
Reyes-Zaga, H.A. Biopolitics and disposable bodies: A critical reading of Almazán’s Entre perros (2014) Latin American Perspectives, 41 (2), pp. 189-201. Abstract Until now, little has been said about Mexican literature’s relationship with drug trafficking. While the literature influenced by drug trafficking may be seen as opportunistic and as promoting the dissolution of society and …
M. Alejandra Energici, José Antonio Román B., Claudio Ramos Z. y Sebastián Ibarra G., Solidaridad en la gubernamentalidad liberal avanzada: un análisis en piezas publicitarias, Polis, Revista Latinoamerica, 32, 2012 https://journals.openedition.org/polis/6619 Resúmenes El artículo presenta una reflexión sobre la manera en que en los últimos veinte años la promoción de un determinado tipo de solidaridad …
Stuart J. Murray, Allegories of the Bioethical: Reading J.M. Coetzee’s Diary of a Bad Year, Journal of Medical Humanities, 35, 321–334 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-014-9273-9 Abstract This essay reads J.M. Coetzee’s novel, Diary of a Bad Year, as an occasion to problematize contemporary bioethical (and neoliberal) paradigms. Coetzee’s rhetorical strategies are analyzed to better understand the “scene …
Rebecca Raby, Children’s participation as neo-liberal governance? (2014) Discourse, 35 (1), pp. 77-89. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2012.739468 Abstract Children’s participation initiatives have been increasingly introduced within various institutional jurisdictions around the world, partly in response to Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Such initiatives have been critically evaluated from a number …
Sam Binkley, Happiness as Enterprise: An Essay on Neoliberal Life, SUNY Press, 2014. Summary Examines the contemporary discourse on happiness through the lens of governmentality theory. Recent decades have seen an explosion of interest in the phenomenon of happiness, as evidenced by self-help books, talk shows, spiritual mentoring, business management, and relationship counseling. At the …
Association Tunisienne des Etudes Philosophiques Michel Foucault trente ans après Les 17, 18 et 19 mars 2014 à l’Hôtel Marina Palace Hammamet Tunisie Avec le soutien de : Ministère de la Culture et de la sauvegarde du patrimoine, L’Association pour le Centre Michel Foucault, La Faculté des Sciences Humaines et Sociales de Tunis, L’Ecole Normale …
