Foucault News

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

Jardim, Fabiana Augusta Alves, López-Ruiz, Osvaldo, & Méndez, Pablo. (2024). Governamentalidades latino-americanas: tramas entre colonialidade e neoliberalismo. . Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Educação. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11606/9786587047669 Open access Includes interview with Colin Gordon Governamentalidade e além: entrevista com Colin Gordon Colin Gordon, William Walters, Martina Tazzioli Sinopse A presente coletânea inaugura a Coleção Desbordar …

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Kjærgaard, A., Bergmann, R., Blasco, M., Padan, T., Elliott, C., Callahan, J., Robinson, S., Wall, T. Subtle activism: Heterotopic principles for unsettling contemporary academia from within (2023) Organization DOI: 10.1177/13505084231167702 Abstract Research on academic activism tends to foreground vociferous and explicit forms of activism that pursue predefined political agendas. Against this backdrop, this article proposes …

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Bahmanteymouri, E., Mohammadzadeh, M. ‘Neoliberalism is dead’: Traversing neoliberal planning education is an exigency (2023) Policy Futures in Education DOI: 10.1177/14782103231181241 Abstract Neoliberalism has been the hegemonic ideology that has fundamentally transformed planning over the last four decades. Neoliberalism has significantly restructured pre-existing organisations, such as universities that were initially expanded during the period of …

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Kutay, A. From Social Sphere to Intermediary Association: A Critical Analysis of Civil Society’s Neoliberal Transformation (2023) Critical Sociology DOI: 10.1177/08969205231180263 Abstract In this paper, I examine the neoliberal transformation of civil society through Mitchel Foucault’s insights concerning knowledge, power, and governmentality. The objective of this paper is to trace the evolving understandings of civil …

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Kurtuluş, G., & Demİrcan Yildirim, P. (2023). Türkiye’de kadin kooperatiflerine siyasi iktidarin gözünden bakmak: feminist postyapisalci bir analiz. Memleket Siyaset Yönetim, 18(40), 441-460. https://doi.org/10.56524/msydergi.1352548 English title and abstract below Öz Türkiye’de yirmi yılı aşkın süredir hem siyasi hem de sivil alanda özellikle kadının güçlendirilmesi retoriği ile ilişkili kadın kooperatiflerine olan ilginin arttığı gözlenmektedir. Kadınların ekonomik …

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Boucher, L. The proliferation of men’s sheds in Australia: the problematization of masculinity in a neoliberal regime (2023) Cultural Studies DOI: 10.1080/09502386.2023.2169731 Abstract Men’s sheds emerged in Australia with a promise to restore men to health and happiness through the provision of a gender-exclusive communal space and access to ‘traditional’ masculine activities. This article traces …

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Chen, Q. Becoming Neoliberal Subjects: “Morning Routine” Vlogging and Everyday Life (2021) 8th European Conference on Social Media, ECSM 2021, pp. 50-57. DOI: 10.34190/ESM.21.016 Abstract Neoliberalism, originally concerned within political field, has obtained a wide range of connotations in social sciences studies. The heavy emphasis on free and private markets has led to a shifted …

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Reimagining Globalization and Education Edited By Fazal Rizvi, Bob Lingard, Risto Rinne, Routledge, 2022 Description This book brings together leading scholars in Global Studies in Education to reflect on how various developments of historic significance have unsettled the neoliberal imaginary of globalization. The developments include greater recognition of inequalities and the changing nature of work …

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Tilleczek, William. “On the Ownership of the Means of Training: Domination, Asceticism, and Capacities of Resistance.” Theory & Event 26, no. 4 (2023): 701-726. https://doi.org/10.1353/tae.2023.a909213. Abstract: This article argues that asceticism—understood in the etymological sense of “training”—can productively be incorporated into analyses of politics. It is of particular use in thinking through questions of inequality …

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Dean, J. From solidarity to self-promotion? Neoliberalism and left politics in the age of the social media influencer (2023) Capital and Class DOI: 10.1177/03098168231199907 Abstract The aim of this article is to map the contested intersections of influencer culture and left/progressive politics within the current conjuncture. Furthermore, drawing on a combination of Gramscian and Foucaultian …

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