Foucault Studies

4.5k citations
377 papers · indexed · active since 1950

Impact in

Papers in

    • Foucault, Power, and Ethics 198
    • African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues 35
    • Political Theology and Sovereignty 29
    • Philosophy and Social Theory 16
    • Global Security and Public Health 10
    • Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies 48

Foucault Studies

242 papers receiving 3.2k citations

Peers

Foucault Studies
Comparison fields: 5 of 154
  • Gender Studies 635
  • Sociology and Political Science 2.5k
  • Public Administration 157
  • Geography, Planning and Development 238
  • Political Science and International Relations 919
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About Foucault Studies

The 377 papers published in Foucault Studies in the last decades have received a total of 4.5k indexed citations . Papers published in Foucault Studies usually cover Sociology and Political Science (242 papers), Gender Studies (50 papers), Philosophy (41 papers), History (25 papers) and Anthropology (19 papers) specifically the topics of Foucault, Power, and Ethics (198 papers), Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (48 papers), African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues (35 papers), Political Theology and Sovereignty (29 papers), Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics (16 papers), Philosophy and Social Theory (16 papers), Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics (13 papers) and Global Security and Public Health (10 papers). The most active scholars publishing in Foucault Studies are Brad Elliott Stone, Jason Read, Mark G. E. Kelly, Thomas F. Tierney, Michel Foucault, Jeffrey Bussolini, Johanna Oksala, José Medina, Sam Binkley and Michelle Brady.

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