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The carceral existence of social work academics: a Foucauldian analysis of social work education in English universities (2020)
Journal Article
Amsler, S., & Simpson, D. (2020). The carceral existence of social work academics: a Foucauldian analysis of social work education in English universities. Foucault Studies, 1(28), 36-70. https://doi.org/10.22439/fs.v1i28.6073

Applying Foucault's concepts of disciplinary power and technologies of the self to the experiences of social work academics in English universities, this articles reveals their carceral existences, arguing that social work academics and their student... Read More about The carceral existence of social work academics: a Foucauldian analysis of social work education in English universities.

Relearning liberation: critical methodologies for the general crisis (2018)
Journal Article
Amsler, S., & Weiss-Hanrahan, N. (2018). Relearning liberation: critical methodologies for the general crisis. Berlin Journal of Critical Theory, 2(4), 55-73

How can critical theory help us to articulate the nature of social suffering in twenty-first century capitalism, and to expand our horizons of possibility for liberation and alternative futures at a moment of apparent impasse? In this essay, we explo... Read More about Relearning liberation: critical methodologies for the general crisis.