Kurt Borg
Biographic Data
| ID | 4159060 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kurt Borg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kurt |
| FAMILY NAME | Borg |
| SIGNATURE | BORG K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9747-1508 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What World is This? On Judith Butler's Ethico-Politics of Breath and Touch: Review Essay
This review essay presents a detailed engagement with Judith Butler’s most recent monograph, What World Is This? A Pandemic Phenomenology. The essay situates this work within Butler’s recent work on ethics and its relation to politics, centering on notions such as precariousness, grievability and relationality. More specifically, this essay engages with Butler’s reflections on the pandemic, in which they dwell on touching and breathing as probes …
Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges to psychological well-being, but how can we predict when people suffer or cope during sustained stress? Here, we test the prediction that specific types of momentary emotional experiences are differently linked to psychological well-being during the pandemic. Study 1 used survey data collected from 24,221 participants in 51 countries during the COVID-19 outbreak. We show that, across countries, well-being…
Unpretentious education: A Foucaultian study of inclusive education in Malta
This article adopts a theoretical perspective inspired from the work of Michel Foucault to explore the experience of disabled students in Malta. In particular, it studies the discourses and educational practices of five students and their educators. The research explores the idea that students’ voices should be imperative in their Individualised Educational Plan (IEP). The article argues that, although inclusive education is presented as a more p…
Foucault on Drugs: The Personal, the Ethical and the Political in Foucault in California
Review Essay on: Simeon Wade, Foucault in California [A True Story – Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death], foreword by Heather Dundas. (Berkeley, California: Heyday, 2019). 144 pp, ISBN 9781597144636 (hardback)
Narrating Trauma: Judith Butler on Narrative Coherence and the Politics of Self-Narration
Narrative coherence is considered as paramount within various dominant discourses, and is seen as empowering traumatised individuals by giving them more control over their lives. However, when subjected to closer scrutiny, the possibility of narrative coherence in life writing becomes open to critique on multiple levels. The article turns to the work of Judith Butler to show how her account of vulnerable subjectivity and relationality problematis…
Narrating Trauma: Judith Butler on Narrative Coherence and the Politics of Self-Narration
Narrative coherence is considered as paramount within various dominant discourses, and is seen as empowering traumatised individuals by giving them more control over their lives. However, when subjected to closer scrutiny, the possibility of narrative coherence in life writing becomes open to critique on multiple levels. The article turns to the work of Judith Butler to show how her account of vulnerable subjectivity and relationality problematis…
Unpretentious education: A Foucaultian study of inclusive education in Malta
This article adopts a theoretical perspective inspired from the work of Michel Foucault to explore the experience of disabled students in Malta. In particular, it studies the discourses and educational practices of five students and their educators. The research explores the idea that students’ voices should be imperative in their Individualised Educational Plan (IEP). The article argues that, although inclusive education is presented as a more p…
Narrating Trauma: Judith Butler on Narrative Coherence and the Politics of Self-Narration
Narrative coherence is considered as paramount within various dominant discourses, and is seen as empowering traumatised individuals by giving them more control over their lives. However, when subjected to closer scrutiny, the possibility of narrative coherence in life writing becomes open to critique on multiple levels. The article turns to the work of Judith Butler to show how her account of vulnerable subjectivity and relationality problematis…
Foucault on Drugs: The Personal, the Ethical and the Political in Foucault in California
Review Essay on: Simeon Wade, Foucault in California [A True Story – Wherein the Great French Philosopher Drops Acid in the Valley of Death], foreword by Heather Dundas. (Berkeley, California: Heyday, 2019). 144 pp, ISBN 9781597144636 (hardback)
Unpretentious education: A Foucaultian study of inclusive education in Malta
This article adopts a theoretical perspective inspired from the work of Michel Foucault to explore the experience of disabled students in Malta. In particular, it studies the discourses and educational practices of five students and their educators. The research explores the idea that students’ voices should be imperative in their Individualised Educational Plan (IEP). The article argues that, although inclusive education is presented as a more p…
Emotional experiences and psychological well-being in 51 countries during the Covid-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic presents challenges to psychological well-being, but how can we predict when people suffer or cope during sustained stress? Here, we test the prediction that specific types of momentary emotional experiences are differently linked to psychological well-being during the pandemic. Study 1 used survey data collected from 24,221 participants in 51 countries during the COVID-19 outbreak. We show that, across countries, well-being…
What World is This? On Judith Butler's Ethico-Politics of Breath and Touch: Review Essay
This review essay presents a detailed engagement with Judith Butler’s most recent monograph, What World Is This? A Pandemic Phenomenology. The essay situates this work within Butler’s recent work on ethics and its relation to politics, centering on notions such as precariousness, grievability and relationality. More specifically, this essay engages with Butler’s reflections on the pandemic, in which they dwell on touching and breathing as probes …
Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Foucault, Power, and Ethics (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Hegemony (2 works)