Alexander Means
Biographic Data
| ID | 5882424 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexander Means |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexander |
| FAMILY NAME | Means |
| SIGNATURE | MEANS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0033-1056 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Toward a critical sociology of global far-right education
This article examines the rise of the global far right as a cross-national networked political project. While education is central to the far-right’s international authoritarian projects and ambitions, sociologists have been slow to examine the centrality of education to the global far right. Drawing on the so-called “international turn” in far-right studies, this article outlines four pillars of a global far-right educational architecture and th…
Laboratories of futurity
The Postdigital-Biodigital Revolution
Cultural studies, education, and the apocalyptic threat of war (Vol. 44, No. 2)
After Brexit and Aukus’
Foucault and fugitive study
Michel Foucault was one of the 20th century’s great practitioners of study. Time in the archives and library, teaching, reading, thinking, and writing were all integrated aspects of his tireless labor to find lines of escape out of the confines of Western humanism and totalizing approaches to power and history. Drawing on Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France and the work of James Bernauer, this article discusses Foucault’s mode of study a…
World, planet, territory
Despite proliferating attention within the social sciences toward the sources and consequences of climate change and environmental crises, educational sociologists have been slow to confront ecological questions. This omission may seem surprising given the prominence of global perspectives within the field. However, we argue, such a focus is emblematic of the discipline’s sociocentrism and anthropocentrism. Against such a reified sense of the fie…
Foucault, biopolitics, and the critique of state reason
The concept of biopolitics was first outlined by Michel Foucault (2003, 2007, 2009) in his lectures at the College de France in the late 1970s in order to name and analyze emergent logics of power
Diary for 1861. Sources & Reprints
Foucault and fugitive study
Michel Foucault was one of the 20th century’s great practitioners of study. Time in the archives and library, teaching, reading, thinking, and writing were all integrated aspects of his tireless labor to find lines of escape out of the confines of Western humanism and totalizing approaches to power and history. Drawing on Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France and the work of James Bernauer, this article discusses Foucault’s mode of study a…
Foucault, biopolitics, and the critique of state reason
The concept of biopolitics was first outlined by Michel Foucault (2003, 2007, 2009) in his lectures at the College de France in the late 1970s in order to name and analyze emergent logics of power
Diary for 1861. Sources & Reprints
Foucault and fugitive study
Michel Foucault was one of the 20th century’s great practitioners of study. Time in the archives and library, teaching, reading, thinking, and writing were all integrated aspects of his tireless labor to find lines of escape out of the confines of Western humanism and totalizing approaches to power and history. Drawing on Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France and the work of James Bernauer, this article discusses Foucault’s mode of study a…
World, planet, territory
Despite proliferating attention within the social sciences toward the sources and consequences of climate change and environmental crises, educational sociologists have been slow to confront ecological questions. This omission may seem surprising given the prominence of global perspectives within the field. However, we argue, such a focus is emblematic of the discipline’s sociocentrism and anthropocentrism. Against such a reified sense of the fie…
Foucault, biopolitics, and the critique of state reason
The concept of biopolitics was first outlined by Michel Foucault (2003, 2007, 2009) in his lectures at the College de France in the late 1970s in order to name and analyze emergent logics of power
The Postdigital-Biodigital Revolution
Cultural studies, education, and the apocalyptic threat of war (Vol. 44, No. 2)
After Brexit and Aukus’
Laboratories of futurity
Toward a critical sociology of global far-right education
This article examines the rise of the global far right as a cross-national networked political project. While education is central to the far-right’s international authoritarian projects and ambitions, sociologists have been slow to examine the centrality of education to the global far right. Drawing on the so-called “international turn” in far-right studies, this article outlines four pillars of a global far-right educational architecture and th…
Philosophy (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Critical theory (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Biology (2 works)