Tivadar Vervoort
Biographic Data
| ID | 6533692 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tivadar Vervoort |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tivadar |
| FAMILY NAME | Vervoort |
| SIGNATURE | VERVOORT T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Namur |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9373-377X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From a Contemplative to a Critical Attitude: Lukács, Foucault, and the Partisanship of Critical Theory
The objective of critical theory is to advocate for emancipatory social transformation. The partisanship of contemporary critical theory has become increasingly unclear over time, however. This article proposes to restore critical theory’s alignment with ongoing social struggles, rather than grounding it in normative social theory. To revive critical theory’s partisan orientation, I draw on Georg Lukács’ critique of reification. I argue that Luká…
Standpoint Theory and Foucauldian Genealogical Critique: Two Strategies for Mobilizing Situated Knowledge
This paper explores the differences and similarities between Foucault’s genealogical method and feminist standpoint theories. Both approaches rely on the marginalized position of subjugated knowledges to challenge dominant regimes of power. However, standpoint theory and Foucauldian genealogical critique engage with the interrelatedness of power, knowledge, and resistance on a different level. Standpoint theories take a situated, first-person per…
How Does Neoliberalism Form Our Lifes? A Praxeological Approach with Jaeggi and Foucault
Michel Foucault’s work has immensely enriched the way critical social theorists understand power. Beyond his work on disciplinary normalisation, Foucault’s genealogy of the modern state has discussed governmental power as the conduct of conduct of subjects and populations. Foucault reserves his understanding of norms and normalisation for explaining the prescriptive force of disciplinary power. Accordingly, he hardly uses the language of norms to…
How Does Neoliberalism Form Our Lifes? A Praxeological Approach with Jaeggi and Foucault
Michel Foucault’s work has immensely enriched the way critical social theorists understand power. Beyond his work on disciplinary normalisation, Foucault’s genealogy of the modern state has discussed governmental power as the conduct of conduct of subjects and populations. Foucault reserves his understanding of norms and normalisation for explaining the prescriptive force of disciplinary power. Accordingly, he hardly uses the language of norms to…
How Does Neoliberalism Form Our Lifes? A Praxeological Approach with Jaeggi and Foucault
Michel Foucault’s work has immensely enriched the way critical social theorists understand power. Beyond his work on disciplinary normalisation, Foucault’s genealogy of the modern state has discussed governmental power as the conduct of conduct of subjects and populations. Foucault reserves his understanding of norms and normalisation for explaining the prescriptive force of disciplinary power. Accordingly, he hardly uses the language of norms to…
From a Contemplative to a Critical Attitude: Lukács, Foucault, and the Partisanship of Critical Theory
The objective of critical theory is to advocate for emancipatory social transformation. The partisanship of contemporary critical theory has become increasingly unclear over time, however. This article proposes to restore critical theory’s alignment with ongoing social struggles, rather than grounding it in normative social theory. To revive critical theory’s partisan orientation, I draw on Georg Lukács’ critique of reification. I argue that Luká…
Standpoint Theory and Foucauldian Genealogical Critique: Two Strategies for Mobilizing Situated Knowledge
This paper explores the differences and similarities between Foucault’s genealogical method and feminist standpoint theories. Both approaches rely on the marginalized position of subjugated knowledges to challenge dominant regimes of power. However, standpoint theory and Foucauldian genealogical critique engage with the interrelatedness of power, knowledge, and resistance on a different level. Standpoint theories take a situated, first-person per…
Foucault, Power, and Ethics (2 works) · Normative (2 works) · Power (physics (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Biopower (1 works) · Contemporary Cultural and Social Studies (1 works) · CONTEST (1 works) · Critical Realism in Sociology (1 works) · Critical theory (1 works) · Critical Theory and Philosophy (1 works)