Most cited papers in Philosophy and Social Theory

Philosophy and Social Theory

What are the most cited papers in Philosophy and Social Theory?

The most cited paper in Philosophy and Social Theory is "A Genealogy of Homo-Economicus: Neoliberalism and the Production of Subjectivity" (Jason Read, 2009), with 601 citations. Next come "Foucault on Freedom and Truth" (465) and "Michel Foucault: Surveiller et punir. La naissance de la prison, Editions Gallimard: Paris 1975, 318 S. (dt. Überwachen und Strafen. Die Geburt des Gefängnisses, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt 1976, 397 S.)" (426).

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Showing 50 of 105 papers. Every paper with more than 16 citations is listed.

Most cited papers, sortable by citations and release date
#	Paper
1	A Genealogy of Homo-Economicus: Neoliberalism and the Production of Subjectivity Jason Read · Foucault Studies Open access	Feb 2009	601
2	Foucault on Freedom and Truth Charles Taylor · Political Theory	May 1984	465
3	Michel Foucault: Surveiller et punir. La naissance de la prison, Editions Gallimard: Paris 1975, 318 S. (dt. Überwachen und Strafen. Die Geburt des Gefängnisses, Suhrkamp: Frankfurt 1976, 397 S.) Markus Schroer · Klassiker der Sozialwissenschaften Book chapter	2016	426
4	Surveillance of the worlds of tourism: Foucault and the eye-of-power Keıth Hollınshead · Tourism Management	Feb 1999	244
5	Sur la rigidit� impos�e par la longueur des g�od�siques Ren� Michel · Inventiones mathematicae	Feb 1981	159
6	LIBERALISM WITHOUT HUMANISM: MICHEL FOUCAULT AND THE FREE-MARKET CREED, 1976–1979 Michael C. Behrent · Modern Intellectual History	Nov 2009	130
7	Critique and Experience in Foucault Thomas Lemke · Theory Culture & Society	Jul 2011	117
8	Social Control After Foucault / Le Contrôle Social après Foucault. Michalis Lianos · Surveillance & Society Open access	Sep 2002	115
9	What would it matter if everything Foucault said about prison were wrong? Discipline and Punish after twenty years C. Fred Alford · Theory and Society	Feb 2000	113
10	Genealogy, discourse, ‘effective history’: Foucault and the work of critique Derek W. Hook · Qualitative Research in Psychology	2005	108
11	Gaston Bachelard and the Notion of “Phenomenotechnique” Hans‐Jörg Rheinberger · Perspectives on Science	Sep 2005	104
12	Towards generous constraint: freedom and coercion in a French addiction treatment Emilie Gomart · Sociology of Health & Illness	Sep 2002	92
13	The Agony of Politics: the Nietzschean Roots of Foucault's Thought Leslie Paul Thiele · American Political Science Review	Sep 1990	82
14	Poder y resistencia en Michel Foucault Reinaldo Giraldo Díaz · Tabula rasa Open access	30 Jun 2006	79
15	La biopolitique n’est pas une politique de la vie Didier Fassin · Sociologie et sociétés	10 Sep 2007	79
16	What is a Problem? Thomas S. Osborne · History of the Human Sciences	Nov 2003	68
17	Foucault's Challenge to Critical Theory Stephen K. White · American Political Science Review	Jun 1986	67
18	O conceito de medicalização em Michel Foucault na década de 1970 Rafaela Zorzanelli, Murilo Galvão Amancio Cruz · Interface - Comunicação Saúde Educação Open access	19 May 2018	61
19	Sujet moral et soi éthique chez Foucault Frédéric Gros · Archives de Philosophie Open access	Jun 2002	59
20	Des dates pour Niaux et Gargas Jean Clottes, Hélène Valladas, H. Cachier et al. · Bulletin de la Société préhistorique française	1992	58
21	À propos de Par-delà nature et culture Philippe Descola · Tracés Open access	2007	58
22	Resisting Foucauldian Ethics: Associative Politics and the Limits of the Care of the Self Ella Myers · Contemporary Political Theory	May 2008	57
23	foucault as parrhesiast: his last course at the collège de france (1984 Thomas R. Flynn · Philosophy & Social Criticism	Jul 1987	57
24	O estatuto da medicalização e as interpretações de Ivan Illich e Michel Foucault como ferramentas conceituais para o estudo da desmedicalização Paula Gaudenzi, Francisco Ortega · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas) Open access	2012	56
25	Transborder citizenship: an outcome of legal pluralism within transnational social fields Nina Glick Schiller · eScholarship (California Digital Library) Open access	15 Feb 2005	56
26	Foucault’s Christianities Niki Kasumi Clements · Journal of the American Academy of Religion Open access	10 Feb 2021	53
27	Identity, Nature, Life Judith Revel · Theory Culture & Society	Nov 2009	49
28	Cusset, François. French Theory: Foucault, Derrida, Deleuze & Cie et les mutations de la vie intellectuelle aux Etats-Unis. Paris: La Découverte, 2003 Juliet J. Fall · Foucault Studies Open access	May 2005	48
29	Food ethics: a decision making tool for the food industry? Ralph Early · International Journal of Food Science & Technology	Apr 2002	44
30	Corpo desviante: olhar perplexo Lígia Assumpção Amaral · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)	1994	43
31	The Theme of Subjectivity in Foucault's Lecture Series 'Herméneutique du Sujet' Sebastian Harrer · Foucault Studies Open access	May 2005	41
32	La situation coloniale de l'Afrique Romaine Philippe Leveau · Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales	Feb 1978	41
33	New advances in French prehistory Françoise Audouze · Antiquity	Mar 1999	40
34	Comment s'élabore un mythe politique : solon, « père fondateur » de la démocratie athénienne Claude Mossé · Annales Histoire Sciences Sociales	Jun 1979	40
35	« Marx sans guillemets » : Foucault, la gouvernementalité et la critique du néolibéralisme Thomas Lemke · Actuel Marx Open access	Sep 2004	37
36	Archaeology Introduction Colin Renfrew · Radiocarbon Open access	2009	35
37	The problem of confession: the productive failure of Foucault’sHistory of Sexuality Stuart Elden · Journal for Cultural Research	2005	35
38	Governamentalidade algorítmica e perspectivas de emancipação: o díspar como condição de individuação pela relação? Antoinette Rouvroy, Thomas Berns · LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)	27 Oct 2015	34
39	Du traumatisme à la fascination dans la clinique du passage à l'acte Magali Ravit · Psychologie clinique et projective Open access	Mar 2010	34
40	Power and Resistance Henry Krips · Philosophy of the Social Sciences	Jun 1990	34
41	Foucault, normativity and critique as a practice of the self Béatrice Han‐Pile · Continental Philosophy Review	Mar 2016	33
42	A World of Signs: Baroque Pansemioticism, the Polyhistor and the Early Modern Wunderkammer Jan Westerhoff · Journal of the History of Ideas Open access	Oct 2001	33
43	Archaeological illustrations: a new development in 19th century science Serge Lewuillon · Antiquity	Mar 2002	32
44	LAS FORMAS ELEMENTALES DE LA HOSPITALIDAD Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje · Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo Open access	4 Nov 2010	31
45	Michel Foucault on power/discourse, theory and practice Stephen Frederick Schneck · Human Studies	1987	30
46	The meaning of local knowledges Kenneth Mølbjerg Jørgensen · Scandinavian Journal of Management	Mar 2002	30
47	HISTORICITY AND TRANSCENDENTALITY: FOUCAULT, CAVAILLÈS, AND THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE CONCEPT Kevin B. Thompson · History and Theory	Feb 2008	29
48	Foucault and the problem of the subject Edward F. McGushin · Philosophy & Social Criticism	Sep 2005	28
49	The ways of Archaeology: from epistemic violence to relationality Cristóbal Gnecco · Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi Ciências Humanas Open access	Apr 2009	28
50	Les Cours de Gilles Deleuze Luke Edwards · Reference Reviews	20 Mar 2017	27

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