John Morrissey
National University of Ireland, Galway
33 Papers
124 Citations
John Morrissey is an academic researcher from National University of Ireland, Galway. The author has contributed to research in topics: Historical geography & Geopolitics. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 33 publications. Previous affiliations of John Morrissey include National University of Ireland.
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Papers
Regimes of Performance: Practices of the Normalised Self in the Neoliberal University.
TL;DR: The authors explored how, emanating from prevailing neoliberal concepts of individuality and competitiveness, the agency of the contemporary academic is increasingly conditioned via "regimes of performance", replete with prioritised claims of truth and practices of the normalised self.
Governing the Academic Subject: Foucault, Governmentality and the Performing University.
TL;DR: This article explored how senior managers at an Irish university are seeking to measure and facilitate academic performance in the context of national and global competitiveness and a higher education landscape that appears firmly inflected by neoliberal ideas of rankings, benchmarking and productivity.
Liberal Lawfare and Biopolitics: US Juridical Warfare in the War on Terror
TL;DR: Two basic forms of "lawfare" have been employed by the United States in its enactment of the war on terror, both of which have a biopolitical focus as discussed by the authors.
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Architects of Empire: The Military–Strategic Studies Complex and the Scripting of US National Security
TL;DR: In this article, a key academic support of US geopolitics overseas, which I term the "military-strategic studies complex" is considered, which is focused especially on the Persian Gulf and involves both an enduring US military presence and long-term neoliberal designs for the region.
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