Methodological reflections on Foucauldian analyses: Adopting the pointers of curiosity, nominalism, conceptual grounding and exemplarity

This article seeks to provide a set of pointers for methodological reflections on Foucauldian-inspired analyses the exercise power. Michel Foucault deliberately eschewed schemata, which may be why so little has been written implications his analyses. While this shares premise that we should refrain from standardized methodology, it argues providing broad informed by critical ambition and conceptual framework offered is both desirable possible. The then offers some general guidelines how strengthen quality Foucauldian We argue analysis modern power gain around four pointers: curiosity, nominalism, grounding exemplarity.