Which theorists are commonly cited alongside Foucault in nursing publications, and what does this indicate about the reception of postmodern and post-structural theory in nursing?

Nursing publications commonly cite Foucault alongside Goffman, Kristeva, Haraway, J. Butler, Latour, Derrida, Barthes, Lyotard, and Rorty. This indicates that nursing scholars usually accept blurred boundaries between postmodernism and post-structuralism, treating the terms as nearly interchangeable, and that they focus on how these ideas depart from and challenge earlier Western thought and practices.

The passage reports that bibliographies in nursing articles and books frequently include Foucault's work together with theorists from sociology, anthropology, literary criticism, and philosophy. Specifically listed alongside Foucault are Goffman, Kristeva, Haraway, J. Butler, Latour, Derrida, Barthes, Lyotard, and Rorty. This eclectic blending suggests that nursing authors do not ordinarily insist on a clear separation between postmodernism and post-structuralism. Even humanities introductions to the two movements address overlapping concerns such as ideology, deconstruction, discourse, grand narratives, linguistics, text, power, and truth. In nursing literature, distinctions between postmodern and post-structural theory rarely enter, and nurses draw on a mix of 'postmodern' writers with Foucault as a chief figure. The reception is therefore largely sympathetic and pragmatic, focusing on how these perspectives open new understandings and practices across politics, culture, science, education, and health. At the same time, the passage notes an unsympathetic reception as well, in which detractors dismiss such ideas as 'postmodernist jargon' or a 'postmodernist hoax,' echoing criticisms found in Clarke, Glazer, and Garrett.