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This collection of essays considers a variety of educational ideas and programs from the perspective of governmentality, integrating conceptual and theoretical insights and empirical investigation of policy documents, and government technologies.

  • Considers different educational ideas of enlightenment, creativity, participation, inclusion, learning, and critique
  • Offers an overview of French philosopher Michel Foucault’s theory on governmentality and how his ideas apply to current developments in society and education
  • Investigates the intrinsic relationship between intellectual and practical educational technologies
  • A study of how educational practice and educational theory have played a constitutive role in practices of subjectivity which are crucial to ‘learning societies’

The Learning Society from the Perspective of Governmentality

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    Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
    Publication Date: 21/02/2007
    ISBN13: 9781405156028, 978-1405156028
    ISBN10: 1405156023

    Number of Pages: 184

    Non Fiction , Politics, Philosophy & Society

    Description

    This collection of essays considers a variety of educational ideas and programs from the perspective of governmentality, integrating conceptual and theoretical insights and empirical investigation of policy documents, and government technologies.

    • Considers different educational ideas of enlightenment, creativity, participation, inclusion, learning, and critique
    • Offers an overview of French philosopher Michel Foucault’s theory on governmentality and how his ideas apply to current developments in society and education
    • Investigates the intrinsic relationship between intellectual and practical educational technologies
    • A study of how educational practice and educational theory have played a constitutive role in practices of subjectivity which are crucial to ‘learning societies’

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