Subjectivity and Truth : Foucault, Education, and the Culture of the Self

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ISBN: 9780820481951 | 0820481955
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/2007

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This book focuses on Foucault's later work and his (re)turn to ‘the hermeneutics of the subject,' exploring the implications of his thinking for education, pedagogy, and related disciplines. What and who is the subject of education and what are the forms

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Technologies of the Self
The Culture of Self	p. 3
Pedagogy and the Hermeneutics of the Subject	p. 3
Lasch and the Culture of Narcissism	p. 8
Analyzing Care of the Self	p. 12
Reading and Writing the Self	p. 14
The Genealogy of the Confessional Self: Self-Denial or Self-Mastery?	p. 19
Introduction	p. 19
Foucault's Changing Understandings of the Self	p. 20
Nietzsche and Heidegger - Influences on Foucault	p. 24
Technologies of the Self - Confessing Our Selves: A Genealogy	p. 29
Conclusion: Self-Denial or Self-Mastery?	p. 39
Space, Body and the Aesthetics of Existence
The Body and the Aesthetics of Existence	p. 45
Introduction	p. 45
Who is Foucault?	p. 47
Foucault and the History of Madness	p. 51
The Aesthetics of Existence	p. 54
Foucault on the Body	p. 58
The Body has a History	p. 61
Embodiment	p. 63
Foucault, Feminism and the Female Body	p. 65
Masculinity and the Male Body	p. 67
Space and the Body Politic	p. 71
Introduction	p. 71
Heidegger and the Spatial Ontology of Being	p. 74
Platonism, Body Talk and Nihilism: Dreyfus' On the Internet	p. 76
Foucault's Spaces of Power	p. 79
Geographies of Resistance in Critical Pedagogic Practices	p. 83
Truth-Telling, Risk and Subjectivity
Truth-Telling as an Educational Practice of the Self	p. 87
Introduction	p. 87
Foucault on Truth: From Regimes to Games of Truth	p. 89
Parrhesia, Education and Practices of Truth-Telling	p. 92
The Educational Practices of Socratic Parrhesia	p. 94
Conclusion: Foucault and the Prospects for Parrhesiastical Education	p. 100
Risk and the Ethics of Subjectivity: Parrhesia in Action	p. 105
Introduction	p. 105
Globalization and Postmodern Youth: Risking Political Identity	p. 106
The Dangers of Disclosing Sexual Abuse in School	p. 118
Whistle-Blowing and the Ethical Constitution of Educational Researchers	p. 123
Governmentality - Governing the Self
Understanding the Neoliberal Paradigm of Education Policy	p. 131
Introduction	p. 131
Foucault, Governmentality and the Critical (Kantian) Tradition	p. 136
Three Versions of Neoliberalism	p. 140
Elements of Neoliberal Governmentality	p. 143
German Neoliberalism and the Birth of Biopolitics	p. 145
German Neoliberalism and the Birth of the European Social Model	p. 149
American Neoliberalism, the Chicago School and Human Capital Theory	p. 150
Enterprise Culture and the Rise of the Entrepreneurial Self	p. 155
Introduction	p. 155
Education, Risk and Social Regulation	p. 166
Risk Management and Actuarial Rationality: From Welfare State to Cultures of Consumption	p. 159
Neoliberal Governance of Welfare and Education: Responsibilizing the Self	p. 163
The Rise of Enterprise Culture and Enterprise Education	p. 168
The Entrepreneurial Self: The Self-Constituting and Self-Consuming 'Citizen-Consumer'	p. 171
Postscript on Subjectivity, Eros and Pedagogy	p. 175
Notes	p. 179
Bibliography	p. 189
Index	p. 201
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Subjectivity and Truth : Foucault, Education, and the Culture of the Self

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