| Subjectivity and Truth: Foucault, Education, and the Culture of Self Contributor(s): Steinberg, Shirley R. (Other), Kincheloe, Joe L. (Other), Besley, Tina (Athlone C. ). (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820481955 ISBN-13: 9780820481951 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $46.53 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - Philosophy - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 370.1 |
| LCCN: 2007001375 |
| Series: Counterpoints: Studies in the Postmodern Theory of Education |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (0.75 lbs) 213 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 of self-constitution? Chapters investigate Foucault's notion of 'the culture of self' in relation to questions concerning truth (parrhesia or free speech) and subjectivity, especially with reference to the literary genres of confession and biography, and the contemporary political forms of individualization (governmentality). |