Subjectivity & Truth: Foucault, Education, and the Culture of SelfThis 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). |
Contents
The Culture of Self | 3 |
Analyzing Care of the Self | 12 |
The Genealogy of the Confessional Self SelfDenial or SelfMastery? | 19 |
PART TWO SPACE BODY AND THE AESTHETICS OF EXISTENCE | 43 |
Space and the Body Politic | 71 |
PART THREE TRUTHTELLING RISK AND SUBJECTIVITY | 85 |
Parrhesia in Action | 105 |
PART FOUR GOVERNMENTALITYGOVERNING THE SELF | 129 |
Enterprise Culture and the Rise of the Entrepreneurial Self | 155 |
Postscript on Subjectivity Eros and Pedagogy | 175 |
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