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

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Subjectivity and Truth: Foucault, Education, and the Culture of Self - Steinberg, Shirley R, and Kincheloe, Joe L, and Besley, Tina (Athlone C )
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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 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 ...

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Subjectivity and Truth: Foucault, Education, and the Culture of Self 2007, Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers, New York

ISBN-13: 9780820481951

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