| Description |
1 online resource (258 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Biographies; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing the confessing society; 2 Reflection and reflective practices; 3 Deliberation and therapeutic intervention; 4 Lifelong guidance; 5 Medialised parenting; 6 Revisiting the confessing society; Notes; References; Index |
| Summary |
Today, people are constantly encouraged to verbalise and disclose their ""true"" inner self to others, whether on TV shows, in newspapers, in family life or together with friends. Such encouragement to disclose the self has proliferated through discourses on lifelong learning through which each citizen is encouraged to become a constant learner. The Confessing Society takes a critical stance towards the modern relentless will to disclose the self and argues that society has become a confessing society. Drawing on Foucault's later work on confession and governmentality, this book> |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
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| SUBJECT |
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984 fast |
| Subject |
Adult education -- Philosophy
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EDUCATION -- Adult & Continuing Education.
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EDUCATION -- Non-Formal Education.
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Adult education -- Philosophy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dahlstedt, Magnus
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| ISBN |
9781136734311 |
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1136734317 |
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