Education and power

pp. 111-136

in: James D. Marshall, Michel Foucault, Berlin, Springer, 1996

Abstract

In the previous chapter the emphasis was upon the notion of personal autonomy, why this notion is misconceived, and the techniques through which attempts are made to develop such persons. It was argued that what appears as an ethical and educational ideal is a masquerade for the political aim of constituting selves as subjects of a certain kind. This is done through technologies of power.