Michel Foucault : materialism and education /
Olssen, Mark,
Michel Foucault : materialism and education / Mark Olssen. - Updated edition. - xi, 259 pages ; 24 cm. - Cultural politics and the promise of democracy . - Cultural politics & the promise of democracy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The modified realism of Michel Foucault -- Foucault's methods -- Power and the self -- Considering Foucault as historical materialist -- Foucault's different faces -- Foucault and Marxism -- Relativism -- Foucault and Gramsci : is there a basis for convergence? -- Foucault and the tasks of education -- Foucault and critical theory -- Educating the self -- Foucault's influence in educational research -- Freedom, materialism, politics, ethics.
"Michel Foucault is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, and his works are some of the most difficult to grasp. In Michel Foucault: Materialism and Education, Mark Olssen offers one of the most accessible overviews of Foucault's thought available to educators and general readers, putting into context the relevance of Foucault's thought for contemporary educational philosophy and theory. Olssen adds new insights to Foucault scholarship by bringing to light the influences of Marx, Nietzsche, Gramsci, Habermas, and other on Foucault's development as a thinker, and on the deep historical materialist stand that gardens and uniquely characterizes so much of Foucault's thought."--Jacket.
1594511691 9781594511691
2006001600
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
Education--Philosophy
Historical materialism
LB880.F682 / O47 2006
370.1092
Michel Foucault : materialism and education / Mark Olssen. - Updated edition. - xi, 259 pages ; 24 cm. - Cultural politics and the promise of democracy . - Cultural politics & the promise of democracy. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The modified realism of Michel Foucault -- Foucault's methods -- Power and the self -- Considering Foucault as historical materialist -- Foucault's different faces -- Foucault and Marxism -- Relativism -- Foucault and Gramsci : is there a basis for convergence? -- Foucault and the tasks of education -- Foucault and critical theory -- Educating the self -- Foucault's influence in educational research -- Freedom, materialism, politics, ethics.
"Michel Foucault is arguably one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century, and his works are some of the most difficult to grasp. In Michel Foucault: Materialism and Education, Mark Olssen offers one of the most accessible overviews of Foucault's thought available to educators and general readers, putting into context the relevance of Foucault's thought for contemporary educational philosophy and theory. Olssen adds new insights to Foucault scholarship by bringing to light the influences of Marx, Nietzsche, Gramsci, Habermas, and other on Foucault's development as a thinker, and on the deep historical materialist stand that gardens and uniquely characterizes so much of Foucault's thought."--Jacket.
1594511691 9781594511691
2006001600
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984
Education--Philosophy
Historical materialism
LB880.F682 / O47 2006
370.1092