To be one's own confessor: Educational guidance and governmentality

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 653-664

  Fejes, Andreas ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Confession; Educational guidance; Governmentality; Technologies of the self

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849111184     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425690802423320     Document Type: Article

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