Governing emotionally vulnerable subjects and ‘therapisation’ of social justice

Pedagogy, Culture and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 485-506

  Ecclestone, Kathryn ^a   Brunila, Kristiina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

discourse; governance; social justice; subjectivity; therapisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944511802     PISSN: 14681366     EISSN: 17475104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14681366.2015.1015152     Document Type: Article

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