Preoccupied with the self: towards self-responsible, enterprising, flexible and self-centred subjectivity in education

Discourse

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 56-69

  Brunila, Kristiina ^a   Siivonen, Päivi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

adult education; power; preoccupied subjectivity; therapeutic and enterprising discourses; therapisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84953836803     PISSN: 01596306     EISSN: 14693739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01596306.2014.927721     Document Type: Article

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