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

In the neoliberal order, the ideal self is self-responsible, enterprising, flexible and self-centred. Regarding this ideal we argue that the rise of therapisation in society, and in education, particularly, links both the therapeutic and enterprising discourses. The article examines how these discou...

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Published in:Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 56 - 70
Main Authors: Brunila, Kristiina, Siivonen, Päivi
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Feb2016
Subjects:
Neoliberalism
Effective teaching
Probability interpretations
Students & society
Educational quality
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost