The Learning Society from the Perspective of Governmentality

Jan Masschelein is Professor for Philosophy of Education at the Catholic University of Leuven. His primary areas of scholarship are educational theory, political philosophy, critical theory, studies of governmentality and social philosophy. Currently his research concentrates on the 'public' character of education and on 'mapping' and 'walking' as critical research practices.

THE LEARNING SOCIETY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF GOVERNMENTALITY

Editorial: Michael A. Peters. The Learning Society from the Perspective of Governmentality: Jan Masschelein, Maarten Simons, Ulrich Brockling and Ludwig Pongratz. The Learning Society and Governmentality: An introduction: Jan Masschelein and Maarten Simons. The Learning Society, the Unfinished Cosmopolitan, and Governing Education, Public Health and Crime Prevention at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century: Thomas Popkewitz, Ulf Olsson and Kenneth Petersson. From Education to Lifelong Learning: The emerging regime of learning in the European Union: Anna Tuschling and Christoph Engemann. Voluntary Self-Control: Education reform as a governmental strategy: Ludwig Pongratz. Education or Service? Remarks on teaching and learning in the Entrepreneurial university: Andrea Liesner. Participation for Free. Exploring (limits of) participatory government: Kerlyn Quaghebeur. On Creativity: A brainstorming session: Ulrich Brockling. Learning as Investment: Notes on governmentality and biopolitics: Maarten Simons. The Power of Power. Questions to Foucault: Norbert Ricken. Experience and the Limits of Governmentality: Jan Masschelein. Notes on Contributors. Index.