Putting Foucault to Work in Educational Research
Document Type
Review Essay
Publication Title
Journal of Philosophy of Education
Publication Date
8-2006
Abstract/ Summary
This essay reviews three books that engage the writings of Michel Foucault. It examines to what extent and in what ways Foucault has been made to ‘work’ in educational practice and research. It suggests that Foucault has been narrowly appropriated in a way that is, ultimately, ironic—namely, as either liberating us from or entrapping us within our culture’s structures and practices. This essay concludes by suggesting that Foucault’s work was an attempt to avoid and subvert exactly such binaries.
Repository Citation
Butin, D. W.
(2006). Putting Foucault to Work in Educational Research. Journal of Philosophy of Education, 40(3), 371-380.
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