Within Citizenship for the Learning Society, the governance of the
learning citizen is mapped in relation to European educational and
cultural policy. Prevalent notions of voice and narrative - in policy
and in educational research - are analysed in relation to Europe's
history.
- The text is concerned with the way in which 'European citizenship' is
understood in current policy, the way in which the term 'citizenship'
operates, and how learning is central to this
- Analysis combines educational philosophy and theory with
anthropological, sociological, and classic philosophical literature
- Draws on both Continental European (Foucault, Deleuze, Heidegger,
Levinas) and American (Cavell, Emerson, Thoreau) philosophy
- Material is organised in two parts: Part One discusses the discourses
and practices of citizenship in the European learning society, in both
educational and cultural policy and educational research, from the
perspective of governmentality; Part Two provides analysis of
particular aspects of this discourse