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Abstract

[Extract] Postmodernity brings with it a multiplicity of competing discourses. That multiplicity affords human subjects the possibility of undermining the (previously unquestioned or unquestionable) power of those discourses that have had a monopoly on consciousness. Inevitably, that possibility also brings with it increased surveillance as populations appear to become less governable, less eager to take up dominant discourses as their own. Poststructuralist theory analyses the dynamics of postmodernity, and the possibilities (and restrictions) it affords, in terms of the relations among discourse, subjection, and desire. Feminist poststructuralist theorizing, in particular, has focused on the possibilities opened up when dominant language practices are made visible and revisable.

Item ID:	14314
Item Type:	Book Chapter (Research - B1)
ISBN:	978-0-415-92276-0
Date Deposited:	05 Sep 2017 02:35
FoR Codes:	22 PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES > 2202 History and Philosophy of Specific Fields > 220202 History and Philosophy of Education @ 100%
SEO Codes:	93 EDUCATION AND TRAINING > 9399 Other Education and Training > 939904 Gender Aspects of Education @ 100%
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