Interrupting the Psy-Disciplines in Education

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bendix Petersen, Eva (Editor), Millei, Zsuzsa (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Subjects: Education.; Psychiatry.; Educational sociology.; Educational psychology.; Education > Psychology.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Education and state.; Social service.; Educational Psychology.; Sociology of Education.; Education Policy.; Social Care.

This book offers critical explorations of how the psy-disciplines, Michel Foucault’s collective term for psychiatry, psychology and psycho-analysis, play out in contemporary educational spaces. With a strong focus on Foucault’s theories, it critically investigates how the psy-disciplines continue to...