The Still Unsuspected Lessons of Michel Foucault about Human Formation

Thirty years after his death, educators still are haunted with the ghostly faces of Michel Foucault. The reactivation of the notion of care of the self has resulted in a new description on the uses of his toolbox, posing again some questions repressed by the pedagogical project of modernity. Thus, o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: de Freitas, Alexandre Simão
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositorio:Educação & Realidade
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/45992
Acceso en línea:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/educacaoerealidade/article/view/45992
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Ethics of Care. Spirituality. Human Formation
Ética do Cuidado. Espiritualidade. Formação Humana.
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Sumario:Thirty years after his death, educators still are haunted with the ghostly faces of Michel Foucault. The reactivation of the notion of care of the self has resulted in a new description on the uses of his toolbox, posing again some questions repressed by the pedagogical project of modernity. Thus, our aim is to explore some elements of Foucault’s ethical and spiritual legacy, in view of the agency of other processes about human formation.