Decoding the Neoliberal Subjectivity in Self-Helping Adult Learners

Autor/in	Lee, Moosung
Titel	Decoding the Neoliberal Subjectivity in Self-Helping Adult Learners
Quelle	In: International Journal of Lifelong Education, 36 (2017) 1-2, S.145-163 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0260-1370
DOI	10.1080/02601370.2017.1272917
Schlagwörter	Neoliberalism; Bias; Self Help Programs; Help Seeking; Books; Adult Learning; Self Management; Self Esteem; Lifelong Learning; Time Management; Burnout; Individual Development; Social Networks + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neo-liberalism; Neoliberalismus; Self help programmes; Selbsthilfebewegung; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Book; Buch; Monographie; Monografie; Adulte education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Selbstmanagement; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Life-long learning; Lebenslanges Lernen; Zeitmanagement; Burn out (Psychology); Burnout-syndrom; Burnout-Syndrom; Individuelle Entwicklung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk
Abstract	This article explores and explains the subjectivity of self-helping adult learners, as depicted in contemporary, best-selling self-help books. It interrogates how those self-help texts embody particular features of self-helping subjectivity by appropriating neoliberalist perspectives on self and the world. It illuminates four salient features of the neoliberal subjectivity of self-helping adult learners: (1) rational and responsible self-management, (2) excessive self-positivity, (3) voluntary self-exploitation and (4) the loosely connected selves without solidarity. These four features of neoliberal subjectivity are intrinsically entangled with one another. Implications of the assemblage of neoliberal subjectivity for research and practice in adult learning are also discussed. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01