Durkheim and Foucault - Perspectives on Education and Punishment

Education and punishment are two crucial sites of the "disciplinary society," approached by Durkheim and Foucault from different perspectives, but also in a shared concern with what kind of society might constitute an "emancipatory" alternative. This collection of essays explores the issues that are involved and that are illuminated through a comparison and contrast of two social theorists who at first sight might seem an "unlikely couple" - Durkheim and Foucault.

About the author

Mark S. Cladis is Professor and Chair of Religious Studies at Brown University and is author of A Communitarian Defense of Liberalism: Émile Durkheim and Contemporary Social Theory.

Summary

Education and punishment are two crucial sites of the "disciplinary society," approached by Durkheim and Foucault from different perspectives, but also in a shared concern with what kind of society might constitute an "emancipatory" alternative. This collection of essays explores the issues that are involved and that are illuminated through a comparison and contrast of two social theorists who at first sight might seem an "unlikely couple" - Durkheim and Foucault.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Sydney Cladis
• Assisted by: M S Cladis (Editor), M. S. Cladis (Editor), Mark S (Editor), Mark S. (Editor), S. Mark (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780952993629
• ISBN: 978-0-9529936-2-9
• No. of pages: 132
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 7 mm
• Weight: 151 g
• Series: Publications of the Durkheim P; Publications of the Durkheim Press
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Educational Studies, Sociology