This book explores the works of Michel Foucault and their relevance for educational theory and
practice. Gail McNicol Jardine investigates Foucault's early examinations of the transformation
of systems of knowledge as societies change his in-depth critical analyses of Knowledge-Power
and his increasingly more explicit examination of the relationship of the Self to acts of
Knowledge-Power. Specific themes that are explored from Foucault's work are archeology
genealogy disciplinary knowledge and power normality the gaze panopticism the examination
critique and resistance. This primer contains ample references that allow the reader to examine
Foucault's own use of these important analytic concepts and tools. This book will be useful in
undergraduate and graduate courses in education critical theory educational theory critical
pedagogy philosophy psychology and sociology.
