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Creating identities of dependency: adult education as a knowledge-power regime

This paper presents the argument that the rhetoric of lifelong learning and the learning society are really a disguise for the exercise of power. It suggests that the adult educators in creating dependency through the exercise of knowledge-power regimes contribute directly to forming cultural identities that support dominant relations of power.

This paper presents the argument that the rhetoric of lifelong learning and the learning society are really a disguise for ...  Show Full Abstract  

Authors: Wilson, Arthur L.
Date: 1999
Journal title: International journal of lifelong education
Resource type: Article
Subjects: Lifelong learning; Adult and community education; Culture

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