Confessing Society

Andreas Fejes is an Associate Professor in Education at the Division for Education and Adult Learning at Linköping University, Sweden. Magnus Dahlstedt is an Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies and has an academic background in political science and cultural studies. He is a Senior Lecturer at REMESO, the Institute for Research on Migration, Ethnicity and Society, Linköping University, Sweden.

"Adult education students, and practitioners in the field, would benefit enormously from reading such a clear exposition of Foucault's ideas, and i shall certainly be using it in my own postgraduate seminars." - Stephen Brookfield, University of St. Thomas, Studies in the Education of Adults, Spring 2013 "I really enjoyed the book. It is definitely a timely contribution to the field of adult learning and education. First, the analysis of various lifelong learning practices through the lens of confession is compelling. Second, the use of different empirical material promoting multiple rather than uniform readings is inspiring. Third, the emerging picture of how learning has become a vital part of the various examined sites is valuable. Fourth, the finding of how several practices, spread from formal to informal, in fact seem to consolidate what appears to be a hegemonic, unquestionable truth is important."- Liselott Aarsand, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, European Journal for Research on the Education and Learning of Adults, January 2014"The readers of this review have probably by now noticed that I appreciate the quality of Fejes’ and Dahlsted’s research and writing highly. They manage to present in a comprehensible way some essential concepts of Foucault that help us to understand better what practices of lifelong learning, in a broad sense, are emerging nowadays in advanced liberal societies. In doing so, they contribute to the renewal of critical thinking in education."- Danny Wildemeersch, University of Leuven, International Journal of Lifelong Learning, January 2014"An interesting and well- written book which uses Foucault- type analyses to disturb and deconstruct things which are taken for granted today."- David A.L.Coldwell, University of the Witwatersrand, International Review of Education

• 1. Introducing the Confessing Society 2. Reflection and Reflective Practices 3. Deliberation and Therapeutic Intervention 4. Lifelong Guidance 5. Medialised Parenting 6. Revisiting the Confessing Society