Exploring Regimes of Discipline : : The Dynamics of Restraint / / ed. by Noel Dyck.

The pursuit and practice of discipline have become near ubiquitous elements of contemporary social life and parlance, as discipline has become a commonplace and ever sought-after social technology. From the celebrated “discipline of the market” proclaimed by neo-liberal politicians, to self-actualiz...

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Place / Publishing House:New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2008]
©2008
Year of Publication:2008
Language:English
Series:EASA Series ; 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource (208 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Chapter 1 Anthropological Perspectives on Discipline: An Introduction to the Issues --
Chapter 2 The Legacy of Vieskeri: Performativity and Discipline in Amateur Trotting Racing in Finland --
Chapter 3 Targeting Immigrant Children: Disciplinary Rationales in Danish Preschools --
Chapter 4 The Discipline of Being Hospital Porters: Transcending Hierarchy and Institution --
Chapter 5 Governance as a Regime of Discipline --
Chapter 6 Creatively Sculpting the Self through the Discipline of Martial Arts Training --
Chapter 7 The Fertile Body and Cross-Fertilization of Disciplinary Regimes: Technologies of Self in a Polish Catholic Youth Movement --
Chapter 8 The Practice of Discipline and the Discipline of Practice --
Notes on Contributors --
Index
Summary:The pursuit and practice of discipline have become near ubiquitous elements of contemporary social life and parlance, as discipline has become a commonplace and ever sought-after social technology. From the celebrated “discipline of the market” proclaimed by neo-liberal politicians, to self-actualizing experiences of embodied discipline proffered by martial arts instructors, this volume showcases highly varied and complex disciplinary practices and relationships in a set of ethnographic studies. Interrogating the respective fields of work, religion, governance, leisure, education and child rearing, together the essays in this volume explore and offer new ways of thinking about discipline in everyday life.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780857450227
DOI:10.1515/9780857450227
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Noel Dyck.