A 'happy' coincidence: cognitive capitalism and well-being enhancement in schools
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95756
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Abstract
[extract] This chapter takes as its springboard the foregoing insightful observation by Tina Besley and Michael A. Peters. It reveals how psychologizing discourses and school-based training programs that stress happiness, self-improvement and well-being, align with an emergent socioeconomic formation: cognitive capitalism.
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Reveley, J. (2014). A 'happy' coincidence: cognitive capitalism and well-being enhancement in schools. In G. Lazaroiu (Eds.), Liber Amicorum: A Philosophical Conversation Among Friends (pp. 75-86). New York, United States: Addleton Academic Publishers.