Mark Olssen
@markolssen123.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Political Theory and Educational Policy FRSA, FAcSS. Res.: political theory, ethics, Foucault, neoliberalism.
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 17
This is Mark Olssen, going forward I will be posting on Bluesky rather than X. I will also migrate posts on X to Bluesky in due course.
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· Jan 23
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· Jan 23
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· Jan 23
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· Jan 21
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 19
The Oxford Handbook of Education and Globalization
Globalization has become one of the most recurrent concepts in social and political sciences. More often than not, however, the concept is handled without much of a properly articulated theory capable...
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Book chapter: 'Rehabilitating the Concept of the Public Good', The Oxford Handbook of Education and Globalization, Chap. 38, pp 820 - 861
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
A Normative Foucauldian
"A Normative Foucauldian" published on 23 Sep 2021 by Brill.
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New book, 2021: Selected Papers of Mark Olssen. Foreword Stephen J. Ball. Brill: Boston, MA. Sept. 2021
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Manchester University Press - Constructing Foucault's ethics
Constructing Foucault's ethics - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Constructing Foucault's ethics by Mark Olssen
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Published 30th Jan - paperback edition of Constructing Foucault's Ethics by @MarkOlssen
'A major contribution to Foucauldian scholarship.' (Stephen J. Ball, UCL)
'A truly impressive and timely book.'
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'A major contribution to Foucauldian scholarship.' (Stephen J. Ball, UCL)
'A truly impressive and timely book.'
(Hugh Lauder, University of Bath)
Order for £20/$29.95
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
The dissipating value of public service in UK Higher Education | 22 |
This chapter traces the attempted conversion of the university from what can be called a public good model to one serving private interests. The value,
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Book chapter 2019: Richard Watermeyer, Mark Olssen, The dissipating value of public service in UK Higher Education, in Public Value, eds. Adam Lindgreen et al.
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Citizenship Teaching & Learning
Citizenship Teaching & Learning; This peer-reviewed journal focuses on citizenship teaching and learning in all contexts, for all ages, within and beyond schools. It brings together the work of resear...
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New journal article: May 2023:
Bosio, Emiliano, & Olssen, Mark.
Critical global citizenship: Foucault as a complexity thinker & education – A conversation with Mark Olssen.
Citizenship Teaching & Learning 18 (2), pp. 245 - 261
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Bosio, Emiliano, & Olssen, Mark.
Critical global citizenship: Foucault as a complexity thinker & education – A conversation with Mark Olssen.
Citizenship Teaching & Learning 18 (2), pp. 245 - 261
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Editorial Team | Foucault Studies
ISSN: 1832-5203
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Delighted to accept invitation to join the editorial board of Foucault Studies
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
New journal article: Dec 2022: Foucault's New Materialism: An Extended Review Essay of Thomas Lemke's The Government of Things
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
New book chapter, Nov. 2022: Academic freedom, institutional autonomy and democracy: the incursions of neoliberalism, in Watermeyer, Raaper and Olssen (Eds.), Handbook of Academic Freedom. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 125 - 145.
Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Handbook on Academic Freedom
‘The Handbook on Academic Freedom paints an extremely disturbing picture of how, globally, academics’ ability to act as critical public intellectuals has been radically undermined by universities’ shi...
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November 2022. New book of great social and political import
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Review of Foucault’s New Materialism: A Review of Thomas Lemke’s The Government of Things
IFIRST WROTE ON Foucault as a complexity materialist in the 1990s and have continued to write on the subject (see Olssen 1996, 1999, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2021
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Foucault's New Materialism: A Review of Thomas Lemke's The Government of Things,
Social Forces, 101 (1), Sept. 2022
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Social Forces, 101 (1), Sept. 2022
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Mark Olssen | Global Citizenship Education Interview Series with Emiliano Bosio
YouTube video by Dr. Emiliano Bosio
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Global Citizenship Interview Series: Emiliano Bosio interviews Mark Olssen, February 2022
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
The effects of neoliberalism: Teachers’ experiences and ethical dilemmas to policy initiatives within vocational education and training in Australia - Sonal Nakar, Mark Olssen, 2022
Neoliberal policy reforms have had a marked influence on nearly every aspect of education, including the enrolment practices employed by institutions, teaching ...
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New article 14th Nov. 2021, Sonal Nakar, Mark Olssen, The effects of neoliberalism: Teachers’ experiences and ethical dilemmas to policy initiatives within vocational education and training in Australia.
Policy Futures in Education
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Policy Futures in Education
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
A Normative Foucauldian
"A Normative Foucauldian" published on 23 Sep 2021 by Brill.
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New book: Selected Papers of Mark Olssen. Foreword Stephen J. Ball. Brill: Boston, MA. Sept. 2021
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Neoliberalism and Laissez-Faire
This chapter starts by restating the core theoretical differences between liberalism and neoliberalism, most essentially concerning the principle of the active
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
New article, 2021: 'Rehabilitating the Concept of the Public Good', Review of Contemporary Philosophy, 20, pp. 7 - 52 doi:10.22381/RCP2020211.
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Journal article 2021: Mark Olssen, William Mace, 'British Idealism, Complexity, Society', Linguistic & Philosophical Investigations
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
New article, Dec.,19: Foucault & Neoliberalism: a response to critics and a new resolution'
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
(PDF) THE LANGUAGE OF NEOLIBERAL EDUCATION (journal special issue of Šolsko polje)
PDF | For over two decades now, neoliberalism has been at the forefront of discussions not only in the economy and finance but has infiltrated our... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on...
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New journal article: 'Neoliberalism and laissez-faire: the retreat from naturalism', Solsko polje, XXIX, 1- 2, 2018.
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
The SAGE Handbook of Neoliberalism
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New book chapter, April 2018: Neoliberalism & Democracy: Foucauldian perspective...
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Sage Handbook of Neoliberalism
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
A Companion to Research in Teacher Education
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New book chapter, Aug 2017: 'Complexity & Learning: Immplications for Teacher Education'
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
In conversation with Mark Olssen: on Foucault with Marx and Hegel
It is challenging to define who Michel Foucault was, whether he was a theorist, a philosopher, a historian, or a critic. In many of his books, and essays, Foucault denied being a philosopher or a t...
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New journal article, July 2017: Rille Rapper interviews Mark Olssen on Foucault with Marx and Hegel.
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Policy and Inequality in Education
This book is an edited collection introducing the Education Policy and Social Inequality series, and presents chapters from authors on the editorial board. It investigates relations between educationa...
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New book chapter, May 2017: 'Neoliberalism and beyond: the possibilities of a social justice agenda'.
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
Wittgenstein and Foucault: The Limits and Possibilities of Constructivism
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(1995) once argued that Wittgenstein’sWittgenstein
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is not ‘idealistic’, ‘...
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New book chapter, May 2017: 'Wittgenstein and Foucault: the limits and possibilities of constructivism'. In Michael A. Peters, Jeff Stickney, eds.
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
World Politics at the Edge of Chaos
Why are policymakers, scholars, and the general public so surprised when the world turns out to be unpredictable? World Politics at the Edge of Chaos suggests that the study of international politics ...
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New article, 2016: 'Ascertaining the Normative Implications of Complexity for Politics: Beyond Agent-Based Modeling', in Emilian Kavalski (ed), series eds. James N. Rosenau, David Earnest.
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
‘Excellence’ and Exclusion: The Individual Costs of Institutional Competitiveness
A performance-based funding system like the United Kingdom’s ‘Research Excellence Framework’ (REF) symbolizes the re-rationalization of higher education according to neoliberal ideology and New Public...
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New article: Richard Watermeyer and Mark Olssen (May 2016) on 'excellence and exclusion in higher education'
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Mark Olssen
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· Nov 18
MARX, EDUCATION AND THE POSSIBILITIES OF A FAIRER WORLD: REVIVING RADICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY THROUGH FOUCAULT
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New article: Mark Olssen and Michael Peters (June 2015): 'Marx, Education and the Possibilities of a Fairer World: reviving radical political economy through Foucault'
Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, 14, 39 - 69.
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Linguistic and Philosophical Investigations, 14, 39 - 69.
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