Michel Foucault and Sexualities and Genders in Education

This book examines, within the context and concerns of education, Foucaults reflections on friendship in his 1981 interview Friendship as a Way of Life. In the interview, Foucault advances the notion of a homosexual ascesis based on experimental friendships, proposing that homosexuality can provide the conditions for inventing new relational forms that can engender a homosexual culture and ethics, a way of life, not resembling institutionalized codes for relating. The contributors to this volume draw from Foucaults reflections on ascesis and friendship in order to consider a range of topics and issues related to critical studies of sexualities and genders in education. Collectively, the chapters open a dialogue for researchers, scholars, and educators interested in exploring the importance and relevance of Foucaults reflections on friendship for studies of schooling and education.