The democratic school meeting and Foucault's care of the self: technologies of self in practice for purpose more

This paper explores the similarities in philosophy and practice between democratic school meetings as a technology of the self and the discussion of the technologies of ‘care of the self’ as an ethical practice outlined by Michel Foucault (Foucault 1986).

It is suggested that an appreciation of the similarities between these two important projects might offer an educational focus on a practical positivity for life lived, that Foucault himself considered missing ‘at least from the humanistic period of the Renaissance til now...’ and which might serve humanity in a useful way.