This paper investigates the role of the lifelong learning discourse in actual governmentality. Starting with a description of the origins of lifelong learning in the discussions about alternative education in the 1960s and 1970s, the current adoption of lifelong learning by the European Union is used to show its critical components. Along with the distinction between formal and informal learning it is demonstrated how lifelong learning attempts to change the field of learning from enclosed environments to a totality of learning (...) events, while at the same time attempting to change the individuals into self‐organizing learners. We show that lifelong learning has a crucial role within the strategies of subjectivation, since its mandate is to provide individuals with the necessary skill‐sets. Finally the methodological prerequisites of the administration of Lifelong Learning are investigated, showing the corresponding developments in the European Union and their contribution to generating a European population. (shrink)

Transaktionen sind Übertragungsgeschehen, die in modernen Gesellschaften zentralen Stellenwert haben und im besonderen Maße mit Beglaubigungs- und Autorisierungspraxen verbunden sind. Um Transaktionen vorzunehmen, müssen die Transaktionsinstanzen mit besonders autorisierten Zeichen versehen werden, deren Ausgabe historisch von der Staatlichkeit monopolisiert worden ist. Der von der Bundesdruckerei produzierte elektronische Personalausweis ist der Versuch, für den digitalen Raum entsprechende Zeichenregime zu schaffen. Damit nimmt diese Institution für das Regieren in und mit dem Internet eine wichtige Position ein, anhand derer sich wesentliche Aspekte einer (...) digitalen Gouvernemedialität aufzeigen lassen. In modern societies, transactions are highly significant events of transmission, connected to praxis of authentification and authorization. In order to carry out transactions, the instances of transaction have to be provided with especially authorized signs, the issuing of which has been monopolized by the State. The electronic ID-card produced by the Federal Printing Office can be considered as an attempt to create corresponding regimes of signification for the digital sphere. This institution thus occupies an important position for governing in and with the Internet; hence, its examination can point out essential aspects of digital. (shrink)