The Psychologization of Student Subjectivity in the Finnish Academia

Antti Saari, Kristiina Brunila and Saara Vainio
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Antti Saari: Tampere University, Finland
Kristiina Brunila: University of Helsinki, Finland
Saara Vainio: University of Helsinki, Finland

Sociological Research Online, 2024, vol. 29, issue 2, 334-350

Abstract: Public debate and media attention concerning mental health problems, stress, psycho-emotional vulnerabilities, and anxiety among university students has reached record level. Informed by media representations, student mental health guides, and our observations, we focus on the ethos of vulnerability as an articulation of psychologized student subjectivity in Finnish academia. We explore the multiple registers in which the ethos of vulnerability tends to operate as an assemblage to depict and govern student subjects.

Keywords: academic capitalism; power; psy-subjectivity; university; vulnerability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1177/13607804231221949

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