Young people today are stranded between disciplined-subject and consumer roles

Evidence

There is a sense that ‘something is missing’ – but no appreciation that this mysterious, missing enjoyment can only be accessed beyond the pleasure principle. In large part this is a consequence of students’ ambiguous structural position, stranded between their old role as subjects of disciplinary institutions and their new status as consumers of services. — Mark Fisher, Capitalist Realism, 47

Categorization

• XREF: The ‘stranded between disciplinary subject and consumer’ diagnosis resonates with both the Frankfurt School’s administered-individual critique and broader worries about the therapized/commodified student. — connects to: Education shifts from imposed discipline to demanded self-discipline; Youth as a moral-panic icon predates the postwar consumer boom — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2965; People are reduced to objects whether addressed as employees or consumers — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 113 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Education shifts from imposed discipline to demanded self-discipline #expands (0.85)
• People are reduced to objects whether addressed as employees or consumers #corroborates (0.80) — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 113
• Youth as a moral-panic icon predates the postwar consumer boom #qualifies (0.72) — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 2965
• Disciplinary schooling values the act of keeping position more than the position itself #expands (0.72)