Dyslexia The Government of Reading

The diagnosis of 'Dyslexia' and the medical problematisation of reading difficulties were almost unknown one hundred years ago, yet today the British Dyslexia Association estimates that up to ten per cent of the UK population may have some form of dyslexi

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Dyslexia

10.1057/9781137297938 - Dyslexia, Tom Campbell

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The Government of Reading

Tom Campbell

University of Leeds

10.1057/9781137297938 - Dyslexia, Tom Campbell

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Dyslexia

© Tom Campbell 2013

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Acknowledgements

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Introduction Genealogy A Restorative Practice

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Bio-politics, Normalcy and the Numerical Plotting of the Population From Sovereign Power to Bio-power Elaborating the Bio-political Thesis The Reorganisaton of Life: The Invention of L’Homme Moyen Conclusion

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Governing Readers from Limitation to Proliferation The Technicalities of Governing: Technologies, Government, Governmentality T