Wirtschaftswissen und Postdemokratie. Plädoyer für kritisch-emanzipatorische Erwachsenenbildung

This article's point of departure is Colin Crouch's concept of post-democracy as distinct from the ambiguous term governance, which often describes a form of dominance. This concept of post-democracy is connected with Foucault‘s theoretical framework of government, power and truth in order to show conditions for producing and conveying (economic) knowledge. This should explain how knowledge of economics governs subjects and thus in the end guarantees acceptance of post-democratic developments in the field of economic policy in particular. With regard to safeguarding the fundamentals of democracy, the article closes with a plea for critical emancipatory adult education.