Dirk Michel‑Schertges

Dirk Michel-Schertges, Associate Professor of International Sociology of Education at Danmarks Institut for Pædagogik og Uddannelse, Arts, Aarhus Universitet.

His work and research interests include critical social theory, critical theory and social pathology, the concept of human development (Bildung), alienation and reification processes, the (re)construction of identity formations in light of processes of alienation, inter alia, related to cultural contexts of educational policy, social aesthetics, critical educational and social theory, political education and socialization, and social inequality.

His recent publications are:

2020
Poverty, Social Inclusion and Egalitarianism. In F. Kessl, W. Lorenz, O. Hans-Uwe, & S. White (eds.), European Social Work - A Compendium. Chapter 2 (pp 101-121). Opladen & Farmington Hills: Barbara Budrich Publishers.

2019
Contemporary Asian art and Western societies: cultural "universalism" or "uniqueness" in Asian modern art. Asian Journal of German and European Studies, 4, [6]. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40856-019-0042-4

2019
Education and Alienation - Towards a Neo-liberal Arbitrariness. Social Work & Society, 17(1), 1-18.

2019
Language and semi-education: On the current state of scientific production. I D. Stederoth, D. Novkovic, & W. Thole (ed.), The empowerment of human beings: Heinz-Joachim Heydorn's critical theory of education (pp. 219-231). Wiesbaden: Springer VS.