Power and Socioscientific Issues: The Pedagogy of Mire's Critique of Skin Whitening Cosmeceuticals

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Michel Foucault (1926–1984) is an influential 20th century philosopher who held a chair at the Collège de France in Paris before his sudden and untimely death. For an overview of his unique view of power, see Foucault (1977, pp. 78–133). For the implications of Foucault's thoughts on curriculum change in science education, see Blades (1997).