| Description |
vii, 253 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Knowledge, identity and school life series ; 3 |
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Knowledge, identity, and school life series ; 3
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| Contents |
Prologue / Richard Smith -- 1. Liberalism, Postmodernism, Critical Theory and Politics / Robert Young -- 2. Fading Poststructuralisms: Post-Ford, Posthuman, Posteducation? / John Knight -- 3. Having a Postmodernist Turn or Postmodernist Angst: A Disorder Experienced by an Author Who is Not Yet Dead or Even Close to It / Jane Kenway -- 4. After Postmodernism: A New Age Social Theory in Education / Philip Wexler --5. Getting Our Hands Dirty: Provisional Politics in Postmodern Conditions / Allan Luke -- 6. Foucault's Poststructuralism and Observational Education Research: A Study of Power Relations / Jennifer M. Gore -- 7. Keeping an Untidy House: A Disjointed Paper About Academic Space, Work and Bodies / Wendy Morgan and Erica McWilliam -- 8. Stories In and Out of Class: Knowledge, Identity and Schooling / Lindsay Fitzclarence, Bill Green and Chris Bigum |
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9. Corporatism, Self and Identity Within Moral Orders: Prestructuralist Reconsiderations of a Poststructuralist Paradox / Robert Funnell -- 10. Voicing the 'Other', Speaking for the 'Self', Disrupting the Metanarratives of Educational Theorizing with Poststructural Feminisms / Parlo Singh -- 11. Educational Intellectuals and Corporate Politics / James G. Ladwig -- 12. Academic Work Intensification: Beyond Postmodernism / Richard Smith and Judyth Sachs -- 13. Epilogue: From The Inside Out /Philip Wexler |
| Summary |
"This book is a commentary on ideas about contemporary education, how it is conducted and how it is administered. In a set of thematic essays the editors aim at clarifying the educational problems and paradoxes of postmodern educational conditions and theory. The major concerns of the book are the possibility of achieving substantive political objectives and of theorizing such possibilities. These concerns arise from a dissatisfaction with the organizational and political conditions of postmodern educational practice. The seeming inability of academics to intervene in the public sector, especially in matters of equality, provides a driving force for the book. For individuals who care about the future of education and its role in social reconstruction, the pessimistic nature of postmodern theories of society and education is an additional impetus for the book. All of the chapters exemplify the issues that confront lecturers in contemporary university teacher education contexts. A notable feature is the compelling theme that current theorization about education and society are historically outmoded and that the future lies in 'post' postmodern theories."--BOOK JACKET |
| Analysis |
Australia |
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Education Philosophy |
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Australia |
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Education Philosophy |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Education -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Education -- Political aspects.
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Education -- Australia -- Philosophy.
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Identity (Philosophical concept)
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Identity (Psychology)
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Postmodernism and education.
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Postmodernism.
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| Author |
Smith, R. A. (Richard Allan), 1941-
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Wexler, Philip, 1943-
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| LC no. |
95007251 |
| ISBN |
0750704411 (alk. paper) |
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075070442X (paperback: alk. paper) |
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