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Thinking Again: Education After Postmodernism (Critical Studies in Education and Culture Series)

By Richard Smith , Paul Standish , Paul Smeyers , Nigel Blake

Book information

Publisher
Bergin & Garvey
Year
1998
ISBN
0897895118, 9780897895118
LCC
LB14.7 .T55 1998
Open Library ID
OL681283M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
24 MB (25460125 bytes)
Pages
224\205
Topic
Education
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The 'postmodern condition,' in which instrumentalism finally usurps all other considerations, has produced a kind of intellectual paralysis in the world of education. The authors of this book show how such postmodernist thinkers as Derrida, Foucault, and Lyotard illuminate puzzling aspects of education, arguing that educational theory is currently at an impasse. They postulate that we need these new and disturbing ideas in order to "think again" fruitfully and creatively about education.

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