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Slavoj Žižek : a Žižekian gaze at education

By Tony , Perrin , David; Wall

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2015
ISBN
978-3-319-21242-5, 3319212427, 3319212419, 978-3-319-21241-8
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-21242-5
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
528 kB (540553 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs in education. Key thinkers in education
Pages
64\0
Time added
2016-01-18 05:00:00
Educational Philosophy; Philosophy of Education; T

Description

Žižek demands we take a long, hard look at the painful reality of education in contemporary capitalist society, and to actively seek out its ‘trouble in paradise’: Why is it education is supposedly failing to meet the demands of our society? Why is it there are record levels of stress for teachers? Why is it there is a record level of complaints from our university students? How is it now possible to compare a higher education course with a vacuum cleaner, toaster or television? This book illuminates aspects of Žižek’s ideas which sheds light into these modern challenges and tensions in education, and considers alternative ways forward. Though Žižek frustrates as much as he inspires with his own recipe of Lacan, Hegel and Marx, this book aims to give an entry route into Žižekian critique of education, a topic area he very rarely directly talks about.

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