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Postmodernism and education
- Title
- Postmodernism and education / Robin Usher and Richard Edwards.
- Author
- Usher, Robin, 1944-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1994.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | LB14.7 .U84 1994 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Edwards, Richard, 1956 July 2-
- Description
- 246 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- Explores the nature of postmodernism, providing an introduction to key writers in the field such as Lacan, Derrida, Foucault and Lyotard, and examines the impact of this thinking on the contemporary theory and practice of education.
- Subject
- Bürger, Christa 1935-
- Education > Philosophy
- Educational sociology > Philosophy
- Postmodernism and education
- Critical pedagogy
- Postmodernism > Social aspects
- Postmodernism > social aspects
- Postmodernism > Social aspects
- Critical pedagogy
- Education > Philosophy
- Educational sociology > Philosophy
- Postmodernism and education
- Bildungstheorie
- Pädagogik
- Postmoderne
- Postmodernisme
- Onderwijs
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-237) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Postmodernism, Postmodernity and the Postmodern Moment -- 2. Speaking 'Truthfully': Science, Psychology and Subjectivity -- 3. Knowing Oneself: Subjectivity and Mastery -- 4. Subject Disciplines and Disciplining Subjects: The Subject in Education -- 5. Examining the Case: Competences and Management -- 6. The 'End' of the Educational Project -- 7. Education and Textuality -- 8. Telling Stories: The Legitimising of Knowledge -- 9. The End of the Story: Education, Efficiency and Resistance -- 10. The Cultivation of Desire -- 11. Catching the (Last) Post.
- ISBN
- 0415102804
- 9780415102803
- 0415102812
- 9780415102810
- LCCN
- 94008494
- OCLC
- ocm29952699
- 29952699
- SCSB-2068326
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library