Rethinking the Politics of Education.
- First edition.
- [Place of publication not identified] : Routledge, 2021.
- 1 online resource (264 pages).
- Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education .
PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1: What is Politics?Chapter 2: Dimensions of the Politics of Education 1Chapter 3: Dimensions of the Politics of Education 2Chapter 4: An Historical Ontology of Education Chapter 5: ApparatusChapter 6: The Politics of Knowledge in Our Time Chapter 7: Education and the Politics of the SelfChapter 8: The World of EducationChapter 9: The Politics of SovereigntyChapter 10: Apocalypse Conclusion Epilogue: 23 Theses for Rethinking the Politics of Education References
Rethinking the Politics of Education provides an entirely original rethinking of the modern and contemporary mythology of education. Problematising ideas concerning education as fulfilment and redemption, the book critically reviews the association of education with projects of social justice, democracy and improvement. This book argues for a fundamental rethinking of what education is, exploring how things stand with education and educational apparatuses in the contemporary world. It examines relations between educational discourses and their implied ontological stances and offers new ways of thinking that draw on ontological positions from psychoanalytical, philosophical and social discourses. The book contends that education is an essential form of politics and must be understood through a careful examination of its history modes of operation and its basic structures, rather than an idealised version of what it might be. Presenting an original and alternative account of a theoretically informed political ontology of education, the book will be of great interest to academics, researchers and postgraduate students interested in the philosophy of education, the politics of education, educational theory and the sociology of education.