Postmodernism and Education: Different Voices, Different WorldsIn this book, the authors explore and clarify the nature of postmodernism and provide a detailed introduction to key writers in the field such as Lacan Derrida Foucault Lyotard They examine the impact of this thinking upon contemporary theory and practice of education, concentrating particularly upon how postmodernist ideas challenge existing concepts, structures and hierarchies. |
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... critique of modernism particularly in the arts and architecture. In some ways, it is easier to discern what it is against than what it is for. Perhaps it is best understood as a state of mind, a critical, selfreferential posture and ...
... critique of modernism particularly in the arts and architecture. In some ways, it is easier to discern what it is against than what it is for. Perhaps it is best understood as a state of mind, a critical, selfreferential posture and ...
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... critique of realism—that cultural representations do not simply reflect or mirror reality. Late modernism is characterised by a rejection of the notion that the cultural form should realistically represent what it portrays. Then, there ...
... critique of realism—that cultural representations do not simply reflect or mirror reality. Late modernism is characterised by a rejection of the notion that the cultural form should realistically represent what it portrays. Then, there ...
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... critique of the position of logocentrism, the possibility of knowing the world in a direct and unmediated way —'as it really is'. In the chapters that follow we shall present our own reading of a number of key poststructuralist texts ...
... critique of the position of logocentrism, the possibility of knowing the world in a direct and unmediated way —'as it really is'. In the chapters that follow we shall present our own reading of a number of key poststructuralist texts ...
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... critique, therefore, extends the postmodern critique of reason as transcendental and universal by revealing its 'worldly', specifically gendered character. Given that feminism is not a unified discourse, the implications of a dialogue ...
... critique, therefore, extends the postmodern critique of reason as transcendental and universal by revealing its 'worldly', specifically gendered character. Given that feminism is not a unified discourse, the implications of a dialogue ...
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... critique of Foucault is one that is often made of postmodern writing. Essentially, it is a critique of those aspects which stress the ludic rather than the transformative, which stress subversion and disruption through playfulness and ...
... critique of Foucault is one that is often made of postmodern writing. Essentially, it is a critique of those aspects which stress the ludic rather than the transformative, which stress subversion and disruption through playfulness and ...
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Postmodernism and Education: Different Voices, Different Worlds Richard Edwards,Robin Usher Limited preview - 2002 |
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