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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... possible nor entirely desirable. As Foster in the quote above makes clear there are many questions arising from and about postmodernism, postmodernity and the postmodern but no one simple answer or POSTMODERNISM, ...
... possible nor entirely desirable. As Foster in the quote above makes clear there are many questions arising from and about postmodernism, postmodernity and the postmodern but no one simple answer or POSTMODERNISM, ...
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... possible to distinguish between the modern and the postmodern. However, the distinction is characterised primarily by changes in metaphysical forms, narratives of legitimacy and the organisation of knowledge. Foucault (1986) does not ...
... possible to distinguish between the modern and the postmodern. However, the distinction is characterised primarily by changes in metaphysical forms, narratives of legitimacy and the organisation of knowledge. Foucault (1986) does not ...
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... possible the construction of technologies through which control might be exercised over the development of events... A conception of inexorable progress, from the past through to the present and on into the future, has been a ...
... possible the construction of technologies through which control might be exercised over the development of events... A conception of inexorable progress, from the past through to the present and on into the future, has been a ...
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... condition'. For Lovlie (1992:120) 'postmodernism is one voice in the manyfaceted discourse of (post)modern times'. 'Postmodernism' according to Featherstone (1991:8) commonly refers to 'fundamental cultural changes as well as the possible.
... condition'. For Lovlie (1992:120) 'postmodernism is one voice in the manyfaceted discourse of (post)modern times'. 'Postmodernism' according to Featherstone (1991:8) commonly refers to 'fundamental cultural changes as well as the possible.
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... possible expansion of the significance of culture in contemporary Western societies'. He argues that it is a term appropriately applied 'to a wide range of artistic practices and social science and humanities disciplines because it ...
... possible expansion of the significance of culture in contemporary Western societies'. He argues that it is a term appropriately applied 'to a wide range of artistic practices and social science and humanities disciplines because it ...
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Postmodernism and Education: Different Voices, Different Worlds Richard Edwards,Robin Usher Limited preview - 2002 |
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