Lyotard: Just EducationPradeep Dhillon, Paul Standish Following Lyotard's death in 1998, this book provides an exploration of the recurrent theme of education in his work. It brings to a wider audience the significance of a body of thought about education that is subtle, profound and still largely unexplored. This book also makes an important contribution to contemporary debates on postmoderism and education. |
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... means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A ...
... means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A ...
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... means of the positivism of efficiency. It proceeds rather by inventing counter-examples, by looking for “paradox” and legitimating it with new rules in the game of reasoning (Lyotard 1984a: 54). This is not, it should be emphasized ...
... means of the positivism of efficiency. It proceeds rather by inventing counter-examples, by looking for “paradox” and legitimating it with new rules in the game of reasoning (Lyotard 1984a: 54). This is not, it should be emphasized ...
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... mean). An occasion for judgment is provided through an irreconcilability that can receive an appropriate response only through the experience of the sublime. We are at a loss, and we must first bear witness. This might be an avant-garde ...
... mean). An occasion for judgment is provided through an irreconcilability that can receive an appropriate response only through the experience of the sublime. We are at a loss, and we must first bear witness. This might be an avant-garde ...
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... means that might lead toward the achieving of social justice. The ability to think differently is developed through literature, writing, and discussion. Cultivating the literary imagination, then, is a moral imperative, enabling us to ...
... means that might lead toward the achieving of social justice. The ability to think differently is developed through literature, writing, and discussion. Cultivating the literary imagination, then, is a moral imperative, enabling us to ...
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... means to criticize the mainstream of educational theory, a mainstream aimed at the more or less programmatic realization of certain aims, or accomplishment of particular ideas. Action is understood in terms of predetermined goals, all ...
... means to criticize the mainstream of educational theory, a mainstream aimed at the more or less programmatic realization of certain aims, or accomplishment of particular ideas. Action is understood in terms of predetermined goals, all ...
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