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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... possible dominates and defeats contemporary thinking. The Postmodern Condition Anyone interested in Lyotard and education is likely to take The Postmodern Condition (Lyotard 1984a) as a starting point. Commissioned by the Conseil des ...
... possible dominates and defeats contemporary thinking. The Postmodern Condition Anyone interested in Lyotard and education is likely to take The Postmodern Condition (Lyotard 1984a) as a starting point. Commissioned by the Conseil des ...
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... possible utterances would prevent fixation in an equilibrium. Such a politics would respect both the desire for justice and the desire for the unknown (ibid.: 67). If the suggestion of totalitarianism here, the emphasis on the way that ...
... possible utterances would prevent fixation in an equilibrium. Such a politics would respect both the desire for justice and the desire for the unknown (ibid.: 67). If the suggestion of totalitarianism here, the emphasis on the way that ...
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... possible to bear witness to this differend. We are brought up against an aporia in such a way as to disarm us, to shake confidence in a rational solution. Yet the disabling experience of the differend provides the impetus to the ...
... possible to bear witness to this differend. We are brought up against an aporia in such a way as to disarm us, to shake confidence in a rational solution. Yet the disabling experience of the differend provides the impetus to the ...
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... possible if something remains to be determined. One can strive to determine this something by setting up a system, a theory, a programme or a project – and indeed one has to, all the while anticipating that something. One can also ...
... possible if something remains to be determined. One can strive to determine this something by setting up a system, a theory, a programme or a project – and indeed one has to, all the while anticipating that something. One can also ...
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... None is uncritical of Lyotard but all share the belief that his work is of importance for anyone interested in asking philosophical questions about education today. The essays are arranged to offer a possible sequence of Introduction 9.
... None is uncritical of Lyotard but all share the belief that his work is of importance for anyone interested in asking philosophical questions about education today. The essays are arranged to offer a possible sequence of Introduction 9.
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