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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... representation of justice, manifested in education within formal institutions and in the practices of daily life; hence his interest in the difference such concerns present for the learning and enactment of citizenship. In his view ...
... representation of justice, manifested in education within formal institutions and in the practices of daily life; hence his interest in the difference such concerns present for the learning and enactment of citizenship. In his view ...
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... representation and resolution of the past. During the last few years of his life Lyotard taught at the Comparative Literature Department of Emory University, and in 1999 a symposium was held there in his honour. Speaking on that ...
... representation and resolution of the past. During the last few years of his life Lyotard taught at the Comparative Literature Department of Emory University, and in 1999 a symposium was held there in his honour. Speaking on that ...
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... representation is evoked here through Lyotard's dystopian vision of globalization in the megalopolis. The totalitarian threat that this poses is not generally the result of any conspiracy or malevolent wielding of power; on the contrary ...
... representation is evoked here through Lyotard's dystopian vision of globalization in the megalopolis. The totalitarian threat that this poses is not generally the result of any conspiracy or malevolent wielding of power; on the contrary ...
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... representation. Seeking social justice by evoking “names” becomes a suspect activity and, given the social and political practices that Lyotard believes such evocations may come to underwrite, one should be on one's guard against the ...
... representation. Seeking social justice by evoking “names” becomes a suspect activity and, given the social and political practices that Lyotard believes such evocations may come to underwrite, one should be on one's guard against the ...
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... representation, not by negation to emptiness, but by proceeding pointlessly toward maximal intensity. A good textbook, like a good university, keeps those it addresses off-balance, it sets thoughts running: not to bear witness to the ...
... representation, not by negation to emptiness, but by proceeding pointlessly toward maximal intensity. A good textbook, like a good university, keeps those it addresses off-balance, it sets thoughts running: not to bear witness to the ...
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