Higher Education Discourse and Deconstruction: Challenging the Case for Transparency and Objecthood

By: Neil Cocks

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Synopsis: This book presents a critique of neoliberalism within UK Higher Education, taking its cue from approaches more usually associated with literary studies. It offers a sustained and detailed close reading of three works that might be understood to fall outside the established body of educational theory. The unconventional methodology and focus promote irreducible difference and complexity, and in this stage a resistance to reductive discourses of managerialism. Questioning the materialism to which all sides of the contemporary pedagogical debate increasingly appeal, the book sets out a challenge to investments in ‘excellence’, ‘transparency’ and objecthood. It will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of education, sociology, and literary theory.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783319529837
Related ISBNs:: 9783319529820
Publisher:: Springer International Publishing
Date of Addition:: 08/31/17
Copyrighted By:: N/A
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Education, Language Arts, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.