This book collects studies with a critical education policy orientation, and presents itself as a handbook of matters of public concern. The term critical does not refer to the adoption of a particular theoretical framework or methodology, but rather it refers to a very specific ethos or way of relating to the present and the belief that the future should not be the repetition of the past. This implies a concern about what is happening in our societies today and what could or should be happening in the future. As a consequence, the contributors to the book rely on a general notion of...
This book collects studies with a critical education policy orientation, and presents itself as a handbook of matters of public concern. The term cr...
The Credit Crunch of 2008 has exposed the fallacies of neoliberalism and its thesis of the self-regulating market, which has been ascendant in both economic theory and policy over the last 30 years. In moving beyond neoliberalism, social democratic arguments are once again coming to the fore; however, in the context of the 21st century, they will need to be theorized in relation to new global concerns. This book critically revisits the core theses of liberalism and neoliberalism that have provided philosophical support to free market economics - as enunciated in the writings of liberal...
The Credit Crunch of 2008 has exposed the fallacies of neoliberalism and its thesis of the self-regulating market, which has been ascendant in both...
"Foucault's Ethics" will overview and critically discuss the core ethical themes in Foucault's work, focusing on ethics as a form of normative personal and political guidance through active engagement in the world. Mark Olssen attempts to construct a 'Foucauldian' ethics by articulating the types of ethics that Foucault himself subscribed to and which are revealed, at times only latently, within his writings.
"Foucault's Ethics" will overview and critically discuss the core ethical themes in Foucault's work, focusing on ethics as a form of normative persona...
"Foucault's Ethics" will overview and critically discuss the core ethical themes in Foucault's work, focusing on ethics as a form of normative personal and political guidance through active engagement in the world. Mark Olssen attempts to construct a 'Foucauldian' ethics by articulating the types of ethics that Foucault himself subscribed to and which are revealed, at times only latently, within his writings.
"Foucault's Ethics" will overview and critically discuss the core ethical themes in Foucault's work, focusing on ethics as a form of normative persona...
