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Mark Olssen
The work of Michel Foucault has had a huge influence on contemporary philosophy, but one thing it lacks is a normative ethical framework. Seeking to construct an ethics consistent with…
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Foreword, Michael F.D.Young Preface. Introduction, Mark Olssen. Human Learning in Social Context, Peter Jarvis. Bourdieu in the Classroom, Michael Grenfell. Beyond Reproduction Theory: A Multi-Level Explanation of Inequality/Difference in Education…
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Re-examines the liberal-communitarian debate, arguing that a coherent form of communitarianism is the only plausible option for citizens today.
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Examines Foucault’s relationship to Marxism, as well as his relations to Kant, Gramsci, Habermas, and the Greeks.
In moving beyond the theses of liberalism and neoliberalism that have provided philosophical support to free-market economics from the 1970s until the present, this book seeks to re-theorize social democracy…
Mark Olssen offers an accessible overview of Foucault’s thought, putting into context the relevance of Foucault’s ideas.
This book presents essays written by internationally acclaimed scholars on the leading figures and major social projects and movements within the tradition of critical theory. Critical Theory and the Human…
Mark Olssen,Anne-Marie O'Neill,John A. Codd
Education Policy
Written by internationally acclaimed scholars on futures of critical theory, this book attempts to renew and reinvigorate critical theory by extending its range and its intellectual trajectories through strategies of…
