1st Edition

Critical Reflections on the Language of Neoliberalism in Education Dangerous Words and Discourses of Possibility

Edited By Spyros Themelis Copyright 2021
246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

246 Pages
by Routledge

Recognizing the dominance of neoliberal forces in education, this volume offers a range of critical essays which analyze the language used to underpin these dynamics. Combining essays from over 20 internationally renowned contributors, this text offers a critical examination of key terms which have become increasingly central to educational discourse. Each essay considers the etymological... Read more

Introduction

Part I. Endangering words

  1. Crisis
  2. Glenn Rikowski

  3. Neoliberal globalization
  4. Spyros Themelis

  5. Social value
  6. Ewen Speed

  7. Alienation
  8. Inny Accioly

  9. Hegemony
  10. Alpesh Maisuria

  11. Immiseration
  12. Richard Hall

  13. Commodity
  14. Joss Winn

  15. Social mobility
  16. Spyros Themelis

  17. Social Inclusion
  18. Angela Cator

  19. Markets
  20. Dionysios Gouvias

  21. League tables and Targets
  22. Patrick Yarker

  23. Managerialism
  24. Richard Hall

  25. Employability
  26. Tom G. Griffiths and Bill Robertson

  27. Ability
  28. Patrick Yarker

    Part II. Words of possibility

  29. Essence
  30. Grant Banfield

  31. Reflexivity
  32. Elisabeth Simburger

  33. Utopia
  34. Tom G. Griffiths and Jo Williams

  35. Hope
  36. Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy

  37. Social movements
  38. Laurence Cox

  39. Revolutionary Pedagogy
  40. Peter McLaren

  41. Alternative education
  42. Richard Hall

  43. Youth
  44. Sandra Gadelha and Claudiana Alencar

  45. Educators
  46. Maria Chalari and Eleftheria Atta

  47. School
  48. José Ernandi Mendes

  49. Post-Critical Education
  50. Juan Ramón Rodríguez Fernández

  51. Educational Commons
  52. Yannis Pechtelidis

  53. Socialism

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Conclusion: Stammering

Mike Neary

Biography

Spyros Themelis is Associate Professor in the School of Education and Lifelong Learning, University of East Anglia (UEA), UK.