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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
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    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 foundation of each term, the context in which they have evolved, and likewise their changed meaning. In doing so, these essays illustrate the transformative potential of language to express or challenge political, social, and economic ideologies. The text’s musings on the language of education and its implications for the current and future role of education in society make clear its relevance to today’s cultural and political landscape.

    This exploratory monograph will be of interest to doctoral students, researchers, and scholars with an interest in the philosophy of education, educational policy and politics, as well as the sociology of education and the impacts of neoliberalism.

    Introduction

    Part I. Endangering words

    1. Crisis

      2. Glenn Rikowski

    2. Neoliberal globalization

      3. Spyros Themelis

    3. Social value

      4. Ewen Speed

    4. Alienation

      5. Inny Accioly

    5. Hegemony

      6. Alpesh Maisuria

    6. Immiseration

      7. Richard Hall

    7. Commodity

      8. Joss Winn

    8. Social mobility

      9. Spyros Themelis

    9. Social Inclusion

      10. Angela Cator

    10. Markets

      11. Dionysios Gouvias

    11. League tables and Targets

      12. Patrick Yarker

    12. Managerialism

      13. Richard Hall

    13. Employability

      14. Tom G. Griffiths and Bill Robertson

    14. Ability

      15. Patrick Yarker

      Part II. Words of possibility

    15. Essence

      16. Grant Banfield

    16. Reflexivity

      17. Elisabeth Simburger

    17. Utopia

      18. Tom G. Griffiths and Jo Williams

    18. Hope

      19. Hasan Hüseyin Aksoy

    19. Social movements

      20. Laurence Cox

    20. Revolutionary Pedagogy

      21. Peter McLaren

    21. Alternative education

      22. Richard Hall

    22. Youth

      23. Sandra Gadelha and Claudiana Alencar

    23. Educators

      24. Maria Chalari and Eleftheria Atta

    24. School

      25. José Ernandi Mendes

    25. Post-Critical Education

      26. Juan Ramón Rodríguez Fernández

    26. Educational Commons

      27. Yannis Pechtelidis

    27. Socialism

              Dave Hill

    　

    Conclusion: Stammering

    Mike Neary

    Biography

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

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