| A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context 2010 Edition Contributor(s): Streck, D. (Author), Loparo, Kenneth A. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1349289817 ISBN-13: 9781349289813 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $49.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Comparative - Education | Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects |
| Dewey: 306.432 |
| Series: Postcolonial Studies in Education |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.54 lbs) 187 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A New Social Contract in a Latin American Education Context is committed to what has become known as "perspective of the South: " understanding the South not as a geographical reference but as a vindication of the existence of ways of knowing and of living which struggle for their survival and for a legitimate place in a world where the respect for difference is balanced with the right for equality. The metaphor of the new social contract stands for the desire to envision another world, which paradoxically cannot but spring out of the entrails of the existing one. Could the same contract under which the colonial orders were erected serve as a tool for decolonizing relations, knowledge, and power? Consequently, what kind of education could effectively help structure a new social contract? These are some of the questions Streck addresses |