| Higher Education Discourse and Deconstruction: Challenging the Case for Transparency and Objecthood 2017 Edition Contributor(s): Cocks, Neil (Author) |
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ISBN: 331952982X ISBN-13: 9783319529820 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Higher - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory - Education | Educational Policy & Reform |
| Dewey: 107 |
| Series: Palgrave Critical University Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (0.62 lbs) 95 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book presents a critique of neoliberalism within UK Higher Education, taking its cue from approaches more usually associated with literary studies. It offers a sustained and detailed close reading of three works that might be understood to fall outside the established body of educational theory. The unconventional methodology and focus promote irreducible difference and complexity, and in this stage a resistance to reductive discourses of managerialism. Questioning the materialism to which all sides of the contemporary pedagogical debate increasingly appeal, the book sets out a challenge to investments in 'excellence', 'transparency' and objecthood. It will be of interest to students and researchers in the fields of education, sociology, and literary theory. |
