ABSTRACT

In this book, the authors explore and clarify the nature of postmodernism and provide a detailed introduction to key writers in the field such as Lacan Derrida Foucault Lyotard They examine the impact of this thinking upon contemporary theory and practice of education, concentrating particularly upon how postmodernist ideas challenge existing concepts, structures and hierarchies.

chapter |5 pages

INTRODUCTION

chapter 2|23 pages

SPEAKING ‘TRUTHFULLY’

Science, psychology and subjectivity

chapter 3|26 pages

KNOWING ONESELF

Subjectivity and mastery

chapter 4|19 pages

SUBJECT DISCIPLINES AND DISCIPLINING SUBJECTS

The subject in education

chapter 5|18 pages

EXAMINING THE CASE

Competences and management

chapter 6|17 pages

THE ‘END’ OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

chapter 7|18 pages

EDUCATION AND TEXTUALITY

chapter 8|18 pages

TELLING STORIES

The legitimising of knowledge

chapter 9|14 pages

THE END OF THE STORY

Education, efficiency and resistance

chapter 10|21 pages

THE CULTIVATION OF DESIRE

chapter 11|22 pages

CATCHING THE (LAST) POST