Higher Education Discourse and Deconstruction: Challenging the Case for Transparency and Objecthood - Couverture souple

Cocks, Neil

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 331985030X ISBN 13 : 9783319850306

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Neil Cocks is Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Reading, UK. His research interests include nineteenth century literature, children's literature, psychoanalysis, and visual culture.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 331985030X
• ISBN 13: 9783319850306
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 108
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