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V. Foreign Higher Education and Education Systems, International Relations, Bilateral Relations
C. Books
Author COCKS, Neil
Title Higher education discourse and deconstruction : challenging the case for transparency and objecthood / Neil Cocks
Publisher Cham : Springer International Publ. [u.a.], 2017
Collation XI, 95 S.
Publication year 2017
Series (Palgrave Critical University Studies)
ISBN 978-3-319-85030-6
Inventory number 80411
Keywords Ausland : Großbritannien : Hochschulwesen allgemein ; Ausland : Großbritannien : Studium, Studenten, Lehre ; Hochschule und Staat : allgemein ; Hochschule und Wirtschaft
Abstract 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. (HRK / Abstract übernommen)
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