Those who are in shock that truth doesn’t seem to matter in politics miss the mark: politics has never corresponded with the truth. Rather, political struggle is about the formulation and materialization of new truths. The “post-truth” era thus offers an important opportunity to push forward into a different world. Embracing this opportunity, Derek R. Ford articulates a new educational philosophy and praxis that emerges from within the nexus of social theory and political struggle. Blocking together aesthetics, queer theory, urbanism, postmodern philosophy, and radical politics, Ford develops arguments and proposals on key topics ranging from debt and time, to the death drive and forms of political organization. Through forceful yet accessible prose, Ford offers contemporary left politics an imaginative and potent set of educational concepts and practices.
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Introduction: Don’t Bring Truth to a Gunfight 1. Studying in the Party 2. In and Out of the Gap 3. The Sinthomostudier 4. Stupid Urbanism 5. (Un)communicative Aesthetic Education 6. Magic Bookkeepers Conclusion: A Pro-Test Protest Appendix: History, Space, and Ideology Bibliography Index
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An essential read for anyone who believes that educational theory has something important to offer in today’s post-truth society ... One of the most rewarding things about Ford’s book is that he clearly shows that we cannot leave problems of education, learning and pedagogy to schools of education.
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The first book to address the intersection of education and politics in the “post-truth” era.
The first book to address the intersection of education and politics in the “post-truth” era

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ISBN
9781350059900
Publisert
2018-11-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Bloomsbury Academic
Vekt
413 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
168

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Biographical note

Derek R. Ford is Assistant Professor of Education Studies at DePauw University, USA. He is the author of Education and the Production of Space (2017) and Communist Study (2016).