Louise Azzarello

Interrogating Neoliberalism and Cruel Optimism in Education (eBook, ePUB)

The Radical Potency of Despair

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book is a philosophical examination of the ways in which neoliberalism underpins and impedes public education. It proposes that education's adoption of neoliberal logic generates a sense of despair amongst educators, who often enter the profession with the hope of building a better, more just world.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040336335
• Artikelnr.: 73312318

Autorenporträt

Louise Azzarello (PhD) is a course director in the Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto. Her ongoing scholarship is informed by her background in cultural studies, philosophy of education, and draws on her 27 years as a high school educator.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: "Cruel optimism" and the Desire for the Possibilities of
Education 2. Neoliberalism and the Cruel Dissolution of Optimism in
Education 3. Tracking the "Ordinariness" of Violence that Appears in and
through Education 4. Revisiting the (Mis)Promises of "Critical Pedagogy" in
Neoliberal Times 5. Interrupting "Survival Time:" Pausing to "Pass Time"
Together 6. Pausing to Look: Recuperating the Educational in "Survival
Time" 7. Postscript: The Radical Potency of Despair