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Postmodernism has become the orthodoxy in educational theory. It heralds the end of grand theories like Marxism and liberalism, scorning any notion of a united feminist challenge to patriachy, of united anti-racist struggle, and of united working-class movements against capitalist exploitation and oppression. For postmodernists, the world is fragmented, history is ended, and all struggles are local and particularistic. Written by internationally renowned British and American educational theorists Marxism Against Postmodernism in Educational Theory—a substantially revised edition of the original 1999 work Postmodernism in Educational Theory—critically examines the infusion of postmodernism and theories of postmodernity into educational theory, policy, and research. The writers argue that postmodernism provides neither a viable educational politics, nor the foundation for effective radical educational practice and offer an alternative 'politics of human resistance' which puts the challenge to capitalism firmly on the agenda of educational theory, politics, and practice.
Contents
Part 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Postmodernism in Educational Theory
Chapter 3 Prelude: Marxist Educational Theory after Postmodernism
Part 4 Postmodern Excess
Chapter 5 Breaking Signifying Chains: A Marxist Position on Postmodernism
Chapter 6 Structuring the Postmodern in Education Policy
Chapter 7 'Resistance Postmodernism' — Progressive Politics or Rhetorical Left Posturing?
Part 8 Human Resistance Against Postmodernism
Chapter 9 Education, Capital, and the Transhuman
Chapter 10 Youth, Training, and the Politics of 'Cool'
Chapter 11 Marxism, Class Analysis, and Postmodernism
Chapter 12 Racism, Postmodernism, and the Flight from Class
Chapter 13 Women, Work, and the Family: or Why Postmodernism Cannot Explain the Links
Part 14 Pedagogy, Reprise, and Conclusion
Chapter 15 Recentering Class: Wither Postmodernism? Toward a Contraband Pedagogy
Chapter 16 Postmodernism Adieu: Toward a Politics of Human Resistance
