Education and Emancipation in the Neoliberal Era Being, Teaching, an
This book describes how neoliberalism as societal philosophy works to limit human potential in our school systems. Analyzing contemporary school reform and control, punishment, and pathologization in schools, this book outlines a theory of emancipation an
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Education and Emancipation in the Neoliberal Era Being, Teaching, and Power
Noah De Lissovoy
education and emancipation in the neoliberal era Copyright © Noah De Lissovoy, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-38193-4 All rights reserved. Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to revise and reprint the following essays, all by Noah De Lissovoy: “Rethinking Education and Emancipation: Being, Teaching, and Power,” Harvard Educational Review, 80(2), 2010; “Conceptualizing the Carceral Turn: Neoliberalism, Racism, and Violation,” Critical Sociology, 39(5), 2013; and “Epistemology of Emancipation: Contemporary Student Movements and the Politics of Knowledge,” in The Critical Youth Studies Reader, edited by Awad Ibrahim and Shirley Steinberg (New York: Peter Lang, 2014). First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-47978-8 ISBN 978-1-137-37531-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137375315 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data De Lissovoy, Noah, 1968– Education and emancipation in the neoliberal era : being, teaching, and power / Noah De Lissovoy. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Critical pedagogy. I. Title. LC196.D454 2014 370.11'5—dc23
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Contents Acknowledgments
vii
Introduction
1
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The (Ir)rationality of Austerity
9
2
The Ideology of Educational Accountability
27
3
Neoliberalism, Racism, and Violation
49
4
Rethinking Education and Emancipation
75
5
Coloniality, Capital, and Critical Education
99
6
Epistemology of Emancipation
131
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A Pedagogy of Community
147
8
Conclusion: From Violation to Emancipation
163
Notes
175
References
179
Index
193
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Acknowledgments This book is part of a larger critical conversation in education and owes much to all those with whom I have been in dialogue in the past and present. The path into these investigations was originally set during my studies with Peter McLaren, whose unwavering commitment to uncovering and confronting processes of oppression in education and society has been deeply instructive. Sandra Harding and Antonia Darder also have been crucial supporters from the beginning of the scholarly journey that has led me here. In addition, and since then, a
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