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Falling Rate of Learning and the Neoliberal Endgame, The
David J. Blacker
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Paperback. Our education system is chained to the hold of a sinking capitalist ship. Is there any escape? Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: JNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 308.
The current neoliberal mutation of capitalism has evolved beyond the days when the wholesale exploitation of labor underwrote the world system's expansion. While "normal" business profits plummet and theft-by-finance rises, capitalism now shifts into a mode of elimination that targets most of us-along with our environment-as waste products awaiting managed disposal. The education system is caught in the throes of this eliminationism across a number of fronts: crushing student debt, impatience with student expression, the looting of vestigial public institutions and, finally, as coup de grace, an abandonment of the historic ideal of universal education. "Education reform" is powerless against ... Read more
The current neoliberal mutation of capitalism has evolved beyond the days when the wholesale exploitation of labor underwrote the world system's expansion. While "normal" business profits plummet and theft-by-finance rises, capitalism now shifts into a mode of elimination that targets most of us-along with our environment-as waste products awaiting managed disposal. The education system is caught in the throes of this eliminationism across a number of fronts: crushing student debt, impatience with student expression, the looting of vestigial public institutions and, finally, as coup de grace, an abandonment of the historic ideal of universal education. "Education reform" is powerless against ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
319
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780995786
SKU
V9781780995786
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About David J. Blacker
David Blacker is Professor of Philosophy of Education and Legal Studies at the University of Delaware.
Reviews for Falling Rate of Learning and the Neoliberal Endgame, The
While it is no surprise that casino capitalism is in crisis and is spurring protests all over the world, few theorists connect the dots and analyze how this crisis moves through and is affected by a range of institutions. David Blacker has written a superb book in which matters of education, agency, economic justice and collective struggle come alive in ... Read more