ABSTRACT
The 1980s were an important decade for educational inquiry. It was the moment of the “linguistic turn,” with its emphasis on the role of language as a constructor of reality, a structuring agent for institutions such as schools, and a medium for translating knowledge into elements of power for processes of social regulation. Drawing on the work and insights of educational researcher Thomas S. Popkewitz, this book shows how the linguistic turn provided an alternative to both mainline educational research grounded in the ideals of political liberalism and the effort of neo-Marxists to challenge liberal thinking in favor of a scholarship based on class conflict and economic determinism.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|22 pages
Introduction
part I|88 pages
Thomas S. Popkewitz
part II|240 pages
Honoring Thomas S. Popkewitz
part II.1|50 pages
On Curriculum
chapter 5|17 pages
Heterogeneous Gatherings, Translating Devices
part II.2|42 pages
On History
part II.3|43 pages
On Politics, Policies, and Professionalization
chapter 11|13 pages
Surveillance and Normalization
part II.4|47 pages
On Cosmopolitanism and Interculturalism
chapter 12|13 pages
Globalizing Perpetual Peace
chapter 14|19 pages
Nationalizing Interculturalism
part II.5|54 pages
On Inquiry, Research, and the Intellectual